Automobile industry and trade
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Archie W. Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001355
Abstract
Journalist Archie Robinson served as the labor editor of the Detroit News, as a press officer for the National War Labor Board, as labor editor of the U.S. News and World Report, and authored George Meany and His Times, a history of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and its president. Mr. Robinson’s papers document his career in journalism and his coverage of major labor issues.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Archie W. Robinson Papers
Mildred Jeffrey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000300
Abstract
Mildred Jeffrey worked as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, as Educational Director of the Pennsylvania Joint Board of Shirt Workers, as a consultant to the War Labor Board, as Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Women’s Bureau, and as Director for UAW Community Relations and Consumer Affairs Departments. Ms. Jeffrey was also active in the Democratic Party and was a founding member and chair of the National Organization of Women’s (NOW) political arm, the...
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Mildred Jeffrey Papers
UAW National War Labor Board and National Labor Relations Board Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000634
Abstract
Soon after Pearl Harbor, the UAW and other unions voluntarily pledged to forego strikes for the war’s duration. To compensate, the federal government agreed to control prices, but wage increases were also limited. The National War Labor Board was established late in 1941 (formally, by executive order in January of 1942) to administer wage control in national industries such as automobiles, shipping, railways, airlines, telegraph lines, and mines. It ceased operating in 1946, and thereafter...