Association of Catholic Trade Unionists

Association of Catholic Trade Unionists of Detroit Records

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:34:59 -0400

Correspondence, speeches, newspapers and clippings, pamphlets, and handbills. The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists of Detroit was a liberal Roman Catholic group organized in 1938 to strengthen the trade union movement along Christian lines. The main project of the Detroit chapter was the publication of the Michigan Labor Leader, which eventually became the Wage Earner. The paper took a leading role in the campaign against communism. In addition to publishing the newspaper, the ACTU promoted schools in which problems of religion and labor were studied. Members of the Association (which included some Protestants) came from a variety of local unions in the Detroit area. Subjects include CIO (1939- 45); Wayne County CIO Council (1942-46); Michigan CIO Council; UAW local unions, especially Ford Local 600; AFL-CIO unions, including Bakery Workers, Brotherhood of Carpenters, Construction Workers, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Electrical Workers, Furniture Workers, Mine Mill and Smelter Workers, Packinghouse Workers, Typographical Workers, United Auto Workers, and Woodworkers; Ford Strike (1949); General Motors Strike (1945); organization of Ford Motor Company (1940-41); and organization of General Motors (1939-45). Correspondents include George Addes, Richard Deverall, Tom Doherty, Henry Ford II, Richard Frankensteen, Owen Knox, Victor LoPinto, Edward Cardinal Mooney, Lucien Nedzi, Ben Probe, Walter Reuther, Paul Ste.- Marie, and Paul Weber.

Father Raymond S. Clancy Papers

drice — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:53:32 -0400

Material collected by Reverend Clancy, who was known in Detroit as the "labor priest." Father Clancy organized workers' schools for the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, where he later served in several capacities. He retained his position as pastor in local churches until his retirement. His papers cover these activities as well as subjects such as his disagreement with Father Charles Coughlin, another prominent Detroit religious leader.

Bill Goode Papers

abarker — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:59:56 -0400

Bill Goode served as United Auto Workers Director of Education and as Director of the UAW’s Black Lake Family Education Center. Mr. Goode’s papers include declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files relating the alleged Communist affiliations of Nat Ganley, Walter Reuther, and the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU).

Anthony Kaiser Papers

abarker — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:40:49 -0400

Anthony Kaiser served as president of the United Chemical Workers-Congress of Industrial Workers (UCW-CIO) Local 11-155, as president of the Hamtramck Federation of Teachers, and as vice-president of the Michigan Federation of Teachers. Mr. Kaiser’s papers reflect his work in the UCW and in state and local branches of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), including documentation of the AFT Hamtramck sit-down strike of 1965.

Paul Ste-Marie Papers

abarker — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:52:53 -0400

Paul Ste-Marie was active in organizing the Mechanics Educational Society of America and was a charter member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 600. Mr. Ste-Marie’s papers document the early activities of the UAW, particularly concerning labor relations at the Ford Rouge plant, UAW factionalism, and politics of Local 600.

Labor Leader

kchinery — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:42:23 -0400

Unprocessed

The Michigan Labor Leader

kchinery — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:02:08 -0500

Volumes 1:1-2:25. September 8, 1939-December 27, 1940.

Wage Earner

kchinery — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:42:23 -0400

Processed. Bound volumes: 1939-1948 (Vols. 1-10). Microfilm: September 8, 1939-December 1954.