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Canadian Motordom in Depression and War
From: Car Nation Canada
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In this chapter, Anastakis covers the 1930s and the Second World War period. Topics include the auto and the 1930s Depression, war production by auto manufacturers, union organizing in the war period and important auto industry strikes in the period. He discusses how organized labour secured major bargaining reforms that guaranteed better terms and wages that impacted Canadian workers generally.
Contributors
Dimitry Anastakis
Dimitry Anastakis is professor and the Wilson/Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto and his primary research examines Canada's role in the North American auto industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin’s Fantastic SV1 and the End of Industrial Modernity and Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960–1971. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
