Finding Aid
Harry J. Waisglass fonds. First accrual.
BOX 1
F.1 Photographs, news clippings, documents
F.2 U.S.W.A./Algoma Steel - reports, documents
F.3 U.S.W.A./Algoma Steel - Minutes of Union-Management Cooperation Committee 1941-42
F.4 U.S.W.A./Algoma Steel - interview notes by H.J. Waisglass of labour and management comments on the 1941-42 cooperation committees, 1946-47
F.5 U. S .W.A. - general material
F.6 U.S.W.A. - employee benefit proposal by H.J. Waisglass for 1964 negotiations
F.7 International Labour Organization - report by H.J. Waisglass on his mission to Singapore, 1964
F.8 I.L.O. - photographs of Singapore trip by H.J. Waisglass
F.9 I.L.O. - correspondence, reports, information on I.L.O. seminars
F.10 Industrial Production Cooperation Board (H.J. Waisglass, Research Assistant), publications “Handbook on Suggestion Plans”; “Labour-Management Production Committee”
F.11 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, correspondence, reports
F.12 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, information files
F.13 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, re multinational corporations (reports, information)
F.14 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, re technological change (reports, documents, research)
F.15 Director-General, etc. (continued) Committees - Industrial Relations and Dispute Investigations Act. Working Committee papers 1966- 68
F.16 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - I.R.D.I. Act. Working Committee minutes 1968
F.17 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - I.R.D.I. Act. Working Committee documents, June-October 1968
F.18 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - I.R.D.I. Act. Working Committee Discussion Papers 1-11, October-December 1968
F.19 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - I.R.D.I. Act. Working Committee summary report [no date]
F.20 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - Steering committee on the review of the Woods Report - Discussion Papers
F.21 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - Steering committee... documents on industrial relations, Department of Labour, March 5, 1969
BOX 2
F.1 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - Steering Committee...Working Papers, May - August, 1969
F.2 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - Steering Committee... Interim Reports May 28, July 23, August 7, 1969
F.3 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - Steering Committee... Working Papers, September - October, 1969
F.4 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, Committees - Department of Labour Recommendation for revised I.R.D.I. Act, 1970
F.5 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, reports by Waisglass
F.6 Director-General, Research and Development, Department of Labour (Canada) 1967, personal correspondence 1967-1969
F.7 Special Planning Secretariat, Privy Council -correspondence, memoranda, 1967
F.8 Special Planning Secretariat, Privy Council - Interdepartmental Committee on Socio-Economic Research, 1967 (reports, correspondence)
F.9 Study Group on Canada and the U.S. - reports of proceedings (1968)
F.10 CANSTEEL Corporation - correspondence, notes re consultation by Waisglass, 1975
F.11 McMaster Committee to prepare brief to Commission on Educational Leave and Productivity, 1978-79 - reports, notes, information files
F.12 Conferences - conference and convention programmes, reports, and badges
BOX 3
F.1 Lists of Waisglass articles and speeches 1963-74
Articles and publications by Waisglass - offprints, printed versions, and some typescripts.
F.2 “Anti Inflation Act is bad, all around” 1976
“Atlantic Provinces Economic Development: A Labour Viewpoint” 1963
F.3 “Canada’s Economic Challenges: Planning for Trade Expansion” 1963
“A Case Study in Union-Management Cooperation” [no date]
“The Challenge for Statisticians in our Age of Rising Expectations” 1968
“The Challenge of Change in the Organization and Delivery of Health Care” 1971
“Collective Bargaining in Ontario” 1956
“Collective Bargaining Perspectives” 1968
“Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, I.L.O.” Report, 1971
“Continental Unionism: Gain or Drain?” 1972
“Cooperation for Increased Production is Solution” 1946
F.4 “The Delivery of Health Services in Canada: A Consumer’s Point of View” 1970, 1971
F.5 “The Effects of the Anti-Inflation Act on Negotiated Wage and Salary Settlements” 1976
“Employment Standards, Outline notes for a Panel Talk” 1972
F.6 “Fourth International Personnel Conference, Notes for an address” 1973
“The Functions of the Union Research Officer” 1965
“The Functions of the Research Officer in Trade Unions” 1966
“Goals for Social Policy” 1967
F.7 “History of the Industrial Production Co-operation Board” [no date] Tms. (car. ) 8 pp .
