Anecdotes
It was formed at a conference in Calgary AB held in March 1919 by radical labour leaders led by Robert B. Russell, dissatisfied with the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada. Members of the organising committee were all members of the Socialist Party of Canada: Bill Pritchard, Dick Johns, Joe Naylor, Vic Midgley, and Joe Knight. The BC Loggers Union was affiliated. The 6,000 members later joined the Canadian Labour Congress.