https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/966 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2753 <p>As United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice-President, Wyndham Mortimer worked to organize the employees of General Motors Fisher Body Plant, which led to the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936-1937, and later participated in the negotiations that achieved the first UAW-GM contract. Mr. Mortimer was active in factional struggles within the UAW as a leader of the Unity Caucus and was ultimately expelled from the UAW with charges of Communist allegiance. Mr. Mortimer’s papers document his work in the UAW, particularly concerning his efforts to organize the West Coast aircraft industry, and the factional struggles within the UAW</p> <p>Included in Mr. Wyndham’s papers are the papers of John M. “Scotty” Orr, who was an active organizer for American Federation of Labor (AFL), and the UAW. Mr. Orr’s papers largely relate to his efforts as a UAW organizer in the West Coast aircraft industry.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2753#comments Aerospace industries Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937 General Motors Corporation Labor unions and communism Labor unions--organizing Mortimer, Wyndham, 1884-1966 UAW Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:04:01 -0400 abarker 2753 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2051 <p>UAW official Wyndham Mortimer and Michigan Governor Frank Murphy shake hands after the signing of the contract to end the Flint Sit Down Strike, Detroit, Michigan.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2051#comments Mortimer, Wyndham, 1884-1966 Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949 UAW UAW ― Flint Sit-Down Strike Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:41:28 -0400 eclemens 2051 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2052 <p>Officials sign the contract and end the Flint Sit Down Strike, Detroit, Michgian. Front left: Wyndam Mortimer of the UAW. To his right is Michigan Governor Frank Murphy.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/2052#comments Mortimer, Wyndham, 1884-1966 Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949 UAW UAW ― Flint Sit-Down Strike Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:44:18 -0400 eclemens 2052 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3132 <p>Wyndham Mortimer, Vice President of UAW, shakes hands with Sit Down Strike leader, Bud Simons at the window of a closed General Motors plant, Flint, MI, 1937.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3132#comments Mortimer, Wyndham, 1884-1966 UAW UAW ― Flint Sit-Down Strike Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:08:01 -0400 eclemens 3132 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/5804 <p>Newly elected officers of the UAW pose for a picture during the 1937 convention, Milwaukee. Wisconsin.</p> <p>Left to right: Ed Hall, Wyndham Mortimer, Walter Reuther, George Addes</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/5804#comments Addes, George F., 1910- Mortimer, Wyndham, 1884-1966 Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 UAW UAW ― General Wisconsin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:10 -0500 eclemens 5804 at https://reuther.wayne.edu