The collection consists of materials concerning rules, disputes and labour negotiations with unions of the the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian National Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway system. Some of the unions involved include: Locomotive Engineers, Locomotive Firemen, Conductors, Baggagemen and Brakemen, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Yardmasters, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. There is one photograph (Accession 08-1999).

The fonds consists of the business records of the union.

The fonds consists of minute books.

The collection consists of printed materials including convention working papers and addresses and press releases.

The fonds consists of four slip-cased, bound minute books: 7 March 1943-22 February 1955; 8 January 1955-24 March 1975; 38 April 1975-22 June 1987 (includes financial statements; Executive and Stewards minutes, 6 September 1944-15 March 1955).

Fonds consists of a minute book, bank statements, and monthly membership and dues reports.

Fonds consists of minute books (general membership, executive board, and grievance committees), agreements, proposals for negotiations, reports, and correspondence. The fonds also contains materials relating to traffic signal repairmen, Parking Authority, Dundurn Castle, Flamborough, Dundas, Heritage Village, and other locals (1797, 2177, and 3042).

The fonds consists of the business records of the Union from its founding to 1979. This includes the labour agreements that precipitated the 1906 Strike.

The fonds consists of reports, correspondence, photographs, publications, sound recordings and other materials amassed by Ed Seymour throughout his career as a union activist, labour leader and educator with such organizations as the International Association of Machinists, the Textile Workers Union of America, the Communication Workers of Canada, and Solidarity Consulting.. Some of the materials, mostly photographs, are copies from various institutions in Canada and the United States. The fonds documents certification drives and strikes (such as Bell Canada, Eaton’s, Gainers and CIBC) throughout the 1970s and 1980s.There are documents relating to the unions Seymour worked for as well as the United Farm Workers of America.There is also material relating to the founding of the New Democratic Party as well as photographs unrelated to labour, mainly aboriginals (First Nations).

There have been two accruals. The first accrual consists of correspondence, briefs and agreements, contract negotiation notes, grievance records and correspondence, minutes of the executive board and other committees, job classification files, photographs, financial records and publications, 1937-1972. The second accrual consists of correspondence, grievances, minutes, press releases, newsletters and other printed materials. It has been arranged into the following series: correspondence, Executive Board and committiees, greivances and printed materials.

The fond consists of minutes, correspondence, financial documents, membership lists, news letters and circulars. Also included is biographical material he collected on Ralph Ellis and Doug Carr. Ralph Ellis was expelled from the Hamilton and District Labour Council in 1971.

The fonds consists of the records of the area office and its relationship with the locals under its jurisdiction. A list of the locals can be found in the finding aid for the first accrual.

The fonds consists of minute books, membership and dues books, cash books.

The documents in this collection were gathered by Robert Kristofferson for a biography about Mr. Jaggard, The Bob Jaggard Story. They concern Jaggard's involvement with his union and the labour movement, politics, and local causes and consist of correspondence, news clippings, an incomplete court transcripts. Most of the documents are photocopies.

The fonds consists of one bound minute book, 9 March 1975 to 24 April 1984 and one bound attendance book, 21 October 1979 to 25 April 1984.

The fonds consists of one minute book covering the period 5 September 1872 to 27 February 1879. There are a few other scattered entries in the volume: 16 January 1872, 24 November 1881 and 1 December 1881.

The fonds contains Dr. Frankel's notes and correspondence, sound recordings of the hearings as well as various documents used in his research for the commission.

The fonds consists of a minute book, 1970-1977, followed by lists of signatures from 1977 along with listings of local executives and roll calls.

Fonds consists of correspondence, collective agreements and negotiations, leaflets, notices and brochures.