Title: UAW Local 113 Collection Type: Papers Date: 1940-1979 Size: 24 linear feet, 24 storage boxes ID#: 1457-uaw OCLC: |
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Frequently referred to as “Woodcock’s local,” UAW Local 113 grew out of a Muskegon AFL Federal Labor Union representing the Gear and Machine Division of the Borg-Warner Corporation, also known as the Detroit Gear Company, in the early 1930s, and took on its identity as a UAW local in 1936 with the formation of the UAW-CIO. Illness forced former UAW President Leonard Woodcock to leave Local 113 in 1937, but after a seven-year stretch during which he devoted much of his time to assisting the UAW in efforts to organize other western Michigan industrial plants, Woodcock returned to Local 113 in 1944, which then represented the workers at Muskegon’s Continental Aviation and Engineering plant. Woodcock remained a Continental employee and a Local 113 activist on and off until his election to the International Executive Board at the 1947 UAW convention.
The UAW Local 113 Collection contains correspondence, minutes and negotiations material that illustrate the relations among UAW workers, Local 113 leadership, Continental Motors, and the UAW regional and international bureaucracies. During the 1940 to 1979 period encompassed by these papers, Local 113 also emerged as a political force, helping to shape Muskegon’s development, and the collection contains some documentation of the local’s involvement in Muskegon politics.
Aircraft industry workers--Michigan--World War, 1939-1945
Arbitration, Industrial--Michigan
Automobile industry and trade--Collective bargaining
Automobile industry and trade--Employee fringe benefits
Automobile industry and trade--Skilled labor
Automobile industry and trade--Unemployment--Michigan
Automobile industry workers--Michigan--Muskegon
Automobile industry workers--Pensions
Continental Motors
Muskegon (Mich.)--Politics and government
Taft-Hartley Act
Teledyne
Trade-unions--Automobile industry workers--Michigan
Walter P. Reuther
Leonard Woodcock
A few photographs, bumper stickers, and posters may be found in the Archives Audiovisual Collection and some contracts and UAW publications have been placed in the Archives Library
UAW President: Leonard Woodcock 262-uaw
UAW VP Woodcock Collection 0734-uaw
PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading.