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3 unusual facts about International Woodworkers of America


James Greene

Prior to being elected, Greene was counsel to the International Woodworkers of America's Newfoundland local.

Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party

This party had been organised by the Newfoundland Federation of Labour with the support of the Canadian Labour Congress, to protest the Liberal government's decertification of the International Woodworkers of America in the course of a logging strike.

Newfoundland general election, 1959

*The CCF supported the Newfoundland Democratic Party which was founded by the Newfoundland Federation of Labour to run candidates as a protest against the Liberal government's decertification of the International Woodworkers of America in the course of a logging strike.



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