Title: UAW General Motors Department Collection-Part 2 Type : Records Date : 1938-1984 Size : 146 linear feet ID#: 113-uaw OCLC: ©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs HEFA.01d.update |
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Scope & Contents
The UAW International established the General Motors Department in 1938. The GM Department’s primary purpose is to negotiate agreements between workers in General Motors plants and the corporation, and Part 2 of the collection contains correspondence, minutes, surveys, newspapers clippings, press statements and other material related to national and local negotiations and strikes. The collection also contains material not directly related to negotiations, including correspondence regarding local leadership disputes, committee minutes, grievance arbitration documents and pamphlets and other printed material.
Automobile industry and trade--Collective bargaining
Automobile industry and trade--Employee attitude surveys
Automobile industry and trade--Grievance arbitration
Automobile industry and trade--Skilled labor
Automobile industry and trade--Strikes and lockouts
Automobile industry workers--United States
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Corporation--Fisher Body Division
Trade unions--Automobile industry workers
UAW Local 659
George Addes
Irving Bluestone
Douglas Fraser
Frank James
E. J. Moran
Leonard Woodcock
Some photographs and bumper stickers have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection, and a large number of contracts have been transferred to the Archives Library.
Contents [Large Files]
146 Storage Boxes
Series IX, Grievances, 1940-1980, Boxes 31-72, To Series Index
Series X, Local Correspondence and General Files, 1938-1984, Boxes 73-135, To Series Index
Series XI, Negotiations, 1940-1984, Boxes 136-176, To Series Index