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UAW Chrysler Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000106
Abstract
The UAW Chrysler Department was formed in the year following the tumultuous sit-down strikes of 1937. Responsible of the department included planning, developing, negotiating, and administering collective bargaining agreements for Chrysler workers in the United States and Canada. The records of the department reflect its administration and activities and largely include the files of Arthur Hughes, an administrative assistant and assistant director in the department from 1940-1978.
Dates:
1938 - 1985
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Local 600 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000176
Abstract
UAW Local 600 was chartered August 9, 1938, but did not gain much worker support until the Rouge plant-wide strike of April 1, 1941. The first UAW contract with Ford Motor Company was signed June 20, and ratified by the Local July 22, 1941. With 50,000 to 80,000 members in various periods, many from the massive River Rouge Complex, Local 600 has been both the largest and the most controversial local in the UAW. Local 600 is also known for its progressive streak, having hosted civil rights icons...
Dates:
1935 - 2012
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 Vice-President's Office: Donald Ephlin Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001404
Abstract
Donald F. Ephlin became active in the UAW at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Framingham, MA in the late 1940s, before joining the International Union staff in 1960. As administrative assistant to UAW President Leonard Woodcock from 1970 to 1977, and later Vice-President in charge of the Ford and subsequently the General Motors Departments, Ephlin played a key role in negotiations with both companies. He helped launch the Saturn Corporation and create a labor agreement which changed the...
Dates:
1960 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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