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Bette Murphy Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001357
Abstract
An active member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 148 (Douglas Aircraft-Long Beach), Bette Murphy was the first woman at Douglas to hold positions of supervisor and manufacturing engineer. Murphy's papers document the affairs of Local 148 throughout her career from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Dates:
1942 - 1981
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Aerospace Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000060
Abstract
Subjects include: American and Canadian aerospace industry; IAM; defense appropriations
Dates:
1942 - 1984
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
Wyndham Mortimer Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001171
Abstract
As United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice-President, Wyndham Mortimer worked to organize the employees of General Motors Fisher Body Plant, which led to the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937, and later participated in the negotiations that achieved the first UAW-GM contract. Mr. Mortimer was active in factional struggles within the UAW as a leader of the Unity Caucus and was ultimately expelled from the UAW with charges of Communist allegiance. Mr. Mortimer’s papers document his work in the UAW,...
Dates:
1943 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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