Joseph Morris
 Joseph Morris    ( trade union leader) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 June 1913 Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||
| Died | 11 October 1996 (Age 83) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canada | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Margaret Morris | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Jewish Institute for National Security of America | |||||||||||||
Canadian Anti-communist trade union leader who attended Bilderberg/1975
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Joseph Morris was a Canadian trade unionist mostly noted as the president of the Canadian Labour Congress in the 1970s.[1] He attended the 1975 Bilderberg meeting.
Early life
Born in England, he immigrated to British Columbia in 1929 where he worked as a logger. He joined the trade union movement, first with a union of unemployed workers and then with the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union in 1934.[2] and he became a leader in the movement rising to the position of president of Local 1-80 in 1948.[1] World War II interrupted his life, just like everyone else's in that time. He joined the Canadian Army, and was given the commission of Lieutenant.[2][3]
IWA and CLC years
An anti-Communist in the union movement, Morris was active in opposing Communist Party activists in the IWA when he returned from World War II and became the IWA's regional president for Western Canada in 1953.[2] He left his IWA position in 1962 to become executive vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress sitting until 1974, when he became CLC president.[4]
In 1976, he led the CLC in a national day of protest involving one million workers going on a one-day general strike against wage and price controls being implemented by the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau.[5]
He also was vice-president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in the 1970s and presided over two International Trade Union Conferences for Action Against Apartheid held in Geneva in 1973 and 1977.[5]
In 1977, Morris was elected chairman of the governing body International Labour Organization, the first Canadian labour leader to hold the position.[5] He retired as CLC president in 1978.[4]
Post CLC career
For his many years of "national and international service" to the labour movement, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada on June 25, 1978.[6] For his "service in international human rights and labour circles", Morris was promoted, on June 25, 1984, to highest class of the Order of Canada: Companion.[6] In later life he sat on the Independent Commission on International Development Issues (the Brandt Commission)[5] and on the boards of the Bank of Canada and the BC Ferries Corporation.[1]
He had a heart attack on 8 October 1996, and died at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria,[4] British Columbia on 11 October 1996.[7]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1975 | 25 April 1975 | 27 April 1975 | Turkey Golden Dolphin Hotel Cesme | The 24th Bilderberg Meeting, 98 guests |
References
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/joseph-morris
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c http://www.brandt21forum.info/Bio_Morris.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090108031942/https://forestnet.com/archives/Feb_97/febedit.html
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c Canadian Press (14 October 1996). "Trade union boss, Joe Morris played international role". The Toronto Star. Toronto: Torstar. pp. A08.
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c d http://www.brandt21forum.info/Bio_Morris.htm
- ↑ Jump up to: a b http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1203
- ↑ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/gb/docs/gb267/gb-15.htm#I.
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