UAW Local 9 records, 1933-1963.

Thomas, R. J. (Rolland Jay), 1900-1967

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Roland Jay Thomas (June 9, 1900 – April 18, 1967), also known as R. J. Thomas, was born in East Palestine, Ohio. He grew up in eastern Ohio and attended the College of Wooster for two years. The need to help support his family caused him to leave college and go to work. In 1923, he moved to Detroit, where he worked in a number of automobile plants. He became active in efforts to organize the automobile industry and was the president of Chrysler Local 7 when it affiliated with the United Auto ...

Berndt, Raymond H., 1910-

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UAW organizer and director of Region 3. From the description of Oral history interview with Raymond H. Berndt, 1963, May 03. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321302 ...

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948

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William Signius Knudsen (1879-1948) was born in Denmark on March 25, 1879. He apprenticed as a bicycle mechanic then held a variety of positions in the United States with Ford Motor Company and Chevrolet Motor Company. He served as vice president, then president of General Motors from 1933 to 1942. He received his appointment as lieutenant general on January 28, 1942, as director of production in the Office of the Under Secretary of war. He was director of Army Air Forces Materiel and Services f...

Green, William, 1870-1952

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Ohio district president of the United Mine Workers of America; Democratic senator in Ohio General Assembly; AFL president. From the description of William Green papers [microform], 1891-1952. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45840057 ...

Bendix Corporation

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Founded in 1924 by Vincent Bendix to manufacture brake systems, by the mid-1950s the Bendix Corporation had branched out into many other areas, one of these being scientific instrumentation. Their flagship product in this area was the Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer and when newer developments resulted in instruments like the quadrupole mass spectrometer, Bendix saw its market share begin to erode. At first Bendix shifted its TOF MS business to a subsidiary, the Consolidated Vacuum Corporation ...

Addes, George F., 1910-

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UAW Secretary-Treasurer. From the description of Oral history interview with George F. Addes, 1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321288 ...

International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 5 (South Bend, Ind.)

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Dillon, Francis J., 1887-

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Organizer in the auto industry for the American Federation of Labor (AFL). First president of the United Automobile Workers of America. From the description of Francis J. Dillon papers, 1934-1943. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321018 ...

American Federation of Labor. Federal Labor Union 18347. (South Bend, Ind.)

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International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 9 (South Bend, Ind.)

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Serviced Bendix Products Corp. in South Bend, Indiana. In 1933 chartered as AFL Federal Labor Union 18347. Affiliated with UAW in 1935. From the description of UAW Local 9 records, 1933-1963. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321469 ...

Martin, Warren Homer, 1902-1968

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Vice-President of UAW-AFL and President of UAW-CIO (1935-1939). From the description of Homer Martin papers, 1934-1941. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321137 President of the UAW. From the description of Oral history interview with Homer Martin, 1959. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321346 Warren Homer Martin, a former Baptist minister, was appointed vice-presi...