Title: U.A.W. LOCAL 1112 COLLECTION Type: Papers Date: 1966-77 Size : 4 Linear Feet ID#: 877-uaw |
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Scope & Contents
The papers of the U.A.W. Local 1112 were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban and Urban Affairs in April of 1978 and will be open to research in
Local 1112 represents workers at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The Local was chartered in 1966 with two separate bargaining units, Fisher Body and Chevrolet Assembly. In 1970 General Motors reorganized management of these operations under the General Motors Assembly Division and the local then became one bargaining unit.
GMAD supervised the introduction of the new Vega model and the rebuilding of the assembly line to the fastest auto production line in the world (100 cars per hour). This automation and speed-up led to a confrontation at Lordstown similar to what occurred in nearly every plant taken over by GMAD., But the strike at Lordstown gained national attention as the media concentration on the theme of the young rebellious work force suffering from "blue collar blues."
Lordstown strike of 1972
"Double Dipping" charges of 1976
Workers: Generation Gap; Quality of Work Life
Walter Reuther
Leonard Woodcock
Theodore Kennedy
William Saxbe
Some blueprints and photographs of early U.A.W. conventions, 1938-1942 have been placed in the Archive's Audio-Visual Collections. Copies of Local 1112 agreements, bylaws, the local's newspaper, and pamphlets published by the U.A.W. International have been placed in the Archives Library.
Related Collections
7.5 manuscript boxes
Series I, Recording Secretary's Files, Boxes 1-4 To Series 1
Records relating to the functioning of the recording secretary including minutes, trial board records, elections, financial reports and the correspondence of the recording secretary.
Series II, Correspondence, Boxes 5-8 To Series 2
Correspondence, mainly incoming, including strike support and other matters connected with the 1972 strike.
Series III, General Office Files, Box 8 To Series 3
Miscellaneous materials kept in the general office files of the local. These include leaflets, press releases, and other materials which give an indication of conditions inside the plant.