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Douglas A. Fraser Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002062
Abstract
Douglas A. Fraser retired as UAW President in 1983 and began his professorial career at Wayne State University Labor Studies Department. As professor of Labor Studies at WSU, Fraser engaged workers, students, corporate professionals, and educators in discussion forums focusing on issues in labor and the urban environment. In recognition of his contribution to the field of Labor Studies WSU opened the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues in 1997. Fraser continued his involvement with...
Dates:
1976 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1992
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW President's Office: Douglas Fraser Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001116
Abstract
Douglas A. Fraser was elected UAW President in 1977 following the retirement of Leonard Woodcock. As UAW President Fraser presided over the emergence of Japanese auto imports into the previously US dominated auto industry, growing concerns over air quality, worker safety issues, and job re-training. In 1981 Fraser successfully reunited the UAW with the AFL-CIO after a 13 year absence. Fraser was also instrumental in assisting Chrysler Motor Company’s federal bailout loan to avoid the company’s...
Dates:
1971 - 1985
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Special Projects Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000646
Abstract
Subjects include: administered prices; international automobile industry; profit sharing plans; automobile safety; cost-of-living adjustments; Detroit income tax; European Economic Community; fair labor standards; guaranteed annual wage; international economic development; ILO; McClellan Committee Hearings; multinational corporations; industrial migration; technological unemployment; politics; American economy
Dates:
1945 - 1973
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Vice President's Office: Douglas Fraser Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000827
Abstract
Subjects include: collective bargaining and working conditions in the automobile industry; Canadian labor relations; automobile safety; Detroit economic development; international trade; Democratic Party politics; Michigan State Development Authority; Newspaper Guild Local 22; retired workers; UAW Community Action Program; UAW Chrysler Department
Dates:
1953 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1977
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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