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October 6 - Québec Autoworkers Walk Off the Job

October 6 - Québec Autoworkers Walk Off the Job

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On this day in Labor History the year was 1996 fifteen thousand workers at the General Motors Plant in Quebec walked off the job. Members of the Canadian Auto Workers union were frustrated with their wages. They were also angry about layoffs and GM’s moves to outsource some of the auto production to non-unionized labor.

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