Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University — 5401 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
Hours of Operations
Reuther Library closed - Monday, September 28th
Posted September 8th, 2026 by krouan
The Reuther Library will be closed on Monday, September 28, 2026, while our staff attend an all-day retreat. We will reopen with our normal hours on Tuesday, September 29th.
If you have questions or need assistance during our closure, please send them to our reutherreference@wayne.edu email.
[Podcast] Organizing Associational Power: A Strikers’ Inquiry Into the 2022 UAW Strike Against the University of California
Posted September 10th, 2026 by teller
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Sociologists Thomas Gepts and Sarah Mason, PhD, discuss the six-week strike in 2022 of 48,000 UAW-represented academic workers across all 10 University of California campuses, explaining how differing strategies and organizing tactics employed at each campus yielded contrary results: at UC Berkeley, academic workers voted largely in favor of the new contract; at UC Santa Cruz they voted largely against. read more »
Changes to Reuther search starting Monday, August 17, 2026
Posted August 17th, 2026 by pneirink
On Monday, August 17, the Reuther Library QuickSearch is being retired. QuickSearch was a locally developed application that has served the university for many years, but its aging codebase and limited documentation have made it increasingly difficult to maintain.
While we work on integrating discovery systems into Summon, the primary discovery search we plan to use in the future, our collections can be searched separately using the tabbed search box near the top of our website. read more »
Collection Spotlight: UAW Education Department Records
Posted August 13th, 2026 by gstrassel
The Walter P. Reuther Library is excited to announce the opening of an addition to the UAW Education Department Records, one of the most essential collections from the union’s archival holdings. read more »
