BY GARY WATSON
TORONTO - Fifteen thousand members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) have gone on strike at General Motors of Canada Ltd. Late in the evening of October 2, CAW members at assembly plants in St. Therese, Quebec, as well as Oshawa, Ontario, set up picket lines in a fight against the contracting out of their jobs to non-union suppliers.

Company plans could eliminate over 5,000 jobs in the next few months. There are 28,500 CAW workers at General Motors. Eleven thousand GM parts plant workers also plan to strike by October 10, if a settlement is not reached. The Militant will report from the picket lines in next week's issue.  
 
 
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