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

Picture, 1970

Work station: Rob Hatch; Rusty Hayden and John (B.J.) Heaslip; from left; work at a General Motors Oshawa plant. Below left; Healsip shows reporter Debra Black how to install a dashboard.

Picture, 1988

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

GM plant

Picture, 1984

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

Picture, 1993

Presidential candidates: John Sinclair (inset left) and incumbent Ted Murphy (right) are vying for the right to lead the powerful Local 222 of the United Auto Workers. Some 17;000 members; most employed at General Motors of Canada are to vote in Tuesday's election.

Picture, 1973

Competitive products: Canadian car plant; such as this GM operation in Oshawa; have become more cost-efficicent relative to Japan because of the yen's appreciation. Shifting exchange rates coulde influence Japanese views of investment in Canada.

Picture, 1983

Workers leave after their last shift due to strike at U.S. plants.

Picture, 1998

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

Time out: Mark Simpson; Wayne Smith and Rick Crowley; from left; display the collective sense of humor that gets them through the work day.

Picture, 1988

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

Bespoke bicycle: George West; an employee of General Motors at Oshawa; tries out one of the company's fleet of 450 bikes; now fitted with tubeless; spokeless wheels. The traditional wheels were trashed after GM's cost-cutters found that the modern wheels needed no repairs.

Picture, 1986

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

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

Working future: Robots weld car bodies on a General Motors assembly line in Oshawa. Canada's hard-pressed auto makers have embraced new technology with enthusiasm; seeing it as a major weapon in the battle with Japanese rivals and emerging auto giants like South Korea; Brazil and Mexico.

Picture, 1985

First in line: Siegbert Ellerbusch; a retired tool maker from Toronto; and his wife; Liidia; take delivery of their new Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera in the plant where it was made. The car was the first of its kind made in Oshawa; where a retooling has helped to overcome a shortage of popular GM models.

Picture, 1985

New cars at the GM Plant Oshawa

Picture, 1981

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

Picture, 1970

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

Picture, 1993

'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

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Work station: Rob Hatch; Rusty Hayden and John (B.J.) Heaslip; from left; work at a General Motors Oshawa plant. Below left; Healsip shows reporter Debra Black how to install a dashboard.

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

GM plant

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

Presidential candidates: John Sinclair (inset left) and incumbent Ted Murphy (right) are vying for the right to lead the powerful Local 222 of the United Auto Workers. Some 17;000 members; most employed at General Motors of Canada are to vote in Tuesday's election.

Competitive products: Canadian car plant; such as this GM operation in Oshawa; have become more cost-efficicent relative to Japan because of the yen's appreciation. Shifting exchange rates coulde influence Japanese views of investment in Canada.

Workers leave after their last shift due to strike at U.S. plants.

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.

Time out: Mark Simpson; Wayne Smith and Rick Crowley; from left; display the collective sense of humor that gets them through the work day.

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

Bespoke bicycle: George West; an employee of General Motors at Oshawa; tries out one of the company's fleet of 450 bikes; now fitted with tubeless; spokeless wheels. The traditional wheels were trashed after GM's cost-cutters found that the modern wheels needed no repairs.

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.

Working future: Robots weld car bodies on a General Motors assembly line in Oshawa. Canada's hard-pressed auto makers have embraced new technology with enthusiasm; seeing it as a major weapon in the battle with Japanese rivals and emerging auto giants like South Korea; Brazil and Mexico.

First in line: Siegbert Ellerbusch; a retired tool maker from Toronto; and his wife; Liidia; take delivery of their new Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera in the plant where it was made. The car was the first of its kind made in Oshawa; where a retooling has helped to overcome a shortage of popular GM models.

New cars at the GM Plant Oshawa

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