Strikes; Chevrolet Gear & Axle Company; Detroit

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Description:

Joyful group of men, some of the African American, run from Chevrolet Gear and Axle plant in Detroit, Michigan. "Chevrolet Gear and Axle employees stream out of the plant at Holbrook and St. Aubin in Detroit as the UAW-CIO strike against General Motors is launched, the strikers walked, ran and leaped as they left to begin the walkout, which affected about 100,000 workers in Michigan," from "GM, UAW at a crossroads Foes now allies in fight for survival," by Katie Merx and John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, August 31, 2008.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Date Issued:

1945-11-21T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Automobile industry workers, African American automobile industry workers, Strikes and lockouts, Automobile industry, and Chevrolet Motor Division

Subject Name:

General Motors Corporation

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc3129