Oral history interview with Hodges Mason, 1967.

Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

Tappes, Shelton, 1911-1991

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Shelton Tappes was born in Omaha, Nebraska on March 27, 1911 and came to Detroit in the late 1920s. A UAW member since 1937, Mr. Tappes was particularly active in the organization of the Production Foundry Unit at the Ford Rouge plant in 1941. He was a part-time organizer for the Foundry Unit, the first Foundry Unit chairman, and a member of the negotiating committee that secured the UAW's first contract with Ford Motor Company in 1941. He served as recording secretary of Local 600 from 1942 thr...

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 ...

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Abner, Willoughby, 1920-1972

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President of Amalgamated Local Union 734 in Chicago, Ill. UAW international representative. Assistant Director for the UAW Labor Studies Center in Detroit, Mich. From the description of Willoughby Abner papers, 1955-1964, (bulk 1961-1964). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320807 ...

American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

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Mason, Hodges.

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Hodges Mason, 1967. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321551 From the description of Oral history interview with Hodges Mason, 1968. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321559 ...

Bohn Aluminum and Brass Company.

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Hardin, Walter.

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Hill, Herbert, 1924-2004

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Educator, civil rights activist, and labor administrator. From the description of Papers of Herbert Hill. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132913 ...

Sheffield, Horace.

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Horace Sheffield, 1968. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321571 ...

International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)

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Peter J. Zanghi, a member of UAW Local 426, was elected first regional director of UAW Region 9 in 1939. From the description of Credential to the fifth convention, 1940 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40641494 ...