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The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)
The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)

The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing peri(...)

Date10/27/1949
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Original Toronto Star caption: The strike is the first labor trouble at the General Motors plant since a strike of several weeks' duration in 1937 during the union's organizing period. Same controversy disturbed Detroit this summer; when the union there charged a speed-up.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0016199F
      There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
      There's still coffee money left, and pickets outside the General Motors plant in Oshawa take time out for coffee and doughnuts. But strike funds for 2(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      10/23/1970
      General Motors of Canada has made a new proposal, which auto union chief Robert White says could provide the basis for a settlement of the 10-day-old strike by 36,000 workers in Ontario and Quebec
      General Motors of Canada has made a new proposal, which auto union chief Robert White says could provide the basis for a settlement of the 10-day-old strike by 36,000 workers in Ontario and Quebec
      Mahler, John
      10/25/1984
      Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
      Five of eight signs held by workers during their strike last year at General Motors in Oshawa demand parity in pay with U.S. workers. The strikers wer(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      10/23/1970
      This is a record year for strikes and John Munro, federal labor minister, says all parties-unions, management, government-need to find ways of avoidin(...)
      This is a record year for strikes and John Munro, federal labor minister, says all parties-unions, management, government-need to find ways of avoidin(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/27/1973
      Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
      Burning in defiance the proposals put forward by Premier William Davis last week to end TTC strike, workers typify disrespect for laws now common to Canadian unions
      Bezant, Graham
      8/29/1974
      Toronto laborers, celebrating their union's 75th anniversary, paraded in 1890s costumes in the 1969 Labor Day march to the CNE. The Ex has been presenting of Labor Day celebrations since 1901
      Toronto laborers, celebrating their union's 75th anniversary, paraded in 1890s costumes in the 1969 Labor Day march to the CNE. The Ex has been presenting of Labor Day celebrations since 1901
      Feeny, Edwin
      9/1/1969
      Row upon row of cars await a hoped-for sales pickup at General Motors' Oshawa plant, where assembly lines were silent last week to trim production. U.(...)
      Row upon row of cars await a hoped-for sales pickup at General Motors' Oshawa plant, where assembly lines were silent last week to trim production. U.(...)
      Ross, Fred
      3/13/1970
      Trouble shooter: Keith Mills, general manager of the Ontario Share and Deposit Insurance Corporation, can offer the province's struggling credit unions or caisses populaires both financial advice and cash assistance
      Trouble shooter: Keith Mills, general manager of the Ontario Share and Deposit Insurance Corporation, can offer the province's struggling credit unions or caisses populaires both financial advice and cash assistance
      Stuparyk, Michael
      9/16/1981
      More bitter strikes looming as unions fight to keep jobs threatened by Tories' push for free trade, privatization
      More bitter strikes looming as unions fight to keep jobs threatened by Tories' push for free trade, privatization
      Bock, Tony
      8/24/1987
      Paul Tuz: Says federal clerks strike shows unions' powers dangerous
      Paul Tuz: Says federal clerks strike shows unions' powers dangerous
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/21/1978
      Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line
      Two powerhouse men strike 950-employee drug house, Paul Taylor (left), local president Vince McManus, striker William McLaughlin, union's Robert Souliere on line
      Goode, Jeff
      8/27/1968
      Council of postal unions on strike
      Council of postal unions on strike
      Philp, Barry
      7/16/1968