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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 599 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000210
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 599 represented workers in the Buick plant in Flint, MI and is noted for its involvement in the anti-Martin struggles during the early years of its existence. The records of the local reflect routine operations.
Dates:
1936 - 1966
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 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 Region 7: Canadian Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000372
Abstract
United Auto Workers Canadian Region 7 began the same year as the international union and was recognized by all major automotive manufacturers in the early 1940s. With a reputation for being militant, the union grew to be the largest in Canada, pioneering pension security, guaranteed annual wages, pre-paid medical prescriptions, and wage parity for workers in the country.
Dates:
1937 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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