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Oshawa

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Oshawa (ŏsh`əwə), city (1991 pop. 129,344), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. The production of automobiles, begun in 1907, is the leading industry, since Oshawa is the home site of General Motors of Canada. Other products include metals, glass, plastics, machine parts, furniture, leather and woolen goods, and electrical appliances. The town is on the site of a French trading post; there is now an automobile museum.
Oshawa
a city in central Canada, in SE Ontario on Lake Ontario: motor-vehicle industry. Pop.: 139 051 (2001)

Oshawa 

a city in Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Population, 91,000 (1971). Oshawa is a major center of the automotive industry, with branches of the American firm General Motors.



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In its peak of production the Oshawa plant turned out 1314 trucks per day, 90% of which was shipped directly to the United States.
10-14 years service: Bonnie Davies, Winnipeg, Manitoba (13 years) Kathleen Graham, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1997-present: 12 years) Janice Campbell, Toronto, Ontario (10 years) 5-9 years service: Janice Beitel, Toronto, Ontario (2000-present: 9 years) Joy Kramarich, Oakville, Ontario (8 years) Shari Michalewski (Comerford), Oshawa, Ontario (6 years) John Remington, Toronto, Ontario (5 years) Jan Hoffman, London, Ontario (5 years) 1-4 years service: Donna Rothwell, St.
GM has also reached an agreement with Canadian auto workers that could defuse a dispute ignited by the automaker's plans to close its Oshawa truck plant as part of a reduction in its truck production.
 
 
 
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