Budd Company

Nora Maczko Papers

abarker — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:38:28 -0400

As a charter member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 306 (Budd Wheel Company), Nora Maczko served as Chief Steward and was active in various committees, including the Women’s Committee and the Political Action Committee. Ms. Maczko’s papers document her receipt of the Walter P. Reuther Distinguished Award for her service to the UAW.

Book Announcement: Punching Out

jruss — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:04:56 -0500

Paul Clemens, Assistant to the Dean of Wayne State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has just published a book, Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant. The book focuses on the Budd Company, which at different times in its 94-year history built steel train cars read more »

(11519) Organizing, Curtiss Wright Corporation, Buffalo, New York, 1941

eclemens — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:35:26 -0400

UAW members, in town to attend the 1941 Convention, take time to help organize the Curtiss Wright Corporation, Airplane Division, Buffalo, New York. Represented are members of General Motors Local 235 (Hamtramck, MI), Budd Local 306 (Detroit), and an unidentified Chicago Local.

Notation on back of the photograph reads: "Entire convention recessed and went up there in a body- a long walk."

Voice of Local 306

kchinery — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:01:26 -0500

Processed. Inconsistent volume numbering.