This collection documents aspects of unionism and labour politics with a focus on Ontario and Windsor, during the mid-20th century. It is divided into two series.
Series I contains original issues of The Guardian newspaper, described as the “official voice of UAW Locals 195, 200, 240, 444, 1498 Windsor, Ontario,” covering labour news and opinion on local, provincial, national, and international issues. There is one issue from 1969 and multiple issues for succeeding years up to 1980.
Series II contains records related to the Waffle, a radical faction within the New Democratic Party (NDP) that existed 1969-1974. The Waffle’s emphasis on the role of the NDP as a social movement, not just a political party, and its advocacy of economic nationalism are reflected in the Waffle papers which include pamphlets, correspondence, meeting minutes, press releases, and news clippings. Specific files are devoted to the movement in Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Canada as a whole, as well as women, the 1972 federal election, and Waffle records in the CCF/NDP fonds at Library and Archives Canada. There is a single issue of Waffle Labour News produced for a convention (no date), and several issues of The Waffle News (1970-71).