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Dan Forchione Papers
Collection
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
Irving Bluestone Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000213
Overview
Irving Bluestone (January 5, 1917-November 17, 2007) was born and raised in New York City. He received his B.A. at City College of New York in 1937 and attended the University of Bern, Switzerland for one year of postgraduate studies. In 1942, he joined the UAW in New Jersy and showing promise, was moved to Detroit in 1947 by Walter Reuther to join the General Motors Department. He became Leonard Woodcock's administrative assistant in 1955 and Walter Reuther's in 1961. In 1972 he was elected...
Dates:
1955 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1992
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Vice-President's Office: Donald Ephlin Records
Collection
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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