Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford regarding Ending the Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant Strike, September 28, 1938
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Artifact Overview
Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company established domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Ford opened its Long Beach, California, assembly plant in 1930. This letter to company president Edsel Ford concerned relations with the local chapter of the United Auto Workers. Edsel Ford had a far more progressive and collaborative attitude toward unions than his father, Henry Ford.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Letter (Correspondence)
Date Made
28 September 1938
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.6.244
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11.00 in
Width: 8.5 in
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