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4B THE OSHAWA TIMES, PROGRESS EDITION, Friday, February 27, 1959 FEA Tp UAW HALL ON BOND STREET IS MECCA FOR DISTRICT LABOR Local 222 History Is Recalled f is still growing as it passes its 22nd anniversary. With well over 10,000 members, "Local 222 is a dominant force in local labor. and the largest UAW) local in Canada. First steps to organize uo) workers in Oshawa were taken | "Feb. 19, 1937 shortly after the| United Auto Workers of America. 'CIO were organized in the : Since that time its activities have I often been stormy, sometimes placid but never dull. On Dec. 5, 1958 the UAW sign- | ed a three-year contract with GM following six months negotiations. | The intensity with which both | union and management attacked] finding a settlement solution is indicated by the fact meetings . were held on a daily during * the final 10 weeks of negotiations. The tires yesr contract was b n * bargaining for Local 223 with in- creases of six cents an hour or ' two and one-half per cent, which . ever was greater, granted over each of the next three years. Fringe benefits were also im-| prov After the initial groundwork of unionizing was laid Feb. 19, 1937 a dispute between management and sheet and metal workers in the GM body plant was settled peacefully. During the dispute, however, a union charter had been applied for and an organ- izer came from Detroit to urge Oshawa GM workers to unite. By March 15, 1937 three-quar- ters of all GM workers had join- ed the new union. Some feeder plant employes joined and on March 16 Ontario Steel Products Ltd. became the first local firm to sign an agreement with the . UAW, On March 23, Coulter Manufac- turing Co. Ltd. signed an agree- ment with the UAW after a four- day strike marked by riots caused when strike . breaking workers attempted to enter the idle plant. Police were called to stop workers from throwing bricks and stones during the riots. The first officers elected to Local 222 executive posts took office March 28 with C. H. Mil lard as president. Other officers elected were E. E. Bathe, vice president; W. Harmef, recording secretary; G. Burt, treasurer; A. Shultz, financial secretary; G. Day, G. Frise and T. King, trustees and H. Farrow, ser- geant-at-arms. A union delegation led by Mr. Millard, who served as the first + full-time organizer of Local 222, and an American organizer from Detroit, Hugh Thompson, met . with GM officials March 81, The company refused to nego- tiate with anyone outside the Osh- awa union and Mr. Millar¢ was | named head of the bargaining | , committee after Mr. Thompson | + withdrew when Hon. David Croll, . Ontario Minister of Labor, inter- «~ vened. * GM refused to recognize the union and a strike was oalled " April 5. A meeting between GM and the UAW was scheduled for the then Premier, Mitchell F. Hepburn's office in Toronto, At- tempts at settlement in this man- {ner failed. + Crown Attorney Alex C. Hall, *QC, then mayor of Oshawa, at- « tempted to bring the two sides after a dlock of sev- seral days followed. Mr. Hall wired Detroit requesting that I American UAW members be call Ww out in sympathy if the Osh- awa strike was not ended in two days. proposal by H, J. 1, GM vice-president & general manager at the time, fol- lowed on April 16. He asked the men to return to work and prom. ised to negotiate in return. . When this proposal was reject- sed, Mr. Hall tried again to bring 'the parties together but his plea also was turned down by the LUA tantative plan by federal and i 1 authorities to send ad onal police forces to O dah March, 1924 Big Month The following is the program for the celebration of OShawa's incorporation as a city on the 8th of March, 1924, published in the Oshawa Telegram larch 7, 1924, under the heading "Pro- gram for Big City Celebration : Mayor Trick announced this morning that final details with the ceremony which will launch Oshawa in to a state of cityhood tomorrow at noon and the cele. bration which will continue dur- ing Saturday afternoon and Sun- day evening, are now complete and all that is now needed is that the weatherman be on his best behavior. Many old Oshawa boys and girls will be here tomorrow for the preliminary celebration of the town's erection to