“Il faut pousser la specialisation” 1974
“The Impact of Automation--Labour’s point of view” 1961
“The Impact of the Canada Pension Plan on Labour Relations in Ontario.” 1966
“The Implications of Continental Unionism for Canadian Economic Policies” 1971, 1972
“Industrial Relations Management Association, Notes for an address” 1970
“The IPCB in Retrospect and Prospect”. [no date] Tms. 10 pp. and Tms. (car.) 8 pp.
F.8 “Job enrichment, decision sharing and industrial democracy” 1973
F.9 “Labour and management adjustments to a changing international economic environment” 1973, 1974
“Labour and the Canadian economy” [1969] Tms. and Tms. (car.) 36 pp. and 30 pp.
“Labour education” 1973, 1974
“Labour relations in a changing Canada” 1971
“Labour Relations in the Year 2000: Canada - Some Discussion Notes” 1970
“Labour Standards Legislation” 1972
“A labour view of economic planning in Canada” 1964, 1965
“Leadership in Industry” 1951
F.10 “A manual for negotiators” 1965, 1966
“New directions for industrial relations research” 1972
“New initiatives” 1972
“New initiatives for industrial relations research” 1972
F.11 “On the prospects for Nova Scotia’s Steel Industry” 1966
“Our changing world of work” 1970
“The person in the System” 1971, 1972
“The philosophical underpinings of Collective Bargaining” 1979
“Problems of Collective Bargaining in a Changing Technology” 1963
“Prospects and Concepts for better Collective Bargaining” 1972
F.12 “Questions of public policy for the consideration of periodic revisions in the minimum wage” 1972, 1973
“Reflections on the State of Public Welfare” 1967
“Research and Development initiatives on education and training programmes” 1973
“Research on Federal compliance efforts regarding employment discrimination” 1972
F.13 “S.I.A. - 50th Anniversary Conference, Discussion notes” 1970
“Secondary Manufacturing Sector Meeting. Address” 1966
“Selected Cases of the Ontario Labour Relations Board” no date
“Social Indicators: a guide to social performance” 1972
“Some considerations for a new party approach to the determination of capital policies” 1960
“Some human, social and economic factors in resource management” 1974
“Some observations on research into wages and collective bargaining in Canada” 1971
“Some significant factors affecting the 1975 bargaining climate” [1975]
F.14 “Teamwork in Action” 1946
“Three or four day work week, “Notes for discussion” 1973
“Toward equitable income distribution” 1966
“Toward fair employment and the EEOC.” [no date]
“Union organization at Algoma Steel” [no date]
“Wage and salary trends: an overview” 1974
“What’s fair about Canadian wages and profits?” 1966
“Why is our dollar worth only 92 1/2 cent?” 1962
Note: The following material relates to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (Toronto), with which Harry Waisglass was associated in 1951-52.
F.15 Correspondence
General Correspondence no date, 1928-1938
Amalgamated Clothing Manufacturers Inc. - correspondence with A.C.W. 1928-1938
Bond Clothes, 1950; Score and Son Ltd., 1937; Shiffer-Hillman Co. Ltd., 1933
A.C.W./I.L.G.W. jurisdictional dispute 1937-39
F.16 A.C.W.
Dispute with Tolton Manufacturers. 1940-43.
F.17 A.C.W. documents and publications
- “A trade union becomes a national advertiser”, address by Stewart Meacham 1950
- C.C.F. history
- part of document detailing labour negotiation
- Dealer’s price list, 1952 House of Stone
- Souvenir programme, A.C.W. Local 132 - 65th anniversary and dance
F.18 Publications not by Waisglass.
Framed photograph of Bryce Mackasy inscribed to Waisglass.
Harry J. Waisglass fonds. Second accrual.
Second accrual. – 1948-1984. – 45 cm of textual records.
Note: Of particular interest in this accrual are the materials on Waisglass’s candidacy in the Spadina by-election of 1955 as a C.C.F. party member. Also information, correspondence and notes on his services as an International Labour Office consultant to the Singapore Government and Trade Unions, 1963-1974.
BOX 4
F.1 Ms. and ts. of speeches and articles by Waisglass, no dates. 9 items.
F.2 Addresses and articles by Waisglass - printed copies, some dated. 7 items.
