UAW Local 5 Records

Posted March 24th, 2009 by drice
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Accession Number: 
LR000277
Extent: 
14.5 linear feet (29 MB)

United Auto Workers Local 5 began in 1933 as an American Federation of Labor local at Studebaker in South Bend, Indiana, established in opposition to depression conditions. By the time it became affiliated with the UAW in 1935 it was the largest auto local in the early struggle to establish auto unions and one of the earliest to organize. They joined with other industrial unions to form the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1937 and remained one of the leading locals in UAW history through the 1950s. Local 5 records reflect their operation and programs through the demise of Studebaker in 1965.

Date: 
1937-1965, bulk 1950s-1965
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