UAW Archivist

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Today I learned about the The MotorCities National Heritage Area which encompasses over 10,000 square miles in southeast & central Michigan. Interesting because there is so much lost automotive history here too. motorcities.org/nps-passport-s…

The Women's Auxiliary Brigades are an essential part of the UAW's history of activism and social justice. @UAW_Archivist Gavin Strassel at the @ReutherLibrary explains.

Wishing our union family a very Merry Christmas. To help celebrate, Wishing all of our union family a very Merry Christmas. To help celebrate, @UAW_Archivist Gavin Strassel shares some fun and historic photos of Local 600 Christmas parties from the 1940s and 1950s.

UAW President Walter Reuther and his wife May didn't miss an opportunity to advocate for a just and better world. @UAW_Archivist Gavin Strassel explains. Seasons Greetings! 🎄

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Member's faces on the back cover of a 1940s issue of Ammunition magazine, a UAW publication for union stewards and officers. From our archives at the Walter P. Reuther Library via @UAW_Archivist.

On this day almost 70 years ago, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations merged into the @AFLCIO. This 1955 issue of the UAW's newspaper announces the merger. From our archives at the Reuther Library via the @UAW_Archivist.

"Auto Women Advance." Image from a uaw.org publication, circa 1937. From our archives at the Reuther Library via the @UAW_Archivist.

Want to see Walter Reuther's turkey mornay recipe and other great content from the @UAW archives? Then follow me at Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/uawarc…

The most important thing every union member can do is get involved in building a better, stronger UAW. Talk with your coworkers, attend local union meetings, join a standing committee, prepare resolutions for the next UAW Convention, or plan to run for convention delegate yourself. You and your coworkers are the union. #StandUpUAW 📸 @UAW_Archivist | @ReutherLibrary

"Running to join a union like..." UAW President Walter Reuther and two colleagues go for an impromptu jog. Photo courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library via @UAW_Archivist.

The @UAWWomen Department was created to focus attention on the concerns of women in the workplace and to educate and motivate women to become active in their union. It's your union, sister! Learn more: uaw.org/women 📸 @UAW_archivist #StandUpUAW

UAW Local 2216 members picketing at LTV, East Camden, Arkansas, July 1986. From our archives at the Walter P. Reuther Library via the @UAW_Archivist.

Too many working people can’t get ahead and it’s not for a lack of trying. Working people coming together in unions is the best way to increase wages. Unions are the engine for economic and social justice. Solidarity is the fuel. aflcio.org/what-unions-do… 📸 @uaw_archivist

"The UAW leader consults, plans, educates, and acts." This quirky vintage UAW graphic is from a pamphlet by @UAW_education offering training for current and future union leaders—because an educated member is a powerful member! photo: @UAW_Archivist @ReutherLibrary #StandUpUAW

Your voice has power. Your vote is your voice. Be a voter today! #StandUpUAW #GOTV

Vote like your paid leave depends on it. Vote like your workplace rights depend on it. Vote like your overtime pay depends on it. Vote like your union depends on it. Because they do.

Which Do You Choose? Liberty or Bigotry? Political message in the @UAW's Solidarity newspaper. September 1960, but still relevant 60 years later. From the UAW's archives at the @ReutherLibrary. #VOTE #VoteEarly