Tony Leah
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From  1928-1936: Communists Build a Foundation |
In this chapter, Leah traces Communist efforts to organize auto workers across Canada from 1928 to 1936, building toward the landmark 1937 Oshawa strike at General Motors. | Tony Leah | 21 | 2024 | $2.10 Add |
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From Introduction |
In this introduction, Leah examines the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario, and challenges the interpretation offered by historian Irving Abella. | Tony Leah | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From Lessons and Legacy |
In this chapter, Leah examines how the 1937 Oshawa General Motors strike illustrates how rank-and-file workers, including a prominent group of women, won through dense steward representation and … | Tony Leah | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From Notes on Sources, Bibliography, Appendices |
This chapter includes, notes, bibliography, and appendices. | Tony Leah | 49 | 2024 | $4.90 Add |
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From Organizing for the Strike – Leadership and Engagement |
In this chapter, Leah examines the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario, focusing on how rank-and-file democratic participation and the steward system shaped the campaign. | Tony Leah | 27 | 2024 | $2.70 Add |
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From Setting the Stage |
In this chapter, Leah traces the transformation of Canadian auto industry labour organizing from 1934 to the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario. | Tony Leah | 27 | 2024 | $2.70 Add |
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From The McLaughlins vs. The Workers |
In this chapter, Leah traces class conflict in Oshawa, Ontario, from the 1860s through the 1940s, centring on the McLaughlin family and the workers who built the town’s industrial identity. | Tony Leah | 13 | 2024 | $1.30 Add |
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From The Strike |
In this chapter, Leah examines the conditions that led to the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa, Ontario, and the organization of the strike itself. | Tony Leah | 75 | 2024 | $7.50 Add |
The Truth About the ’37 Oshawa GM StrikeThey Made Cars and They Made Plans: Reds, the Rank and File, and International Solidarity Unionized GM |
Autoworkers unionized the General Motors plant in Oshawa in 1937 after a bitterly fought strike that pitted them against a rabidly anti-union government, hostile press and GM corporation. It was … | Tony Leah | 288 | 2024 | View |
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From Winners, Losers, and Lessons |
In this chapter, Leah examines how the 1937 Oshawa General Motors strike, settled on April 23, 1937, transformed Canadian industrial unionism. decades. | Tony Leah | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