F.3 Articles by Waisglass - printed copies in journals.
F.4 Spadina by-election 1955 - correspondence, publicity, news clippings, texts of speeches, etc. concerning Waisglass’s campaign as the CCF candidate in this by-election.
F.5 Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Office. Re Waisglass’s position as Director of Research and Education for the union - 1948-51 (includes scripts by George Salvarson for two programmes of CBC Radio’s Cross Section on Labour Management Cooperation).
F.6 Art and Leisure . Correspondence and ts. notes for Waisglass’s appearance on this panel at the Art Gallery of Ontario 1966.
F.7 United Steelworkers of America. Correspondence, drafts, notes, reports, articles and speeches prepared while Waisglass was Assistant Research Director and Research Director of the Canadian Office of U.S.W.A., 1957(?) to 1967. Note: In 1963-64 Waisglass was an International Labour Office consultant to the Singapore Government and Trade Unions. The following files concern that period.
F.8 Briefing documents, Singapore 1963-64.
F.9 Correspondence, general and personal, incoming and outgoing, 1963 to 1965.
F.10 Correspondence and memoranda with I.L.O. concerning the Singapore consultancy, plans of operation, seminars and courses, etc.
F.11 Reports written by Waisglass while in Singapore.
F.12 Reports written by Waisglass , Singapore National Trades Union Congress.
F.13 Daily Notes by Waisglass while in Singapore - Confidential.
F.14 Department of Labour - material from Waisglass’s period as Director-General of Research and Development 1967 to 1975. Includes correspondence, notes for reports and articles, drafts of speeches, press releases, etc.
F.15 Department of Labour - press clipping book.
F.16 Grievance Settlement Board, Ontario Crown Employees. Correspondence regarding Waisglass’s service on this Board (1981-84).
F.17 Correspondence, general and personal 1957-1984.
F.18 Binder. McMaster Labour Studies Programme (Waisglass was Director, 1975 to 1981). Information on the programme, prepared for review of programme.
F.19 H. J. Waisglass - correspondence on his McMaster appointments 1974-75, 1976-
F.20 McMaster Labour Studies Programme - correspondence, financial on All That Our Hands Have Done Mosaic Press, 1981.
F.21 McMaster Labour Studies - re Teacher / School Board Collective Bargaining sessions.
F.22 McMaster Labour Studies - budget, minutes, planning documents 1980-81-82.
F.23 Harry J. Waisglass - personal files.
F.24 General labour publications and readings saved by Waisglass.
Third accrual. -- 1979-1993. -- 1.5 m of textual records, sound recordings, and moving images.
Box 5 Arbitration files, 1980-1990.
Box 6 Arbitration files, 1979-1989.
Box 7 Arbitration files, 1986-1993.
Box 8 Arbitration files, 1980-1986
Norton Canada vs. teamsters and Harry Waisglass - transcript of the hearing.
Box 9 Arbitration files 1990-1993.
Box 10 Research manual co-edited by Harry Waisglass
Video and audiocassette tapes of interviews with labour leaders.
Fourth accrual. – 1952-1955. – 33 cm of textual records.
Series 1 Arbitration files
Arbitration files. -- 1981-1995. -- 6 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of the series. The materials consist of labour arbitration cases upon which Harry Waisglass acted as either arbitrator, chairperson or vice-chairperson.
Box 11a
F.1 Arbitration files, 1981-1989; 9 items.
1. Between: Country Place Nursing Home Ltd. (Employer) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1854 (Union), 1984.
2. Between: The Regional Municipality of Durham (Employer) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 132 (Union), 1986.
3. Between: Golden Manor Home for the Aged (Corporation of the City of Timmins) (Employer) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1140 (Union), 1987.
4. Between: Maitland Manor Ltd. (Employer) and Ontario Nurses’ Association, 1982.
5. Between: H.J. McFarland Memorial Home (Employer) and Ontario Nurses’ Association, 1984.
6. Between: Versa Care Centre of Hanover (Employer) and London and District Service Workers’ Union, Local 220 (Union), 1985.
7. Between: Versa Care Centre of Hanover (Employer) and London and District Service Workers’ Union, Local 220 (Union), 1989.
8. Between: The Regional Municipality of Waterloo Sunnyside Home (Employer) and London and District Service Workers’ Union, Local 220, SEIU, AFL, CIO, CLC (Union), 1986.
