Oral history interview with James Wirsta, 1975.

Biographical Note

Production supervisor.

Scope and Contents

Family emigration from Poland to Canada; work on McDonald's general line cans; merger with Continental Can; lithography of the 1930s; work in press and lithography departments; employee supervision; correlation of safety to plant efficiency and productivity; move to new Toronto plant; employee absenteeism, tardiness, drinking.

Subjects

• Canada--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
• Consolidation and merger of corporations.
• Continental Can Company.
• International business enterprises.
• Interviews.
• Lithographers--Interviews.
• Lithography.
• Nackman, Mark E., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Personnel management.
• Supervisors, Industrial--Interviews.
• Wirsta, James--Interviews.