President's office: Walter P. Reuther collection, 1933-1970 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, pamphlets, speeches, notes, publications, photos, memorabilia, and other materials relating to the union, especially during the presidency of Walter P. Reuther (1946-1970). Includes material relating to Reuther and his involvement with labor organizations, including Alliance for Labor Action, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and International Metalworkers' Federation. Topics include automobile manufacturing companies, automation, atomic energy and radiation dangers, Detroit urban problems, education, equal employment opportunity, guaranteed annual wage, health plans, housing, integration, international affairs, jurisdictional disputes, peace, pensions, skilled trades, supplemental unemployment benefits, technological change, unemployment, UAW factionalism, United Nations, wage stablization, women workers, and World War II and Korean War production