Author: GINDIN, SAM
Title: The Canadian Auto Workers [C.A. W. ]: The Birth and Transformation of a Union
Description: Canada: Lorimer, 1995. Paperback. ISBN: 1550284983. "Provides a fascinating look at the Canadian Auto Workers union, the CAW, from its origins to the present. Beginning in the twenties, Sam Gindin describes the early years of the automobile industry and the emergence of GM, Ford, and Chrysler. He looks at the birth of the UAW in 1936, the conflicts that rocked the union in the fifties, the signing of the Autopact in the sixties, and the historic split of the Canadian section from the UAW two decades later. Offers an engrossing glimpse of our past, written from a union perspective." - back cover. x, 291 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. Suggested reading list. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 8vo. Good .

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