Letter from UAW-CIO to Ford Motor Company regarding Collective Bargaining with Long Beach Assembly Plant Employees, December 30, 1940

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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)

Subject Date

30 December 1940

Creators

Collection Title

Edsel B. Ford Office Papers

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.6.250

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Typewriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.00 in
Width: 8.5 in

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