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Douglas A. Fraser Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP002062

Abstract Douglas A. Fraser retired as UAW President in 1983 and began his professorial career at Wayne State University Labor Studies Department. As professor of Labor Studies at WSU, Fraser engaged workers, students, corporate professionals, and educators in discussion forums focusing on issues in labor and the urban environment. In recognition of his contribution to the field of Labor Studies WSU opened the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues in 1997. Fraser continued his involvement with...

Dates: 1976 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1992

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Economic Alliance for Michigan Records

Collection

Identifier: UR001328

Overview The Economic Alliance for Michigan was established as a non-profit labor and business coalition by for-profit companies and unions in 1982. It was founded to create a forum to discuss issues they all faced in their day-to-day operations and implement plans to mitigate these problems. Their ultimate goal is to revive Michigan’s economy and preserve these working conditions to make the state a great place in which to do business and be employed. Some of the issues they are taking action on in...

Dates: 1982 - 1985

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Bluestone Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 5

Identifier: LOH002267

Abstract Sidney Kelman interviewed labor lawyer Irving Bluestone in 1975. Collection consists of interview recording and transcript covering his association with Walter Reuther, the Reuther Caucus, and issues confronting the UAW from the late 1930s through the 1940s.

Dates: 1975-05-01

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Bluestone Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000213

Overview Irving Bluestone (January 5, 1917-November 17, 2007) was born and raised in New York City. He received his B.A. at City College of New York in 1937 and attended the University of Bern, Switzerland for one year of postgraduate studies. In 1942, he joined the UAW in New Jersy and showing promise, was moved to Detroit in 1947 by Walter Reuther to join the General Motors Department. He became Leonard Woodcock's administrative assistant in 1955 and Walter Reuther's in 1961. In 1972 he was elected...

Dates: 1955 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1992

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Bluestone: Saturn Corporation Papers

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Identifier: LP000213_Saturn

Abstract Subjects include: Saturn Corporation; General Motors; UAW Local 1853 (Spring Hill, Tenn.); co-management/team production labor relations model; Michael Bennett

Dates: 1985 - 1995

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Bluestone: UAW New Directions Movement Papers

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Identifier: LP000213_NDM

Abstract Subjects include: joint labor-management programs in the auto industry; UAW dissidents; UAW elections process; Jerry Tucker; Victor Reuther

Dates: 1984 - 1992

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irving Bluestone: Weirton Steel Corporation Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000213_Weirton

Abstract Retired UAW Vice President Irving Bluestone served on Weirton Steel Corporation's Board of Directors from 1984 to 1990, during a time when the company was the largest in the United States operating under an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The papers in this collection were accumulated by Mr. Bluestone during his Board tenure.

Dates: 1950 - 1993

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Peter Eckstein Papers

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Identifier: LP001997

Abstract Peter Eckstein has been involved with labor unions in the state of Michigan since the 1960s. Eckstein served as the research director for Michigan UAW-CAP; executive director of the Governor’s Commission on Jobs and Economic Development, where he drafted several important pieces of worker’s compensation legislation; and finally as research director of the Michigan AFL-CIO. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Economics and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. Mr....

Dates: 1967 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1986

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Sam Fishman Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001693

Abstract Sam Fishman was born January 24, 1924 and spent the majority of his adult life involved with the labor movement in Michigan. He was originally an assembler and machinist for the Ford Motor Company and eventually became an official in UAW Local 400. He later was elected Vice-President of UAW Local 99 and then President of UAW Local 36 at the Ford Assembly Plant. Fishman would go on to serve as head of the UAW Community Action Program (CAP) for 12 years until his election as president of the...

Dates: 1966 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1984

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW International Executive Board Oral Histories

Collection

Identifier: LOH002228

Abstract Between 1985 and 1998, the United Auto Workers and the Walter P. Reuther Library cooperated in a project to document the careers of members of the UAW International Executive Board and important events in the history of the union. Collection consists of audio recordings, some video recordings, transcripts for 18 interviews, and a metal die of the UAW logo created for printing the transcripts. Past and current IEB members discuss their backgrounds; entry into the labor movement; early careers;...

Dates: 1985-04-30 - 1997-07-28

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 239 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000353

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 239 serviced General Motors plant employees in Baltimore, MD. The records of the local reflect its activities as representative of Fisher Body Plant workers, before they merged with Local 678, Chevrolet assembly operations.

Dates: 1948 - 1969

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 602 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000334

Abstract United Auto Worker Local 602 services Fisher Body Division of General Motors in Lansing, MI. The local's records document routine operations as well as its contribution to the development of the UAW and the advancement of labor in the community.

Dates: 1937 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1959

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW President's Office: Howard Young Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001400

Abstract Howard Young began working for the UAW in 1960, as an Actuarial Consultant and later became the Director of the Social Security Department. Later in his UAW career, his main function was as Special Consultant to the President, but he also worked as a member of the Pension Research Council, Director of Social Security, Director of the Research, and Director of Information Systems. He worked for the UAW from 1960-1971 and again from 1974-1987. During that time he worked under four UAW presidents:...

Dates: 1951 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1987

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Public Relations Department Photographs and Sound and Video Recordings

Collection

Identifier: LAV001193

Abstract Since the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) was established as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in August 1935, the union has maintained an office to deal with public relations. At that time, a "Committee on Publication" was formed, which became the "Publication Committee" in April 1936. The Committee subsequently became the "Publicity Department" in August 1936, when the UAW became an independent union affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations...

Dates: 1929 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1995

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Vice President's Office: Irving Bluestone Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000993

Abstract Subjects include: contract negotiations; labor-management relations at General Motors; pensions and benefits; international labor movement; Bolivar, Tennessee Project; productivity; Quality of Work Life; technology; UAW Community Action

Dates: 1959 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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