UAW ― General

(11384) Meetings, National Council, United Automobile Workers Federal Labor Union, 1935

eclemens — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:41:32 -0400

A working session during the first National Council Meeting of the United Automobile Workers Federal Labor Union at the Hoffman Building, Detroit, Michigan.

(45977) Chrysler Sit-Down Strike, Women's Auxiliary, 1937

eclemens — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:24:05 -0500

Members of the Chrysler Ladies Auxiliary No. 5 parade outside of the Chrysler executive offices in celebration of the end of the Chrysler DeSoto sit-down strike.

(45978) Chrysler Sit-Down Strike, Dodge Main, Women's Auxiliary, 1937

eclemens — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:28:25 -0500

Members of the Women’s Auxiliary bring food to the Dodge Hamtramck Plant in support of sit-down strikers inside.

(45979) Chrysler Sit-Down Strike, Dodge Main, Women's Auxiliary, 1937

eclemens — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:31:38 -0500

Members of the Women’s Auxiliary demonstrate outside of Dodge Main in support of sit-down strikers inside.

(48493) Portraits, Catherine "Babe" Gelles 1940s

eclemens — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:23:09 -0400

Portrait of Catherine "Babe" Gelles, early organizer for the UAW Women's Auxiliary and Emergency Brigade.

(vmc48900) Shelton Tappes, Portraits, UAW Local 600, 1948

eclemens — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:01:06 -0400

Shelton Tappes, Ford organizer and Recording Secretary for UAW Local 600, pauses for a portrait in his office.

Bumper sticker

gstrassel — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:11:16 -0400

Bumper sticker distributed by the UAW in southeast Michigan during the 1968 elections season.

Edith Van Horn, UAW, Detroit, Michigan, 1963

eclemens — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:00:52 -0500

Edith Van Horn, founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC), the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), speaks to fellow delegates during an unidentified UAW conference, Detroit, Michigan.

Handbill, DRUM, 1968 (cropped)

mcourtney — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0400

Cropped portion of a DRUM handbill in the Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records, box 1 folder 6.

Horace Sheffield, Shelton Tappes, Robert "Buddy" Battle

wlefevre — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:45:11 -0500

Composite photo of UAW union leadership.

Left to right: Horace Sheffield, 1/7/1972; Shelton Tappes, 4/22/1948; Buddy Battle, 7-6-1967.

Letter from Walter P. Reuther to Senator Gaylord Nelson

gstrassel — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:47:44 -0400

Excerpt of the letter from UAW President Walter P. Reuther to Earth Day-founder Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, 1969. The letter documents Reuther's pledge of $2,000, the initial seed money to fund Nelson's campaign to create an official Earth Day holiday. From the Olga Madar Papers.

Portraits, Mildred Jeffrey, Undated

eclemens — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:43:41 -0500

Oil on canvas portrait of Mildred "Millie" Jeffrey, Undated.
Artist: Patricia Hill Burnett

Part of the Reuther Library Art Collection

Register to vote flyer

gstrassel — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:27:24 -0400

Top part of a flyer advocating people in metro Detroit register to vote. Distributed by the Michigan Register and Vote Committee. From the UAW Community Action Program (CAP) Department Records.

UAW Memo on N.A.G.

mcourtney — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:20:56 -0500

Memo from Lenny Hartman to Ken Morris regarding UAW Local 596's support for N.A.G., an anti-busing group in Pontiac, Michigan.

Walter and May Reuther

gstrassel — Sat, 09 May 2020 09:50:22 -0400

Walter Reuther, Martin Luther King, Jr., and May Reuther

gstrassel — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:13:06 -0400

UAW International President Walter Reuther, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and May Reuther at the UAW's 25th anniversary celebration at Detroit's Cobo Hall. 1961.

(281) Canadian UAW members, Coachella Valley, California

eclemens — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:18:56 -0400

United Auto Workers (UAW) members from Canada rally in support of striking farm workers during Coachella Strike, Coachella Valley, California.

Source: United Farm Workers Collection

(304) African Americans; UAW organizing, Detroit, Michigan

eclemens — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:04:26 -0500

African American UAW-CIO Organizers at union headquarters plan a successful campaign to organize Ford workers during the 1941 Strike, Detroit, Michigan.

