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Title: UAW Region 1 Collection

Type: Records

Dates: 1939-1989

Size: 241 linear feet

ID #: 1206-uaw

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©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs

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UAW Region 1 was established in 1942 and, until its merger with Region 1B in 1989, served the east side of Detroit and Macomb and St. Clair Counties.  In 1966 the International Executive Board split Region 1 and its west-side counter­part, Region 1A, into four parts (called Regions 1, 1A, 1B, and 1E).  In addition to plants from the Big Three automakers in Detroit and the defunct American Motors Corporation, Region 1 has represented workers in parts and supply plants such as The Budd Company, Federal Mogul’s Bower Roller Bearing, and Mueller Brass. 

The records of UAW Region 1 consist of correspondence, internal memoranda, minutes, reports, and printed material documenting contract negotiations, the grievance process, organizing activities and the region’s involvement in civic and political affairs. 

 

Subjects

AFL-CIO

Afro-American automobile industry workers--Michigan--Detroit

Automobile industry workers--Health and hygiene

Automobile industry workers--Pensions

Budd Company

Chrysler Corporation

Civil rights--Michigan

Collective bargaining--Automobile industry--Michigan

Detroit Forge

Discrimination in employment--Michigan--Detroit

Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM

Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement (ELRUM)

Grievance arbitration--Michigan--Detroit

Insurance, Health

Macomb County (Mich.)--Politics and government

Michigan Democratic Party

Plant shutdowns--Michigan

Retirees--Michigan

Skilled labor--Michigan

Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry--Michigan

Trade-unions--Organizing

UAW--Community Action Program

UAW--Family Education Center

UAW Locals 3, 47, 155, 160, 189, 203, 235, 306, 412, 681, 961

Unemployment--Michigan

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Correspondents

Emil Mazey

George Merrelli

James Blanchard

Leonard Woodcock

Perry Johnson

Stephen Yokich

Walter Reuther

Transferred

A large number of contracts, books, newspapers, constitutions and by-laws have been placed in the Archives Library, and a substantial collection of photographs, bumper stickers, buttons, and campaign material has been transferred to the Archives Audiovisual Department.

Related Collections

UAW Holdings

 

Contents

241 storage boxes

Series I, Locals, 1939-1989, Boxes 1-122, To Series

Series II, Subject Files, 1939-1989, Boxes 123-222, To Series

Series III, Politics and Community Action, 1955-1987, Boxes 223-241, To Series

 

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