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An autoworker, the son of an autoworker |
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Raised in Oshawa, attended St. Joseph’s School and O’Neill Collegiate |
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Active member and leader in the Canadian Auto Workers, first elected a Shop Steward at the age of 19 and at age 21 became the youngest person to participate in negotiations with the Big 3 Automakers |
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At the age of 37 elected President of CAW Local 222, Canada’s largest local union and later elected President of the CAW General Motors Canadian Council |
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Chair of the Oshawa\Whitby\Clarington United Way fundraising drive |
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Served as a Governor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College |
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Member of the Board of the Oshawa General Hospital |
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A Director of the Unemployed Help Centre |
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Member of the Durham Poverty Task Force |
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Recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Award for volunteer work in the community |
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Played minor hockey and minor baseball as a youth, and coached as an adult |
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Recipient of the Oshawa Little NHL Minor Hockey League Coach of the Year |
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Married to Donna — they have three children. |
