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UAW Local 57 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000362
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 57 began as an American Federation of Labor local and servicing the Fort Wayne Works of International Harvester Company in Fort Wayne, IN. The local received recognition as sole bargaining agent for employees in 1940 after a long struggle with management, the company union, and an independent union. Their records reflect these activities as well as the general operations of the local.
Dates:
1933 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1982
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 650 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000177
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 650 grew out of Local 182 in Lansing, MI representing Reo Motors employees. The local survived a company bankruptcy and reorganization in the late 1930s and early 1940s and numerous company-union conflicts in the post WWII period. The records of the local reflect its operations and activities upon behalf of its members.
Dates:
1937 - 1964
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 887 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000138
Abstract
Local 887 of the United Auto Workers was borne out of labor struggles between its predecessor union, UAW-CIO Local 683, and North American Aviation in Los Angeles, CA shortly before American involvement in WWII. Because of the company's production of military aircraft, the federal government has historically been closely involved with labor disputes affecting Local 887's members.
The records of UAW Local 887 reflect the union's long struggle with management over such issues as wages and union...
Dates:
1938 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1977
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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