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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
Reuther's Treaty of Detroit was a notable achievement for the UAW that followed three rounds of negotiations since 1945. The first negotiation after the war began with a strike of 320,000 GM workers on November 21, 1945, with Reuther demanding a 30% wage increase and a pledge from GM not to raise car prices.
The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the United Association (UA), is a labor union which represents workers in the plumbing and pipefitting industries in the United States and Canada.
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.
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 .
Detroit labor activist Martin Glaberman estimated at the time that the Hamtramck plant was 70 per cent black while the union local (UAW Local 3), the plant management and lower supervision, and the Hamtramck city administration was dominated by older Polish-American workers.
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 ...