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Audio and Video Clips

The following audio and video clips are featured in this exhibition:

Audio

Radio ad for Scrubbies

Video

Working conditions in the Edmonton plant

Women's contributions to the war effort

Levi Strauss ends its manufacturing history

Assunta Dotto compares life in Italy to Canada

Anne Ozipko describes the homesteading experience of Ukrainian immigrants

Hana Razga describes her culture shock after leaving Czechoslovakia

Elizabeth Kozma describes the difficulties of leaving Hungary for Edmonton

Virginia Mah describes coming from Hong Kong to meet her future husband

Kim Ngo describes the sorrow of leaving her home in Vietnam

Sadat Khan gives advice on travelling from India

Virginia Mah describes the use of English in the plant

Occupational health in the plant

The UGWA challenges management during negotiations

Union Local 120 improves working conditions and benefits

The workers describe the piecework system

Don Freeland describes inventing Scrubbies pre-washed jeans

Advertisement for Nev'R Press pants produced by McConnell-Eastman for GWG

Bob Robinson describes the appeal of GWGs to cowboys

1980 advertisement for Bum Jeans produced by Baker Lovick for GWG

Immigrants describe their hopes for their children's future

 
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