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Both the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor had each chartered a labor union for auto workers, both named the UAW. The UAW-CIO met in Cleveland, representing 370,000 members, and elected R. J. Thomas, who was a former Chrysler worker and the former Vice President of the UAW-AFL union.
United Association (UA) 1889 324,043 Full name: United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada. 2021: UA: National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) 1889 292,221 United States Postal Service mail delivery workers in urban areas. 2016: NALC
The UAW also remains a major player in the state Democratic Party. [62] In March 2020, the Detroit United Auto Workers union announced that after discussion with the leaders of General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the carmakers would partially shut down factories on a "rotating" basis to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [63]
The UAW recently separated from the much larger union, The American Federation of Labor (AFL). Organizing in Flint was a difficult and dangerous plan. GM controlled city politics in Flint and kept a close eye on outsiders. As Wyndham Mortimer, the first UAW officer put in charge of organizing the campaign in Flint, entered the town, he was ...
Pro-Palestine protesters march to Northwestern High School hours before Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the high school in Detroit during a Labor Day rally on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.
The Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs was established at Wayne State University in 1960 to collect and preserve original documents related to the American labor movement. [2] The library is named for early United Auto Workers organizer and president Walter Reuther .
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to play up their support for organized labor during an appearance at a Detroit-area union hall as the new ...
More: 5 memorable visits to Detroit by presidential candidates on Labor Day Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses union members at the annual Labor Day parade on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in Detroit.