Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers

Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers
Abbreviation	CAIMAW
Predecessor	International Molders and Foundry Workers Union of North America
Merged into	Canadian Auto Workers
Formation	1964
Dissolved	1992
Type	Trade union
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
Location	Canada;
Membership (1991)	Approx. 6,500
Affiliations	Confederation of Canadian Unions

The Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers (CAIMAW) was a trade union in Canada. Formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1964, it was a breakaway from the International Molders and Foundry Workers Union of North America. The Canadian Electrical Workers Union merged into CAIMAW in 1969. In 1971, the union joined the left-wing Council of Canadian Unions, which became the Confederation of Canadian Unions in 1973. CAIMAW was part of the larger trend of unionization in Canada which emphasized independence from the United States–dominated international union movement as well as increased organizational democracy. In 1991, it had a membership of approximately 6,500, which voted 82 per cent in favour of merging into the newly independent Canadian Auto Workers.^[1]

References

^ Isitt, Benjamin (2011). Militant Minority: British Columbia workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948–1972. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 336N. ISBN 978-1-4426-1105-4.

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[Isitt2011-1] Isitt, Benjamin (2011). Militant Minority: British Columbia workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948–1972. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 336N. ISBN 978-1-4426-1105-4.

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