Munro, Jack

MUNRO, Jack, labour leader (b 28 Mar 1931, Lethbridge, AB; d 15 Nov 2013, Vancouver). Raised in poverty in rural Alberta, he dropped out of school in grade 10 and became an apprentice machinist with the CPR. In 1959, after being laid off in NELSON, he went to work in a SAWMILL. It was the beginning of a long involvement in the FOREST INDUSTRY. Munro joined the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) (see INDUSTRIAL, WOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS OF CANADA) and was soon a full-time official with...

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