UAW-CIO, Local 287 records and photographs, 1938-2000.

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UAW-CIO, Local 287 records and photographs, 1938-2000.

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This collection includes records of the UAW-CIO Local 287 and national UAW publications. The Local 287 records include the original charter (1936), agreements between UAW-CIO Local 287 and Borg-Warner (1938-1986), Constitution and Bylaws (1942-1986), brochures related to pensions and benefits (1961-1980), a history of the Local (1978), minutes (1937-1985), and the Labor Beacon newspaper (1952-2000). The national records include proceedings from national conventions, reports from UAW presidents, and other publications for union members (1951-1995). The over sized materials include union charters and over sized newspapers. The collection also includes awards and plaques presented to UAW-CIO Local 287 and their members. PSC 205 includes photographs of union conventions, parades, and other photographs of UAW-CIO Local 287 activities and Borg-Warner.

7 boxes (6.5 cubic ft.)3 folders.

Ball State University Library, Bracken Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559752

Ball State University Library, Bracken Library

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Borg-Warner Transmission Systems

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Borg-Warner Corporation

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Borg-Warner Corporation. Warner Gear Division

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UAW Local 645

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The United Automobile Workers of America, affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, began their organization drive in Muncie in 1935. Two years later the workers of the Warner Gear Division of Muncie were chartered as the Local 287 on March 25, 1937. Local 287 has been involved in two strikes against Borg-Warner (previously Warner Gear), once in 1953 that lasted for thirteen weeks and another in 1989 that lasted for fifty-two days. In 2007 Borg-Warner requested to open contract n...