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1971 (Creation)
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1 folder of textual records
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File consists of press releases, newspaper clippings and protest ephemera. A backgrounding document composed by the Canadian Textile and Chemical Union explains that the Texpack strike in Brantford, Ontario was organized to demand higher pay for its workers (most of whom were women), to oppose the layoff decision undertaken by the company after its acquisition by the American Hospital Supply Corporation, and the unethical sale of Second World War-era United States Army bandages, which could not be verified to be sterile, onto the Canadian market with an intention to be used by industrial workers. The backgrounding document also argues that the root cause of Texpack’s situation was the acquisition of Canadian factories by American corporations, which operated the factories as branch plants to the detriment of Canadian workers when corporate cut backs were deemed necessary. File includes a Waffle press release indicating the movement’s support and attendance at the Texpack strike. File also includes two notices of a public conference to be held regarding the Texpack strike and three copies of the Canadian Textile & Chemical Union Bulletin’s October 1971 Texpack Strike Issue. File also includes a large sticker with the words ‘I Don’t Buy Dare Cookies!’ in reference to one of the major food manufacturers where another largely female workforce also decided to go on strike, influenced by the impact of the Texpack strike and a booklet of blank Ontario Waffle donation cheques.