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CONDÉ, Carole & Karl Beveridge

1989-0330

Sound

2 of 2

1982

Carole Condé (Interviewer)
Karl Beveridge (Interviewer)

Oral history interview by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge of Annie Opersma and Lloyd Dessault, assembly line workers at General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, and members of Local 222, United Automobile Workers. The conversation begins with the subject of working mothers and child care, as well as issues at the workplace such as health and safety, technology, union restrictions and peer presure. They discuss the work of a foreman and the importance of maintaining good working conditions. Other topics include: women's pay and rights; promotion; and the Canadian section of the U.A.W. In closing, Opersma and Dessault discuss drugs in the workplace, jobs for students and various sporting activities sponsored by G.M.

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORKERS~CANADA~EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN~INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS~WOMEN IN TRADE UNIONS~GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA~INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA~BEVERIDGE, KARL~DESSAULT, LLOYD~OPERSMA, ANNIE

English

Open

~Consultation: Open.

Reproduction: Permission from copyright holders required.~Donor is in the process of obtaining release forms from interviewees. In 2019, donor confirmed that release forms were never obtained from interviewees.~Copyright: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge.~Credit: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Fonds / Library and Archives Canada