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Labor History

Collection Spotlight: UAW Local 174 Mural

In 1937, United Auto Workers Local 174 sponsored the creation of a series of murals to enliven their Union Hall and celebrate their

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Labor History

AWOC Audio Recordings Now Digitized

The Reuther Library is pleased to announce the digitization of over 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings related to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC).

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Collection Spotlight: The Utah Philips Papers

Originally posted October 16th, 2014. Written by Dallas Pillen, Archives Technician at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs,

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Battle of the Overpass

Originally posted at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University. May 19, 2011. Written by Kristen

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Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Originally posted on December 17, 2010. Written by Troy Eller English, Society of Women Engineers Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne

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Labor History

Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Tired of reductions in pay and jobs, increased workloads, and harassment of United Automobile Workers organizers, on December 30, 1936 automotive workers in

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