UAW Local 7 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000187
The UAW Local 7 papers consist of strike settlements, grievances, committee and officer minutes, correspondence, election results, agreements, resolutions, by-laws, constitutions, bulletins, clippings, and legal and financial records. They include material covering the 1950 Chrysler Strike, election results for the 1950s, grievances for the 1940s-1950s, and Plant Shop
Committee, Executive Board, and Officer minutes for the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.
Series 1: Chrysler Strike, Jan-May 1950
Series 2: Grievance Files, 1939-1964,
Series 3: Committee and Officer Files, 1939-1978,
Series 4: General Files, 1947-1974,
Series 5: Legal and Financial Files, 1938-1971.
Dates
- 1938 - 1975
Creator
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.
Extent
15.5 Linear Feet (18 MB, 2 SB, 3 OS)
Abstract
Subjects include: Chrysler Jefferson Avenue assembly plant (Detroit); absenteeism; civil rights; 1950 Chrysler strike; factionalism; fair employment practices; skilled trades; Taft-Hartley Act.
History
Local 7 is the bargaining agent for workers in the Chrysler Jefferson Auto Plant in Detroit. The local formed when the membership of the UAW and Automobile Industrial Workers Association affiliated on July 1, 1936, and received formal recognition after the five-week sit-down strike in 1937.
Arrangement
Arranged in 5 series – Series 1 (Box 1), Series 2 (Boxes 1-8), Series 3 (Boxes 9-17), Series 4 (Boxes 18-20), and Series 5 (Boxes 20-23). Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
Series 2 - folders are arranged chronologically, by the steps of the grievance procedure and then numberically.
Acquisition
The records of UAW Local 7 were deposited at the Reuther Library in 1966 and 1988.
Transfers
Approximately 30 photographs were transferred to the Reuther Library's Audiovisual Collections.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library on December 10, 1993.
- Title
- Guide to the UAW Local 7 Records
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library.
- Date
- 1993-12-10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
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Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA