Rouge Plant Gate 4 at Miller Road after Distribution of CIO Handbills, May 1941

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company refused to recognize the United Auto Workers labor union. In May 1937, men from Ford's Service Department attacked labor organizers at Ford's Rouge plant, beating several people. Organizers refused to be intimidated. They continued their efforts, and Ford reached an agreement with the UAW in 1941 -- four years after General Motors and Chrysler workers unionized.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

19 May 1941

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.75647.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.75 in

Rouge Plant Gate 4 at Miller Road after Distribution of CIO Handbills, May 1941