One Big Union (Canada)

One Big Union
National Industrial Union of the Dominion of Canada
Federation mergerCanadian Labour Congress
FoundedMarch 13, 1919
Dissolved1956
HeadquartersWinnipeg
Location
Members
70,000 (1919)
Key people
Robert B. Russell
Roger Ernest Bray
AffiliationsSocialist Party of Canada

The One Big Union (OBU) was a left-wing industrial union based primarily in Western Canada.[1] Launched formally in Calgary on June 4, 1919, the OBU, after a spectacular initial upsurge, lost most of its members within a few years. It finally merged with the Canadian Labour Congress in 1956.

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