Strikes; Timken-Detroit Axle Company; Detroit

Description:: Union supporters march outside of the Timken-Detroit Axle Company, the home of 300 auto workers during the 1937 sit-down strike. At the conclusion of the strike the United Automobile Workers Union were granted rights to be the sole bargaining agency for the building and the workers were granted a wage increase.
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Date Issued:: 1937-03-06T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City
Place:: Michigan and Detroit
Subject Topic:: Strikes, Timken-Detroit Axle Company, and Strikes
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:vmc29851