Toronto Typographical Union

[2] It was reorganized in 1844 to counter newspaper publisher George Brown's efforts to lower printing workers' wages.

[6] Burr suggests that this overstates the point, as TTU's members in Toronto supported its move to become a local of the American organization.

[10] TTU and the print workers it represented announced their demand for a nine-hour day, with no accompanying pay cut, on March 13, 1872.

[11] James Beaty, a Conservative politician and editor of the Toronto Leader, accepted TTU's demands and even wrote in favour of their cause.

Accordingly, TTU membership declined precipitously during this period, beginning with a lengthy newspaper strike that began in 1964.

[19] The union was still active in Mississauga as of 1987, when it won a settlement on behalf of 30 workers at Burlington Air Express (now BAX Global) at the Ontario Labour Relations Board.