Romeo Mathieu
Romeo Mathieu | |
|---|---|
| International Vice-President of the United Food and Commercial Workers – Canadian Director of Region 18 | |
| In office 1979–1983 | |
| President | William H. Wynn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Frank Benn |
| Canadian Director of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America – Canadian Food and Allied Workers | |
| In office 1972–1979 | |
| Leader | Patrick E. Gorman |
| Preceded by | Fred Dowling |
| Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
| 1st Secretary-General of the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) | |
| In office 1957–1963 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | unknown |
| 1st Secretary-General of the Fédération des unions industrielles du Québec (FUIQ) | |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1917 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April, 1989 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation New Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Huguette Plamondon |
| Alma mater | Technical Institute of Montreal |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
Romeo Mathieu CM (1917 – April 1989) was a Canadian trade unionist, progressive political activist, and leading solidarity builder for the Quebec labour movement.
Mathieu is best associated with his leading role in expanding the efforts of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) into Quebec during the 1940s and '50s, and assisting with the merger between the UPWA and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America in 1968.
He also made a significant contribution to the creation of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union in 1979. In addition to his outstanding contributions to the labour movement, Mathieu was a standing member of the Quebec intelligentsia during the 1950s and 60s, and served as a formidable presence in advancing many of the province's social movements, including the Quiet Revolution.