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Article: The Canadian Auto Workers: The Birth and Transformation of a Union.(Review)
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- Monthly Review
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- November 1, 1998
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by James Rinehart
Sam Gindin, (Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1995) pp., 289, $19.95.
This book is much more than an illustrated history of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) from its emergence to its separation from the United Auto Workers (UAW) and developments subsequent to the split. The narrative is shaped by the quest to explain why the UAW in the United States declined, while the Canadian auto workers were able to build an independent, progressive union. The explanation emphasizes the distinct economic and political conditions in Canada and the United States, as well as organizational, strategic, and ideological differences within each ...