9. Between: R.J. Wessenger (Employee) and Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers (Employer), 1981.
F.2 Arbitration files, 1990-1992; 16 items.
1. Between: Brunner Manufacturing and Sales Ltd. (TECNA Division) (Employer) and United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 617P (Union), 1991.
2. Between: The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie (Employer) and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 714 (Union), 1991.
3. Between: Goodyear Canada Inc. (Employer) and United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, Local 189 (Union), 1991.
4. Between: H & S Heat Treating Ltd. (Employer) and Teamsters, Local Union No. 879 (Union), 1992.
5. Between: OLBEU (Policy Grievance) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) (Employer), 1992.
6. Between: OPSEU (Bent/Mahler) (Grievors) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation) (Employer), 1992.
7. Between: OPSEU (Crnkovich) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services) (Employer), 1992.
8. Between: OPSEU (Lanoue et al) (Grievors) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Health) (Employer), 1991.
9. Between: OPSEU (Menzies) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation) (Employer), 1991.
10. Between: OPSEU (Sahsuvaroglum) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation) (Employer), 1992.
11. Between: OPSEU (Thomas) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Education) (Employer), 1992.
12. Between: Provincial Crane Inc. (Employer) and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 1031 (Union), 1990.
13. Between: Teamsters Chemical Energy and Allied Workers Union, Local 154 (Union) and Norton Co., Niagara Falls, Ont. Plant (Employer), 1990.
14. Between: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 175 (Union) and Demarclin Funeral Services (Employer), 1990.
F.3 Arbitration files, 1993-1995; 10 items.
1. Between: ATU (MacDonald) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority) (Employer), 1993.
2. Between: Irvin Industries Canada Ltd., Fort Erie, Ont. (Employer) and International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Local 989 (Union), 1993.
3. Between: OPSEU (Blackhall) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community & Social Services) (Employer), 1994.
4. Between: OPSEU (Butt) (Grievor) and District of Halton-Mississauga Ambulance Service Ltd. (Employer), 1993.
5. Between: OPSEU (Garcia) (Grievor) and Green’s Ambulance Service (Employer), 1993.
6. Between: OPSEU (Mandar) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services) (Employer), 1994.
7. Between: OPSEU (Toplin) (Grievor) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services) (Employer), 1995.
8. Between: OPSEU (Turner/Williams/Janes) (Grievors) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Government Services) (Employer), 1993.
9. Between: OPSEU (Union Grievance) and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Management Board of Cabinet) (Employer), 1994.
10. Between: United Steelworkers of America, Local 8979 (Union) and in the matter of the individual grievance of Vic Cassar, and E.S. Fox Ltd., Fabrication Division, Niagara Falls & Welland (Employer), 1993.
Series 2 Ontario Education Relations Commission/Ontario Provincial Schools Authority
Ontario Education Relation Commission/Ontario Provincial Schools Authority. -- 1975-1980. -- 3.5 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of the series. The materials consist of appointments by the Ontario Commission of Harry Waisglass to assist parties in making or renewing collective agreements, and copies of collective agreements between Ontario Provincial Schools Authority and the Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers.
F.4 Education Relations Commission appointments, 1975-1980; 18 items.
1. Re: The Halton Board of Education and the Branch Affiliates of Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 9 composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1979.
2. Re: The Kirkland Lake Board of Education and the Branch Affiliates of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1979.
3. Re: The Kirkland Lake Board of Education and the Branch Affiliates of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation and L’Association des Enseignants Franco-Ontariens, 1979.
4. Re: The Lincoln County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the Branch Affiliates of L’Association des Enseignants Franco-Ontariens and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1978.
5. Re: The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education and the Branch Affiliates of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1979.
6. Re: The Ontario Council of Regents for Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and the academic staff represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 1979.
7. Re: The Oxford County Board of Education and O.S.S.T.F. Branch Affiliate, Oxford, 1975.
8. Re: The Peel County Board of Education and Ontario Secondary School Teacher Federation, District 10, 1977.
9. Re: The Peel Board of Education and the Branch Affiliates of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1979.
10. Re: The Peterborough-Victoria-Northumberland and Newcastle R.C.S.S. Board and the Branch Affiliates of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1978.
