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CONDÉ, Carole & Karl Beveridge

1989-0329

Enregistrement sonore

2 of 2

1982-10-19

Carole Condé (Interviewer)
Karl Beveridge (Interviewer)

Oral history interview by Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge of Maureen Shorten, worker at General Motors of Canada, Oshawa, Ontario, and a founding member of the Women's Auxiliary of the United Automobile Workers in 1963. Shorten recalls her work at G.M. in the rad and cutting rooms and the company attitude toward female employees on the assembly lines. Her early interest in the union and the difficulty of interesting other women employees in the union is discussed. Other topics include the five-year contract negotiated with G.M. in 1950, her support of the Communist Party, the radical wing of the U.A.W. and the affiliation between the New Democratic Party and the U.A.W.

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY~AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WORKERS~CANADA~EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN~ONTARIO~TRADE UNIONS~TRADE UNIONS & COMMUNISM~GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA~INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA

English

Libre

~Open

Permission from copyright holders required for reproduction. ~Copyright: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge.~Credit: Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Fonds / Library and Archives Canada