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68sd


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thought this was so cool id post it on its own!


GM strike ends after 148 days

Broadcast Date: Feb. 19, 1956

In Oshawa, even the mayor works at General Motors. He's one of about 10,000 people GM employs in the southern Ontario city, which is hit hard in 1955 when GM workers walk off the job. After five months on the picket line, the workers get most of what they want: a pay raise, more secure working conditions, and a health plan half covered by GM. This 1956 clip from CBC-TV's Newsmagazine shows a thriving car company with plants in five Ontario cities.


http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/labour_unions/clips/16862/








-- Edited by 68sd on Friday 2nd of July 2010 10:06:31 AM

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4 1/2 month strike  from September 9. 1955  until February 22, 1956

Chevrolet  canadian

Year        Built                 Imported

1955         79,030              4,668

1956        48,556               12,017

1957         79,318              324

Totals       206,904             17,009




heres a canadian 56

Built March 12th 1956  sold at Gorries like in the clip


only the 102nd 56 Belair 2 door sedan that year

and 1976th car built


https://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae36/canadianponcho/100_2366.jpg





-- Edited by 68sd on Friday 2nd of July 2010 10:39:11 AM

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this is the highest # Poncho weve seen so far,its vin sequencials would tell us where they were at # wise at that point!

1956 common 4 door sedan was at only 6590 bodies
latest 55 of the same model we have is 11898 bodies
latest 57 of the same model we have is 11321 bodies

unknown        2019            261ci     2401   (901 int.)    Saskatchewan link
#6590        Pathfinder Deluxe 4dr   Crocus Yellow -Black                        cheviac


https://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn245/javacougar/poncho/100_4609.jpg






-- Edited by 68sd on Friday 2nd of July 2010 10:49:44 AM

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26 cents an hour was a lot of money back then - I remember when I got a 10 cent raise working in the gas station as a kid and I was thrilled with my increased purchasing power (gas was 25 cents a gallon, you could cruise all night for 50 cents, eh?).

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Great stuff Fred!

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My information from Windsor Plant shows that 4032 CKD units were built in 1956 and 5496 in 1957. The 19th September 1955 saw the start of the strike and just 768 units were built in Setpember. 528 units were built in April 1956 (from April 21st) whereupon 1957 Model CKD production started. This, on reflection, suggests that overseas plants that assembled Canadian units would have been delayed in their start-up in turn.

1957 CKD started October 30th 1956 and endedd in August 1957, and 1958 started October 24th 1957 and ended June 1958.

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Thanks for posting such an interesting video.

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Indeed  that was a very interesting clip and report. Did you notice the '56 Pontiac shells waiting in the factory?

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