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Action Coalition of Strikers Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001694
Abstract
The Action Coalition of Strikers (ACOS) was a rank-and-file group of strikers and their families who were active during the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Representing reporters, editors, pressmen, and truck drivers, the coalition opposed the newspaper union leadership and their proposed back-to-work offer and instead pressed forward with a campaign to fight to restore all lost jobs. They sponsored peaceful and disciplined mass demonstrations in support of the strikers, and published the weekly...
Dates:
1944 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1997
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit Newspaper Strike Collection
Collection
Identifier: LR002748
Scope and Content
Series 1: Kate DeSmet Records, 1995-1999
Series 2: Esther Ingber Records, 1995-1996
Series 3: Randy Karpinen Records, 1997-1998
Series 4: Ephemera/AV, 1995-1999
Dates:
1995 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1999
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library