The Energy and Chemical Workers Union (ECWU) was a Canadian trade union. It was founded in April 1980 as the result of a merger of the Canadian district of the

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW) was a trade union in the United States which existed between 1917 and 1999. At the time of its dissolution and merger, the International represented 80,000 workers and was affiliated with the AFL� ...

, the Canadian Chemical Workers Union, and various directly chartered local unions of the

Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec The Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ; Quebec Federation of Labour) is the largest labour federation in Quebec in terms of its membership. It has over 500,000 members, who account for 44% of the unionised workers in Q ...

. In 1992, it merged with the Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada and the Canadian Paperworkers Union to form the

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP; []) was a largely private sector, private-sector trade union, labour union with 150,000 members, active from 1992 to 2013. It was created in 1992 through the merger of three unions: th ...

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