A union formed in 1937 with HQ in Vancouver BC and 26 locals. It was affiliated with the International Seamen's Union (American Federation of Labor). It was granted a charter from the Trades and Labour Congress in 1938.
In 1941 it merged with the United Fishermen's Federal Union No. 44.
Lyons, Cicely (1969)
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