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

Picture, 1970

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

Picture, 1982

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

Stockpiles of cars at GM plant in Oshawa.

Picture, 1981

General Motors Assembly Line

Picture, 1993

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

GM plant

Picture, 1984

General Motors assembly line

Picture, 1993

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

Picture, 1970

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

In dark: Workers leaving GM plant in Oshawa yesterday were left in the dark on the extent of Canadian plant closings and job cutbacks over the next four years. What they do know is that GM's overall plan is to bring manufacturing tightly in-line with demand.

Picture, 1991

General Motors Assembly Line

Picture, 1993

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

Why isn't Premier Bob Rae preparing Ontario for the possibility that jobs; like those in auto parts plants; could be heading to Mexico under the North American trade deal?

Picture, 1992

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

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

Picture, 1982

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

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

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

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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.

Stockpiles of cars at GM plant in Oshawa.

General Motors Assembly Line

GM plant

General Motors assembly line

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

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.

In dark: Workers leaving GM plant in Oshawa yesterday were left in the dark on the extent of Canadian plant closings and job cutbacks over the next four years. What they do know is that GM's overall plan is to bring manufacturing tightly in-line with demand.

General Motors Assembly Line

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.

Why isn't Premier Bob Rae preparing Ontario for the possibility that jobs; like those in auto parts plants; could be heading to Mexico under the North American trade deal?

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.

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

GM assembly line

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.

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.

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