General Contractors` Section, Richmond Hill, ON

As far back as the 1920`s there are records of contractors within T.C.A. negotiating with Building Trade Unions as a group however agreements concluded by the group were signed by each individual contractor on a voluntary basis. Following World War II Building Trade Unions were successful in a major expansion of the number of companies under collective agreement and for the first time the then Toronto Builders Exchange hired a full time Director of Labour Relations to co-ordinate the efforts of member companies in their negotiations and to act as chief spokesman.