Corporate body

United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union

• United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union

The UFAWU was established in 1945 following the merger of the United Fishermen's Federal Union (UFFU) and the Fish, Cannery, Reduction Plant and Allied Workers Union. The UFFU was a continuation of the United Fishermen of British Columbia, which was established as the British Columbia Seiners' Association in 1931 . The UFFU was joined by the by the Salmon Purse Seiners' Union (SPSU) in 1940, and by the Pacific Coast Fishermen 's Union (PCFU) in 1944 . The SPSU was formed in 1936 from Fishermen and Cannery Workers Industrial Union (established 1933), itself a continuation of Fishermen's Industrial Union (established 1931) . The UFAWU was suspended by the Trades and Labour Congress in 1953 for communist activities . It was recognized by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1972.