Je ne me rappelle pas

[Katerina James]

Je ne me rappelle pas l'annee exacte de la greve a l'usine de Kitchner ou travaillait Monsieur M.

 

I cannot recall the exact year of the strike at Kitchener where Monsieur M. has been working.

 

Merci!

[George Hunt]

Je ne me rappelle pas l'année exacte de la grève a l'usine de Kitchner où travaillait Monsieur M.

 

I cannot recall the exact year of the strike at Kitchener where Monsieur M. has been working.

 

Maybe it should be "travaille" if he is is still working there. Or "a été employé"

"travaillait" seems to imply that he no longer does.

[Katerina James]

The sentence talks of a past narrative about the history of Canada. "Travaillait" was the exact word. Well, anyway, thank you again, George..

[Katerina James]

had been working?

[George Hunt]

I think "had been working" might   imply  that he "had been working" prior to a particular event or time.

I don't know the context to this  sentence.

What about just "worked " or "used to work" ?

[Charles D]

Since there are no auxiliary words to designate he "had been" or "has been" doing anything, I think that the Kichner factory was just where Monsieur M "worked".

Simple past construction is often used in writing where it may not be so commonly used in speaking.