UAW Local 444 records, 1956-1961.

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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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...

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

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Chrysler corporation

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On Jan. 4, 1980, the Chrysler Corp. permanently closed its Hamtramck Assembly Plant, commonly called "Dodge Main", marking the end of nearly 70 years of continuous manufacturing operations at the facility. John Frances and Horace Elgin Dodge were pioneers in the automobile industry, beginning with a machine shop to supply auto plants with parts, working with both Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, and eventually building a new plant on a 30 acre site in Hamtramck in 1910. Wanting to build their own ...

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...

Windsor Labour Council.

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