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1800's
The 1800's is when unions started to emerge and protests and strikes were first organized -
1860's
The unions of the cigar makers was the first union to accept women and black people -
1910's
The Department of Labour (DOL) was first created -
1960's
Public Service workers won bargaining rights -
1980's
47-day postal workers strike wins 17 weeks of paid maternity leave -
2010's
The Supreme Court of Canada affirms the right to strike -
2020's
Almost 90% of academic staff were unionized or covered by an collective agreement