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CONDÉ, Carole & Karl Beveridge

1989-0330

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1982-08-28

Carole Condé (Interviewer)
Karl Beveridge (Interviewer)

Oral history interview by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge of Bill Rutherford, worker at General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, and former president of Local 222, United Automobile Workers. Rutherford discussed the Workers Unity League, a precursor of the U.A.W., and other details of the early trade union movement in the 1930s. Also discussed is the struggle between the left and right wing factions within the U.A.W., the strike at G.M. in 1946 and Rutherford's subsequent decision to join the Communist Party and details of union collective bargaining.

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORKERS~COLLECTIVE BARGAINING~ONTARIO~STRIKES & LOCKOUTS~TRADE UNION RECOGNITION~TRADE UNIONS & COMMUNISM~GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA~INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO)~INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA~INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AIRCRAFT & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA~BEVERIDGE, KARL~RUTHERFORD, BILL

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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