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Auto Strike Started A Baby Boom in Oshawa (1956)
Originally published March 28, 2020 In 1956, a significant baby boom swept my hometown of Oshawa, Ontario. Oshawa’s primary employer is General Motors, and the UAW went on strike. Although I was six years old, I can still remember seeing and smelling rubber-tire piles on fire at the picket lines on Ritson Road, as my…