International affairs
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
United Automobile Workers Disaffiliation Files, 1956-1969
Sub-Series
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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AFL and AFL-CIO Office of the President, George Meany papers
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Merger and Jurisdictional Dispute Files
Scope and Contents
Sub-series 3, containing clippings, correspondence and reports dates from 1956 to 1969, documents the growing rift between the AFL-CIO and United Automobile Workers (UAW), a fight that culminated in the withdrawal of the UAW from the AFL-CIO. The split focused on differences about international relations, organizing, strike support, and civil rights initiatives. Reciprocal suspension and disaffiliation occured in 1968, and most of the documents in the sub-series are dated 1966 to 1969. In...
Walter Reuther, 1942-1975, and undated
Series
8
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection
Scope and Contents
Includes images of Reuther during his career as head of the United Auto Workers (UAW), 1946-1970, as president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1952-1955, and as president of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Department, 1955-1970. Also included are images of memorial ceremonies and dedications in Reuther's honor, such as the dedication of the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University. Most of the images date from the 1940s through the...