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Dan Forchione Papers

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Identifier: LP001415

Abstract Dan Forchione was an active member of the UAW from the 1940s until his retirement in 1988. He helped organize UAW Local 542 at the Ford Motor Company forge plant in Canton, Ohio, in the 1940s and served as the Local’s president and bargaining committee chairperson. In 1954 he was appointed an International representative and assigned to the UAW Ford Department staff. He transferred to the UAW Region 2 staff in 1957 and serviced local unions around Ohio. Forchione was elected director of UAW...

Dates: 1940 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Vice-President's Office: Donald Ephlin Records

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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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