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Alan Forest; a copy mill operator; works on J-car stamping dies at General Motors' Fabrication Plant. Parts made from these dies will be used by assembly plants in Ohio; Wisconsin; Missouri; California and Oshawa.

Picture, 1981

A Bumper crop in Oshawa. Glittering in the bright winter sunlight; hundreds of automobile bumpers are stockpiled in the yard of Houdaille Oshawa Ltd. on Simcone St. in Oshawa; watched over by guard Bert Stinson; who directs traffic through the yard. The company stamps and plates bumpers for the big automobile manufacturers and this is a supply of them awaiting shipment; most of them to the U.S.

Picture, 1974

GM assembly line

Picture, 1983

End of the line. The last Pontiac 6000 made by General Motors of Canada at its Oshawa plant is driven off the line yesterday by TomYoung; 61; who will retire in August. A total of 1;541;882 Pontiac and other so-called A-cars have been made in Oshawa since 1982. Almost 5;900 workers will be laid off for five months before production of a new Chevrolet sedan begins. The new family of cars is code-named W or GM-10 cars.

Picture, 1988

GM assembly line

Picture, 1983

The old assembly line is gone from much of GM Autoplex. Flexible moving platforms stop at work stations and proceed to the next one only when workers are satisfied their job is completed properly.

Picture, 1988

William A. Wecker; General Motors of Canada president; points to an aerial photo of the new Oshawa plant which will step up production to 1;350 vehicles a day.

Picture, 1954

'A bad car': Iraqi Ambassador Abdo Al-Dairi has described 12;500 GM Canada Malibus as bad cars because they have no clocks; faulty clutches and no class. Last Friday; Iraq cancelled its $100-million deal to buy the cars; some of which are still sitting on this lot in Oshawa. GM had earlier sent 30;000 Oshawa-built Malibus to the Iraq government for use as gifts to families of Iraqi war dead.

Picture, 1982

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970

What does Auto Pact mean to GM assembly line workers in oshawa?

Picture, 1985

Our economy; ranging from car production to stock exchange activities; should be under a super planning agency; says Queen's Prof. Hugh Thornburn.

Picture, 1982

New cars at the GM Plant Oshawa

Picture, 1981

Complete Instrument panels and steering columns are installed as a unit; using the Canadian arm; s specialized hoist which was developed in Oshawa.

Picture, 1988

Stock: A never-ending stream of trucks brings coils of steeel from mills in Sault; Ste. Marie; Quebec and the United States to the General Motors Plant in Oshawa. Most of this will be turned into components for the new J-cars. To meet J-car schedules; the receiving; processing and shipping facilities are being expanded. GM is spending $300 million improving its Oshawa operation - for new building; renovation; upgrading and retooling. [Incomplete]

Picture, 1983

Row upon row of cars await a hoped-for sales pickup at General Motors' Oshawa plant; where assembly lines were silent last week to trim production. U.S. authorities complain Canada gets off lightly in continent-wide layoffs. Ottawa fears shutdowns will be chronic if Canadian auto industry's protection is weakened.

Picture, 1970

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Old Pix

Picture, 1987

Big business. Unless federal spending is cut significantly a spokesman for Canada's biggest companies says the Conservative regime in Ottawa will be perceived as government in paralysis. This may be their last chance;' he says.

Picture, 1983

GM plant

Picture, 1984

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1982

Apparent retreat by auto union still leaves big gains in benefits and wages that worry auto parts industry

Picture, 1982

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Alan Forest; a copy mill operator; works on J-car stamping dies at General Motors' Fabrication Plant. Parts made from these dies will be used by assembly plants in Ohio; Wisconsin; Missouri; California and Oshawa.

GM assembly line

GM assembly line

The old assembly line is gone from much of GM Autoplex. Flexible moving platforms stop at work stations and proceed to the next one only when workers are satisfied their job is completed properly.

William A. Wecker; General Motors of Canada president; points to an aerial photo of the new Oshawa plant which will step up production to 1;350 vehicles a day.

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

What does Auto Pact mean to GM assembly line workers in oshawa?

Our economy; ranging from car production to stock exchange activities; should be under a super planning agency; says Queen's Prof. Hugh Thornburn.

New cars at the GM Plant Oshawa

Complete Instrument panels and steering columns are installed as a unit; using the Canadian arm; s specialized hoist which was developed in Oshawa.

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Old Pix

Big business. Unless federal spending is cut significantly a spokesman for Canada's biggest companies says the Conservative regime in Ottawa will be perceived as government in paralysis. This may be their last chance;' he says.

GM plant

Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Apparent retreat by auto union still leaves big gains in benefits and wages that worry auto parts industry

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