UAW Locals and Regions

Everett "Pudge" Dawsen Papers

drice — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:09:00 -0400

Everett “Pudge” Dawsen was a member of the UAW Local 199, based in St. Catherines,
Ontario. He served on the local’s executive board in the mid-1960s. His papers consist of
a few Local 199 publications, photographs of Local 199 members and strike activities,
and documentation on Charlie Williamson, one of the local’s charter members.

Ben Edelbrock Papers

aergas — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 08:42:46 -0400

The papers of Edelbrock consist of a contract agreement, minutes of meetings of Joint Council of West Side Local 174, the UAW Detroit District Council and several pieces of miscellaneous correspondence. Subjects include UAW Local 174.

Wanda Killian Papers

pneirink — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:04:51 -0400

Several letters concerning a strike by women workers at a GuideLamp, General Motors Division in Anderson, Indiana. The letters discuss charges against the women made by a fellow member of their union, UAW Local 663. Includes correspondence with UAW Secretary-treasurer, Emil Mazey.

Ruth Milkman Papers

drice — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:40:44 -0400

Ruth Milkman (1954-) is a professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and the academic director at the Joseph F. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. Her professional focus is labor and labor movements, and she has published on a variety of topics revolving around work and organized labor in the United States. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her M.A. from the University of California, Berkley. Milkman’s early research focused on women workers during the economic and war crisis of the 1930s and 1940s. Her next period of research focused on the restructuring of the U.S. automobile industry and its impact on its workers and unions. She also studied Japanese-owned factories in California at this time. Her studies now focus on low wage immigrant workers, including their working conditions and labor organizations.

The Ruth Milkman Papers are predominantly research materials for her published reports on the employee buyouts at the GM Linden Plant in New Jersey. Included are various articles, studies, clippings, and UAW published materials she used in her research. Of particular note are Milkman’s interviews with plant workers, which were critical to her reports on the GM Linden Plant.

David Moberg Papers

gstrassel — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:42:09 -0500

The David Moberg papers primarily document research materials related to David Moberg's dissertation, Rattling the Golden Chains: Conflict and Consciousness of Auto Workers, which focused on the UAW strike at the GM Lordstown plant in 1971. This includes a comprehensive survey he conducted of Lordstown UAW Local 1112 members in 1973. David Moberg is a leading labor and economics reporter, well known as one of the original contributing writers for the publication, In These Times. He would eventually go on to become a senior editor for the magazine. He has also written for The Nation, The New Republic, New York Times, and much more.

Bernard Schuck Papers

drice — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:42:07 -0400

Bernard Schuck worked for many years for the Guide Lamp division of General Motors
at their Anderson, Indiana plant. He edited The Lampmaker, the plant’s union paper,
published by UAW Local 663. After he retired from Guide Lamp, he went on to edit the
newsletter for the Midwest Labor Press Association. He was an active member of the
labor press throughout his life.

His papers reflect his participation in various labor press association conferences, and his
years as a news editor. The collection is made up of correspondence, conference
materials, and news clippings. There are a few copies of The Lampmaker and many of
Schuck’s press passes from various events.

Collection is unprocessed.

UAW President's Office: Howard Young Records

drice — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:34:00 -0400

Howard Young began working for the UAW in 1960, as an Actuarial Consultant and later became the Director of the Social Security Department. Later in his UAW career, his main function was as Special Consultant to the President, but he also worked as a member of the Pension Research Council, Director of Social Security, Director of the Research, and Director of Information Systems. He worked for the UAW from 1960-1971 and again from 1974-1987. During that time he worked under four UAW presidents: Reuther, Woodcock, Fraser and Bieber. His work included collective bargaining, public policy on economic and social programs (job and income security, pensions, and benefits), international trade, the impact of technological change on workers, and federal policy regarding energy and automobile standards.

The UAW President’s Office: Howard Young Records consist of the chronological, subject and meeting files of Howard Young during his tenure in various positions at the UAW. The Chronological files combine the correspondence and research from his position as Special Consultant with those from his positions as Director of Social Security, Director of the Research, and Director of Information Systems. The subject files cover a range of topics with emphasis on pensions, auto emissions, international trade, technology, and Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors. The meeting files consist of the correspondence, presentations, speeches, and testimony of Howard Young to a wide range of organizations, college classes, conferences and government committees and subcommittees. A gap in the records exists from mid 1971 through late 1974, a period when he was not employed with the UAW.

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