For Researchers
Audio and Video Clips
The following audio and video clips are featured in this exhibition:
Audio
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