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UAW Local 212 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000076
Abstract
UAW Local 212 represented workers of the Briggs Corporation, an automobile supplier eventually purchased by Chrysler Corporation. There were numerous company and union conflicts as well as factional union conflicts which mirrored the struggles within the UAW at large. Their records document shopfloor conditions, organizing, elections, and contract negotiations in the various plants serviced by the local.
Dates:
1937 - 1965
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
UAW Region 1 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001206
Abstract
Subjects include: Eastside Detroit plants; AFL-CIO; civil rights; Michigan politics; Community Action Program; Democratic Party politics; plant closings; benefits; Black Lake; retirees; organizing; strikes
Dates:
1939 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library