Papers, 1948-1977.

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Papers, 1948-1977.

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Correspondence, reports, clippings, and office files, relating to Brooks's activities with International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 444 (Windsor, Ont.) (earlier name: International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 444) and the Windsor community. Correspondents include George Burt and Pierre Trudeau.

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International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 444 (Windsor, Ont.)

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Local 240 was certified on March 17, 1944 as the collective bargaining agent for certain salaried and office employees employed by Ford Motor Company of Canada in its Windsor offices. From the description of UAW Local 240 records, 1938-1955. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321182 Local 444 services Chrysler Corporation in Windsor, Ontario. From the description of UAW Local 444 records, 1956-1961. (Wayne State Univers...

Brooks, Charles, 1916-1977

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Labor and civic leader, of Windsor, Ont. From the description of Papers, 1948-1977. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28421847 ...

Burt, George, 1903-1988

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His father was a brickmaker and active trade unionist. Burt worked as an apprentice plumber before getting a job on the General Motors assembly line in Oshawa, Ontario in 1929. Like many auto workers, his pay was so low that he was forced to go on welfare at times during the Great Depression. In 1937, the Congress of Industrial Organizations came to Canada to organize the Oshawa plant which went out on strike for 12 days in April forcing GM to recognize the union. Burt became treasurer of the ne...

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

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Prime minister of Canada, 1968-1979, 1980-1984. From the description of Pierre Elliott Trudeau speeches, 1968-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123401556 ...