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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.(...)
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.(...)

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.(...)

Date3/13/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0107263F
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. (...)
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. (...)
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End of the line. The last Pontiac 6000 made by General Motors of Canada at its Oshawa plant is driven off the line yesterday by TomYoung, 61, who will(...)
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7/7/1988
Once upon a time, when portrait in background was painted, he was Count of Czachi, but today he is just plain George Czachi, a $4.49-an-hour assembly line inspector and member of United Auto Worker union at General Motors. In his native Hungary, he lived in a castle, and his family owned its own factory.
Once upon a time, when portrait in background was painted, he was Count of Czachi, but today he is just plain George Czachi, a $4.49-an-hour assembly line inspector and member of United Auto Worker union at General Motors. In his native Hungary, he lived in a castle, and his family owned its own factory.
2/1/1972
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
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
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t successful Sales Start ever recorded by General Motors new type of car has been chalked up by Chevette, seen rolling in triplicate toward camera aga(...)
t successful Sales Start ever recorded by General Motors new type of car has been chalked up by Chevette, seen rolling in triplicate toward camera aga(...)
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