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"Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs."
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"Furthermore, the spirit of enterprise which had its first intellectual development in England has especially flourished here as well as throughout all of Canada, while the same spirit has become less virile in the land of its origin."

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"Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs."

"That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must purchase in his daily living."

"Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth."

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"Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada."
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