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- Letter from UAW-CIO to Ford Motor Company regarding Collective Bargaining with Long Beach Assembly Plant Employees, December 30, 1940 - 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.
- December 30, 1940
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Letter from UAW-CIO to Ford Motor Company regarding Collective Bargaining with Long Beach Assembly Plant Employees, December 30, 1940
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.
- Record Album, "This Land is Your Land, Songs of Social Justice," 1964 -
- October 01, 1964
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Record Album, "This Land is Your Land, Songs of Social Justice," 1964
- Letter from UAW-CIO to Edsel Ford Protesting Turning the Long Beach Assembly Plant into an Army Warehouse, January 19, 1942 - Starting in the 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Ford opened its Long Beach, California, assembly plant in 1930. Civilian production was suspended during World War II, and the facility became a temporary supply base for U.S. Army Air Corps. Automobile production resumed at Long Beach in late 1945 until the plant closed in 1959.
- January 19, 1942
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Letter from UAW-CIO to Edsel Ford Protesting Turning the Long Beach Assembly Plant into an Army Warehouse, January 19, 1942
Starting in the 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Ford opened its Long Beach, California, assembly plant in 1930. Civilian production was suspended during World War II, and the facility became a temporary supply base for U.S. Army Air Corps. Automobile production resumed at Long Beach in late 1945 until the plant closed in 1959.
- Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford regarding Ending the Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant Strike, September 28, 1938 - 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.
- September 28, 1938
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Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford regarding Ending the Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant Strike, September 28, 1938
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.
- Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford to Request Collective Bargaining, September 16, 1938 - 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.
- September 16, 1938
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Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford to Request Collective Bargaining, September 16, 1938
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.
- United Automobile Workers of America Badge, 1935-1940 -
- 1935-1940
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United Automobile Workers of America Badge, 1935-1940
- Nelson Mandela Freedom Tour Program, "Amandla: Mandela Detroit '90," June 28, 1990 -
- June 28, 1990
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Nelson Mandela Freedom Tour Program, "Amandla: Mandela Detroit '90," June 28, 1990
- Union Recruiting Poster, "Unionism not Fordism, Now is the Time to Organize!," 1935-1936 - This broadside refers to the 1935 Wagner Act, which guaranteed workers the right to organize unions, and to strike, boycott and picket their employers. The United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union, founded 1935, succeeded in unionizing General Motors and Chrysler within two years. The UAW's next target became Ford Motor Company, which had long resisted unionization. It ultimately succeeded in 1941.
- 1935-1936
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Union Recruiting Poster, "Unionism not Fordism, Now is the Time to Organize!," 1935-1936
This broadside refers to the 1935 Wagner Act, which guaranteed workers the right to organize unions, and to strike, boycott and picket their employers. The United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union, founded 1935, succeeded in unionizing General Motors and Chrysler within two years. The UAW's next target became Ford Motor Company, which had long resisted unionization. It ultimately succeeded in 1941.
- Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford regarding Ending the Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant Strike, September 28, 1938 - 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.
- September 28, 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from UAW #406 to Edsel Ford regarding Ending the Ford Long Beach Assembly Plant Strike, September 28, 1938
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.
- Letter from UAW-CIO to Edsel Ford Listing Ford Plants They Represent in Collective Bargaining, May 10, 1941 -
- May 10, 1941
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Letter from UAW-CIO to Edsel Ford Listing Ford Plants They Represent in Collective Bargaining, May 10, 1941