Organizing for the Strike – Leadership and Engagement
From: The Truth About the '37 Oshawa GM Strike
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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.
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Tony Leah
Tony Leah is a long-time union activist with experience in bargaining, shop-floor representation, labour education, and political mobilization. A maintenance and construction welder with GM, Oshawa for nearly 40 years, he has held many positions within the Auto Workers Union at both Oshawa Local 222 and on the Canadian national level. Editor and author of many articles on labour history and activities, Tony Leah holds an MA in Labor Studies from McMaster University. He lives in Toronto.