cityhood, and tomorrow, Saturday, March 8, 1924, promises to be a never-to- be forgotten day in the history of the municipality. | |TO ASK DIVINE BLESSING was never implemented as law|ratified by the membership April and order was maintained|gs throughout the dispute. Local 222 had won dts first fight, WHEELS OF INDUSTRY the all important battle for recog- April 22, a second meeting in|nition, The wheels of industry the office of Premier Hephurn|turned again April 26 and union led to an agreement which was| and company both have pros- The members of the Town : [Council will meet at the armor- ies at 11.30 tomorrow morning. i |and short addresses will be given by the Mayor and Councillors. The members of the local min. isterial association have been in- vited to attend the meeting and at noon Rey, C. R. De Pencier, rector of St. George's church, pered since the bitter days of early courtship. The next major event in the life of Local 222 will be the an- nual election of officers in May. and the oldest resident minister here, will ask for divine blessing on the city. Just after 12 o'clock, Rev. A. M. Irwin, pastor of King Street Methodist Church, wil also offer up prayer. [PLENTY OF "DOINGS" At 12.00 noon all the whistles of the factories will be asked to blow for five minutes, and the bells of the town to rin¢, for the same period. Immediately after this 25 individual guns will be fired, indicat that Oshawa is now the 26th city of the province of Ontario. During the afternoon from 830 to 5.00 o'clock the bands 'will furnish music. At 7.30 p.m. everyone is re- quested to meet at the armories for the Grand Parade from which prizes will be awarded. Mr, L. Stevenson, Mr. W. A. Dewland and Mr. George Miller are appointed judges. The parade will follow through all the main streets in the cen- tre of the town, and end at the armories, where there will be several five - minute speeches by the mayor and prominent citizens of Oshawa and community sing. ing followed by community dancing. Round dancing will be carried on in the armories, the music being supplied by Rey. nold"s orchestra, and square dancing in the Town Hall, with music by Cox's orchestra. Dane. ing will continue until midnight. A Pathe news cameraman will be here to "shoot" the doings, end Oshawa will get much pub. liclty as a result, Manager L. E. Osier, of the Regent The- atre, has also arranged for spe- cial Pathe films of the celebra- tion which will be shown at that | theatre. | POPULATION GROWS | The current executive includes Cliff Pilkey, president; W.| Rutherford, first vice-president; R. Cooke, second vice-president; R. McNeill, secretary-treasurer; B. Gibson, recording secretary: E. Cline, L. Childerhose and G. Wilson, trustees and J: Me- Closkey and J. Lee, executive officers, Is | When Oshawa was incorporated | as a city in 1924, it had a popula-| tion of 16,659. Since then it has expanded rapidly to its present position of seventh rauking city in the province with a population | of 54,912, according to the 1938) | census. PROGRESS . . . The newly formed partnership of . , . HOWE & MILLEN . . . serving Oshawa and District . . . we are proud to be associated with the industrial and better. residential growth of our city . growing bigger and serving . with a Solute to the past . .. we look forward to the future, Howe and Mullen 67 KING STREET EAST DIAL RA 5.7732 AW. Fred R. Jones Ltd. N.R.A, H. Kassinger Construction Ltd. W. Crawford Construction Ltd, Glen Mills Homes Ltd. MeCull LISTINGS INVITED . 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During these many years Jury & . and our firm has, in every case, kept step with Progress in stocking the newest and best in Drugs and many other items that go to make Jury & Lovells a pleasant place to deal. First opening in Bowmanville with one store, to-day Jury & Lovell operate four stores located in Oshawa, Whitby and Bowmanville. ® EXPERIENCE eo INTEGRITY "Compounding Your Physcian's Prescription Is Our Profession" PRESCRIPTION CHEMISTS OSHAWA-BOWMANVILLE-WHITBY SARY e AbovimuShions a recent view of Jury & Lovell Store locoted ot 530 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa. WHITBY Above--A view of the Jury & Lovell Store rcsntly opened in the town of Whitby, located at 317 Brock St. South. a