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David Y. Klein Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000873

Abstract David Klein served as Executive Director for the United Auto Workers (UAW) Public Review Board, as President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Detroit Chapter and as an officer in the National Lawyers Guild. Mr. Klein’s papers reflect his work with labor issues and the civil rights movement, documenting his work with the ACLU, the National Lawyers Guild and as a labor arbitrator.

Dates: 1960 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1965

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Kenneth Forbes Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000801

Abstract This collection consists of the papers of Kenneth Forbes, a UAW leader in the Saginaw area. Forbes held different offices in the union including the President of Local 455 and was also active politically. His collection covers his active years in the union and his retirement and gives a glimpse into the life of the politics and challenges of an elected official in the UAW.

Dates: 1927 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1971

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 27 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000371

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 27 was established in 1950 when Eaton Wilcox Rich moved from Windsor to London, Canada. The local's records document the operations and activities of its thirteen amalgamated units.

Dates: 1951 - 1969

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 Local 833 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000377

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 833 has had divisive history between workers at the Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI and their employers. First organized in 1933 by the American Federation of Labor, workers were soon embroiled in a jurisdictional dispute with a company-formed union, the Kohler Workers' Association (KWA). Following a strike, the KWA won the bid from the NLRB to represent workers, but leadership soon became dissatisfied and voted in 1952 to join the UAW.

Dates: 1897 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1960

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

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