President John F. Kennedy speaks at the @uaw.org constitutional Convention. Atlantic City, 1962. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
UAW Archivist
@uawarchivist.bsky.social
The UAW Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library (@reutherlibrary.bsky.social), the @uaw.org's official repository. Open to the public, learn more at http://reuther.wayne.edu. Proud Wayne Academic Union member.
Got to process some of Sayles’ papers at my first archives job, including working with the Matewan materials when they first arrived. When he visited, I should have asked about Matewan, but I had had so many questions about Jurassic Park 4.
Derf Backderf@derfbackderf.bsky.social · 2d agoMATEWAN is film that all of you should watch. It's a masterpiece that's more relevant now than it was in 1987.
Workers carry banners and celebrate the end of the strike at the Cadillac Fleetwood Plant, Detroit, Michigan. 1937. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
@uaw.org Education Centre in Port Elgin, ON. From the union's 1968 President's Report, in the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
“Join the Ballot Battalion” @uaw.org voter registration drive booth in Northern California, circa 1950s. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Draft @uaw.org person versus final product. From the UAW Education Dept Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social media.
“A living wage helps everybody” From a 1960 issue of @aflcio.org Education News and Views. Came across this processing the @uaw.org Community Services Dept: Mildred Jeffrey Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Closer look at the @uaw.org’s Union Answer Wheel, from the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
UAW Archivist@uawarchivist.bsky.social · last wk.The Union Answer Wheel, a tool to “help determine the APPROXIMATE benefits for which members are eligible under the terms of the 1964 pattern collective bargaining agreements.” Made by the @uaw.org and distributed to assist members plan for retirement. From the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
The Union Answer Wheel, a tool to “help determine the APPROXIMATE benefits for which members are eligible under the terms of the 1964 pattern collective bargaining agreements.” Made by the @uaw.org and distributed to assist members plan for retirement. From the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Random City, U.S.A Flyer about the issues affecting American cities, made and distributed by the @uaw.org Education Department. 1966. Item from a collection I am processing at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Guide to the film Heart of the Union, a 1960s short of the National Maritime Union. The movie discussed the essential role rank-and-file members on the local level play in their union. Though a different industry, this film was shown by the @uaw.org Education Dept. From @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Color-coded pamphlet on the @uaw.org education program. 1960s, from the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Vending machines! You love them and the @uaw.org has had provisions for them in many of its contracts since at least the 1960s. This booklet from the UAW Education Department Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social sums up contact language about those great machines that feed us. 1963.
Plastic transparency from a new member training. Think PowerPoint before computers. These slides were meant to be short term, and are now warped and discolored after 60 years. From the @uaw.org Education Dept Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social. The logo is now used by @uawregion6.bsky.social
Your Citizenship Legislative Committee From the @uaw.org Education Department Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
“Two Americans on Civil Liberties” Vinyl record of speeches given at the 1954 @uaw.org Education Conference, condemning the red scare tactics of McCarthyism. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Did you know the @uaw.org used to have a Film Division? The office lent our educational films to union locals, and even made some movies for its library. These short films covered everything from legislative issues, to equality, to how the UAW operates. Photos from the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Art from the booklet “Rise of the Auto Workers.” 1950s. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social l.
@uaw.org booklet on guaranteed employment plans. Circa 1950s. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Did you know the @uaw.org used to have a Film Division? The office lent our educational films to union locals, and even made some movies for its library. These short films covered everything from legislative issues, to equality, to how the UAW operates. Photos from the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Union dance Art from the booklet “Rise of the Auto Workers.” 1950s. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Sample membership and attendance cards, available to @uaw.org locals and their members. 1951. From the union’s archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Bonjour and happy #BastilleDay! France has a long and robust archives tradition, something I explored at the Musée des Archives Nationales, a museum run by the French National Archives.
“Build support for Congressional action on these issues” Pamphlet from the @aflcio.org Legislative Department, circa early 1960s. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
“We Work at Ford” Booklet marking the 20th anniversary of the first UAW - Ford contract. 1961. Info graphic lays out worker’s newfound benefits, from pensions to pay guarantees, gained in just two decades of collective bargaining. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Apollo 9 mission analyzer This tool had rotating wheels that let spectators follow the scheduled progress of the space mission. Several Apollo vehicles, including the pyramid shaped Command Service Module, were built by @uaw.org members for NASA. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
Cover of @uaw.org Ammo magazine, 1987. The union publication often tackled issues beyond labor matters in its pages, in this instance the pipeline of government officials to foreign lobbying. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.