L to R: Joseph Billuos, International Representative Walter Hardin, Publicity Director Christopher Alston (standing), Organizer Veal Clough, Organizer Clarence Bowman (standing), Organizer Leon Bates, Organizer John Conyers, Sr.

(357) Doug Fraser, Coretta Scott King, SEMCAP, Detroit, Michigan

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:05:07 -0500

Douglas Fraser with Coretta Scott King at the SEMCAP Job Conference, Detroit, Michgian.

(358) Doug Fraser, CAP, Eleanor Norton Holmes, Washington, DC

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:12:12 -0500

Douglas Fraser welcomes Eleanor Norton Holmes to the podium at the Community Action Program (CAP) Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, DC.

(362) Walter Reuther, Larry Itliong, Cesar Chavez, California

eclemens — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:15:14 -0400

AFL-CIO and AWOC members march in support of farm workers during the Delano strike, 1965.

Left to right: Larry Itliong; Michael Peevey, Research Director, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO; Walter Reuther; unidentified; Cesar Chavez. Obscured behind the signs is Paul Schrade, head of UAW Region 6.

Source: United Auto Workers Collection

(363) Walter Reuther, Cesar Chavez, California, 1960s

eclemens — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:23:22 -0400

Walter Reuther (left) speaks to striking farm workers, circa 1960. To his left stands Cesar Chavez.

Source: United Farm Workers Collection

(364) Recreation, Bowling Tournament, Detroit, Michigan

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:21:49 -0500

Participants in the UAW-CIO International Bowling Tournament at the State Fair Recreation Center, Detroit, Michigan.

(366) UAW FEPC, staff, Detroit, Michgian

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:19:40 -0500

The first staff of the Fair Employment Practices Commission Department, Detroit Michigan. Left to right: Joe Tuna, Lilian Hatcher, Mildred Jeffrey, Bill Oliver

(367) William Oliver, FEPC, Grand Rapids, Michigan

eclemens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:45:33 -0500

William Oliver and others at the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

(368) Walter Reuther, William Oliver, FEPC, Grand Rapids, Michigan

eclemens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:47:22 -0500

William Oliver, Walter Reuther and unidentified woman at the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) meeting, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

(370) Organizing, Ford, Detroit, Michgian

eclemens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:50:34 -0500

Ford workers gather outside of the UAW / Ford organizing headquarters, possibly during the 1941 strike, Detroit, Michigan.

(764) Conventions, Elections, Reuther, Atlantic CIty, New Jersey, 1946

eclemens — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:56:29 -0400

Walter Reuther is carried by supporters at a victory celebration after he is elected president of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) at their 10th Constitutional Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

(792) Walter and May Reuther

gstrassel — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:05:16 -0400

(822) May and Walter Reuther

gstrassel — Fri, 08 May 2020 12:06:58 -0400

(826) Reuther, Woodcock, Conventions, Cleveland, Ohio, 1955

eclemens — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:55:29 -0400

Walter Reuther and Leonard Woodcock (at right) sing with an accordion accompaniment during the UAW's 15th Constitutional Convention at the Cleveland Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.

(979) UAW Region 1, Women's Department, conference

eclemens — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:42:13 -0500

Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) hold up booklets that reads “A Woman’s Best Friend is her Union” during the 1955 UAW Region 1 and 1a Women’s Conference, location unknown.

(980) Doug Fraser, Irving Bluestone, Ken Morris

eclemens — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:34:53 -0500

UAW / General Motors division vice-president Irving Bluestone, UAW president Doug Fraser, and UAW regional manager Ken Morris at a press conference, location unknown, 1979.

