On Display: Michigan Labor Actions case exhibit

Michigan Labor Actions case exhibit
February 10, 2025 – July 3, 2025

Come by the library and explore our latest case exhibit, Michigan Labor Actions. This display features photographs, ephemera, and artifacts from our collections that highlight key collective actions in Michigan’s labor history. Events showcased include the Copper Country Strike (1913), Studebaker Strike (1913), Ford Hunger March (1932), Flint Sit-Down Strike (1937), UFW Grape Boycotts (1970s), D.R.U.M. Wildcat Strikes (1970s), P.A.T.C.O. Strike (1981), and the Detroit Newspaper Strike (1995–1997).

Materials from the following collections are on view:

• Milliard Berry Photographs [UAV003151]
• The Detroit News Collection [UAV002691]
• Detroit Newspaper Strike Collection [LR002748]
• Detroit Sunday Journal Records [UR001694]
• Detroit Revolutionary Movement Union Records [LR000874]
• Genora and Sol Dollinger Papers [LP000633]
• Industrial Workers of the World Photographs [LAV000130]
• Gene Saari Papers [LP001437]
• Reuther Library Ephemera Collection
• SEIU Photographs [LAV002484]
• United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 1 Records [LR001206]
• UFW Audiovisual Records [LAV000221]
• UFW Michigan Boycott Records [LR000221_MI]

Located directly outside of our Reading Room, the exhibit will be on display during regular business hours until July 3, 2025.

Walter P. Reuther Library
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI, 48202
Reading Room hours:
Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.