11. Re: The Provincial Schools Authority and the Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers, 1977.
12. Re: The Provincial Schools Authority and the Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers, 1979.
13. Re: The Sudbury Board of Education and the Branch Affiliates of L’Association des Ensignants Franco-Ontariens and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1979.
14. Re: The Boards of Education of Metropolitan Toronto School Board and the Branch Affiliates - Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario and the Branch Affiliates - Ontario Public School Men Teachers’ Federation, 1977.
15. Re: The Metropolitan Toronto School Board and the Branch Affiliates and Boards of Education, 1977.
16. Re: The Waterloo County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the Branch Affiliates of L’Association des enseignants Franco-Ontariens and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1980.
17. Re: The Board of Education for the Borough of York and the Branch Affiliates of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation composed of teachers employed by the Board, 1979.
18. Re: The York County Board of Education and District 11, O.S.S.T.F., 1979.
F.5 Ontario Provincial Schools Authority, 1976-1977; 3 items.
1. Provincial Schools Authority and the Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers : Collective agreement 1975-1976, 1976.
2. Provincial Schools Authority and the Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers : Collective agreement 1977-1978, 1977.
3. Provincial Schools Authority and the Federation of Provincial Schools Authority Teachers : Salary grid, 1976.
Series 3 Research material Research material. 1952-1979 plus 3 [undated]. -- 3.5 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of the series. The materials consist primarily of articles related to mediation of labour disputes.
F.6 Research material, 1952-1979 plus 3 [undated] : Includes essay, leaflets, news clipping, newsletter, pamphlet, photocopies of journal articles; also includes 2 CCF election leaflets promoting Waisglass; 26 items.
Series 4 Grievance case (*Restricted Access)
Box 11b
Grievance case. 1976-1995 plus 6 [undated]. -- 20 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of the series. The materials consist of arbitration files, correspondence and research pertaining to an individual grievance.Note: Restricted until 1 January 2096.
F.1 Grievance case, 1995 : Arbitration; 1 item.
F.2 Grievance case, [undated] : Arbitration : Book of Authorities of the Union; annotated by Waisglass; 1 item.
F.3 Grievance case, 1994 : Arguments; some material annotated by Waisglass; 6 items.
F.4 Grievance case, 1994-1997 : Correspondence to Waisglass from the Ontario Crown Employees Grievance Settlement Board and other individuals related to the case; 16 items.
F.5 Grievance case, 1994-1995 : Correspondence from Waisglass to members of the Ontario Crown Employees Grievance Settlement Board; 13 items.
F.6 Grievance case, 1995 : Dissent; some material annotated by Waisglass; 6 items.
F.7 Grievance case, 1990-1994 plus 1 [undated] : Research material; some items annotated by Waisglass : Includes arbitration files, photocopy from journal and news clippings; 9 items.
F.8 Grievance case, 1976-1994 plus 4 [undated] : Research material; some items annotated by Waisglass : Includes arbitration cases, information on Canadian Human Rights, ms. notes, etc.; 21 items.
Harry J. Waisglass fonds. Fifth accrual. – 1948-2001. – 17 cm of textual records.
Box 12:
Correspondence:
F.1 Correspondence, general, 1964-1991. Includes letters from Eileen Sufrin and Lynn R. Williams
F.2 Correspondence, Grievance Settlement Board, 1979-1990
F.3 Correspondence, McMaster University, 1975-1988
Letters to the Editor, with news clippings:
F.4 Various topics, 1993-1997
F.5 Health Care, 1996-1997, 2000
F.6 Payroll taxes, 1995
F.7 Quebec separatism, 1995-1997
F.8 Social Contract, 1993; includes letter from Bob Rae
F.9 Strikes, 1997
Lecture notes:
F.10 Quebec, 1996
F.11 Mediation of grievances, 1983
F.12 Strategy of bargaining, 1976
Articles, thesis, news clippings:
F.13 Articles, 1967-1979
F.14 Thesis, University of Toronto, 1948
F.15 Interview, press mentions, 1965, 1996-2001
Biography and Bibliography:
F.16 Resumes, bibliographies, 1974-1975, 1991
F.17 Who’s Who biographical sketches, 1980-1996
F.18 Job applications, 1967, n.d.
Other:
F.19 Certificate, Province of Nova Scotia, 1965
F.20 Programs, 1972-1980.
