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CONDÉ, Carole & Karl Beveridge

1989-0330

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2 of 2

1982-07-08

Carole Condé (Interviewer)
Karl Beveridge (Interviewer)

Oral history interview by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge of George Burt, assembly line worker at General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, founding member of Local 222, United Automobile Workers and former president of the Canadian section of the U.A.W. Burt describes his work on the line in the body shop at G.M. and the early attempts by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Communist Party to unionize the autoworkers in the 1930s. Other topics include the U.A.W. International Convention in 1942, internal dissention within the union and the various union officials such as Walter Reuther, former president of the U.A.W.

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORKERS~ONTARIO~TRADE UNION RECOGNITION~CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION~COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA~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~BURT, GEORGE~REUTHER, WALTER

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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