(3711) Assembly line, Nash-Kelvinator, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

eclemens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:41 -0500

Workers on the assembly line at the Nash-Kelvinator plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Courtesy of the UAW Local 75 Collection

(3711) Assembly line, Nash-Kelvinator, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

eclemens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:06 -0500

Workers on the assembly line at the Nash-Kelvinator plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

(3825) Walter Speck, WPA / FAP, mural, Local 174, Detroit, Michigan

eclemens — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:04:49 -0500

Original caption: “The first in a series of murals depicting the history of labor in general and the Auto Workers Union in particular has been completed at the West Side local of the United Auto Workers Union. This marks the first time a mural has been used to decorate an auto worker local union headquarters. The mural, which was done by Walter Speck, a noted artist, was authorized by the membership of the West Side Local 174 of which Walter Reuther is president and is located in the auditorium of the building. The photo shows Walter Speck completing the mural. On the left is the portion of the mural that tells the story of the Ford Riot and also shows Reuther and Frankensteen, who were beaten up at that time. In the background recent strikes are also portrayed while the right shows two huge figures symbolizing the relation of the auto worker to the CIO.”

Note: the mural currently hangs in the Walter P. Reuther Library's Reading Room.

(5512) Flyer, Ford Strike, Dearborn, Michigan

eclemens — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:12:55 -0500

A informational flyer distributed to Ford Rouge workers at the beginning of the 1941 Ford Strike. The flyer lays out the demands of the union and gives instructions on the codes of conduct while picketing .

(6528) Brendan Sexton, Detroit Board of Education, 1950s

eclemens — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:35:43 -0400

Brendan Sexton, United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) Official, speaks before the Detroit Board of Education, Detroit, Michigan.

(6529) Brendan Sexton, 1955

eclemens — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:32:42 -0400

Portrait of Brendan Sexton, United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) Official, location unknown.

(6644) UAW, Negotiating Committee, Fraser, 1982

eclemens — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:27:51 -0400

The 1982 UAW-General Motors negotiating committee. AT center is Doug Fraser and Owen Bieber.

(6646) Ford, UAW, 1945 Strike, Windsor, Ontario

eclemens — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:50:58 -0500

An aerial view showing striker’s blockade of the road leading to the Ford Plant during the 1945 Ford/UAW strike in Windsor, Ontrario.

(6647) Ford, UAW, 1945 Strike Agreement, Windsor, Ontario

eclemens — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:49:26 -0500

The collective bargaining agreement between the Ford Motor Company of Canada, and the UAW-CIO is signed, ending the 1945 strike, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Top left to right: Lee O’Brien, member of the UAW Local 200 negotiating committee; Roy England, UAW Local 200 president; Thomas MacLean, Assistant Regional Director for Canada; Mickey Carr, Harry Ford, Bert Ward, member of the negotiating committee; Carl Frid, Assistant Personnel Manager.

Seated: George Burt and Wallace Clark

(7091) Fraser, Caldwell, Ford Training Program, 1982

eclemens — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:30:45 -0400

Doug Fraser shares a laugh with Ford Chairman Philip Caldwell at the Ford Training Program.

(7458) Kohler Strike, Support, 1955

eclemens — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:30:26 -0400

Women hold picket signs to show support for the Kohler Strikers, possibly at the 1955 UAW Convention, Cleveland, Ohio.

(8402) Ford Rotunda, 1941 Strike, Dearborn, Michigan

eclemens — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:03:06 -0500

Striking workers drive a Model T outside of the Ford Rotunda with a sign that reads “More Modern than Ford’s Labor Policies” during the 1941 Ford strike, Dearborn, Michigan.

(8403) 1941 Ford Strike, pickets, Michigan

eclemens — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:09:49 -0500

Pickets outside of a the Rouge Plant in support of striking automobile workers during the 1941 Ford Strike, Dearborn, Michigan.

(8404) 1941 Ford Strike, women, Michigan

eclemens — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:13:45 -0500

Women demonstrate in support of striking auto workers during the 1941 Ford Strike, city unknown, Michigan.

(8405) 1941 Ford Strike, strikers, Dearborn, Michigan

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:01:07 -0500

Workers pose for the press with newspapers announcing victory for the United Auto Workers, and the end of the 1941 Ford Strike , Dearborn, Michigan.

(8406) Ford; UAW; NLRB; elections

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:09:11 -0500

Ford workers vote in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union representation election, location unknown.

(8407) 1941 Ford Strike, violence, Dearborn, Michigan

eclemens — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:25:23 -0500

Striking auto workers beat a “scab” worker as he tries to cross the picket line and enter the Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan. "The Picket Line", captured by Milton Brooks, a photographer for the Detroit News, was the winner of the first Pulitzer Prize for Photography.