death_place death_date birth_place article_title name
niagara falls , ontario , canada 24 june 2010 niagara falls , ontario , canada shirley carr
 shirley carr
shirley carr

shirley geraldine edwina carr , -lrb- may 1929 -- june 24 , 2010 -rrb- was a canadian union leader who was the first woman president of canada 's largest labour organization , the canadian labour congress .
born in niagara falls , ontario , she became general vice-president of the canadian union of public employees in 1969 .
in 1974 , she became executive vice-president of the canadian labour congress and was president from 1986 to 1992 .
she was made an officer of the order of canada in 1980 and a member of the order of ontario in 1995 .
as president of the clc , she began canadian labour 's campaign against the free trade deal between then-prime minister brian mulroney and the late us president ronald reagan .
she was a pioneer in using the technique of seeking support for labour 's goals from other organizations in the community , and this strategy was ultimately responsible for turning the tide of public opinion against the trade deal .
