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Workers at this General Motors' Oshawa plant have achieved wage parity with their U.S. Colleagues; but profits of GM in Canada show lower rates than General Motors Corporation in the U.S. The accompanying letter urges more disclosure to explain figures.

Picture, 1970
It's a long walk along the slowly-moving assembly line at the Oshawa South plant of General Motors; where the vast; linked buildings cover 165 acres. To save time getting from one place to another; workers ride bicycles along controlled pathways. The company experimented first with golf carts but found the bikes more flexible.

Picture, 1973
Lunch beside the line saves time for GM assembly workers. Picnic tables are one place to spend their 42-minute lunch periods and two 10-minute shift breaks. There's also a company cafeteria.

Picture, 1973
Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970
Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970
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
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
Canada - Ontario - Oshawa - General Motors - Assembly Line and Autos

Picture, 1970
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