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we have won that demand, we Burt Retirement. By GEORGE BURT Canadian Director Canadiar Region, UAW We don't have much time injwe got any stability into our the UAW for looking back, but it/efforts. It was in the months is nevertheless a good way to|/following the founding conven- see what progress has been|tion of the UAW in South Bend, made. If it is Oshawa and the/Ind., in April 1936, that the early 30's you're looking at, the/ UAW -- then mostly called the . y veare ae Canadian ten i 7 : ; Brehdawnty pes iu Z years as gional Di- contrast is almost startling. UAWA.in Oshawa (or UAW-, GEORGE BURT jrector of the UAW. No man It is perhaps little remember-/C1O) -- got talked about here.| lknows more than. 1 do that the| ed in Oshawa today that the|A small group of workers held| UAW is not a one-man opera- UAW didn't just suddenly come} meetings in basements and be-|@asily remember how outland-|;; ; ari | out of nowhere in 1936 and on to/gan to talk up the UAW in the|ish the idea of workingmen hav- ee oa ed a gh its first strike and first contract/shop. Finally, we sent to De-|ing vacations or paid holidays, years, bit I have had great and pod ype neil 'proaphat tie troit for an organizer and Hugh; Was, not eo iis ago. And WhO| inspiring help from staff, local auto industry in Canada and the/ Buffalo. when factory workers scarcely| ome wae | United States, there' were fore-| Everyone knows about Local,dreamed of having pensions? aes ee Seal urs Tookioy runners to the UAW. Workers|222's strike in March 1937 and|And paid hospital-medical-sur- hack than 1 have time for right} had struggled for years to build|the first contract ever: for the| sical ycare? laow. ik ie Gol ER He: a SreNt some kind of united front with}UAW-CIO in Canada. It wasn't! won PENSIONE pleasure Maybe I'll even get which to confront agence much of a contract, but as it! re : ing $10! He . sure. ybe and the never-ending problems|turned out the seed we planted| Yet it was only in 1950 that which afflicted them in jof the old times. In Oshawa, there was never about that first contract is that)Wasn't won at General Motors! | actually any other union which|General Motors avoided all|in Oshawa until we negotiated) Cash suggestion awards total-| reached the point of formally|mention of the International Our Five - Year - Agreement in/ling $890,000 have been paid to| presenting demands on manage-|Union. The contract was only|1950 -- with the hours being re-|employees of General Motors of ment. But there were numerous/with its employees. It was not|/duced each year until we reach-|Canada during the past five -- and sometimes humorous--|until after the Ford workers in|/¢4 the 40-hour-week in the firal! years. more or less organized confron-| Windsor formed Local 200 in|year! : tations by groups of workers.|1941 and got a first contract in} Even before pensions were in| The body-in-white department|1942 officially recognizing the|the bag, UAW President Walter| BIG WAREHOUSE was particularly active. I member several incidents in/lowed suit in Oshawa. |Guaranteed Annual Wage--and|house of General Motors of Can-| 1935-1936 which would be known} The record is much toé long|in our 1956 contract we won the|ada at Oshawa stock quantities | today as 'wildcat strikes'. We|/and involved to attempt to re-|SUB (pay during layoffs) and|of 230,000 individual parts. The| settled quite. a few grievances|late in. detail in this short ar-|have improved on it every con-|company maintains nine other| -- including firings -- that way./ticle. But there ought to be|tract since. In our 1967 negotia-|parts warehouses across Can-/ The trouble with that was,lmany people around who willitions, we are asking for sal-|ada. | THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdoy, February 28, 1967 Bs aries for factory workers; when 7 | IN 1968 will have rounded out our Guar- Plans and this time we are not just talking about it. Our whole In-| ternational Union is supporting) us. I fully expect that the UAW will win wage parity in 1967 --) » that is, we will gain wages in ' Oshawa that will equal those which GM pays in Flint, Mich- igan, for example. | At the UAW's 21st Constitu- tional Convention in 1968, I will' retire from office as I have al- ready announced. By _ that time, I will have served -29 there was never any on-going organization about it. It was not until the UAW came along that the/Thompson was sent over from{has difficulty remembering) a4 regional leadership and the jaround to writing about some the| then was to grow into a mighty| the car er ae in seal lada. And the 40-hour wee tree. One rather neglected fact e CASH SUGGESTIONS | ! re-|UAW that General Motors fol-|Reuther began talking about the| The big central parts ware-| The Come in at the Sign of the big W Home of McMurrays Famous .. . 4 ENGLISH STYLE | Where People Gather § FISH "N CHIPS For The | Best Treat in Town suk anaes Meco ere 2. BIG e' Boao the quality and the taste of our deliciously prepared foods. pleased with your response and complimen- 2 COME As You Are and Eat in Your tary comments . strive to earn them. We, at McMurray's, are . and will continuously 3 Car or TAKE-HOME SERVICE HOME OF THE "BIG M" BURGER =, McMURRAY'S _DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT Simcoe St. North at Taunton Road -- Oshawa anteed Annual Wage program. 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