Strikes; Federal Screw Works; Detroit. -Non-Strikers of Federal Screw Works Leaving Plant

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Description:

Group of men walk in street, escorted to the Federal Screw Works plant in Detroit, Michigan by uniformed police officers on foot and mounted, with houses in background. "On the third day the battle escalated, the plant was surrounded by thousands of workers, local residents and UAW activists from other locals who lined the streets for blocks around, the police appeared in great force, more than 500, including a large contingent of mounted officers, with orders to break the picket line and end the strike ... as scabs marched down the street toward the plant protected by a police cordon on either side, the spouses, children, relatives, friends and neighbors of employees fired sticks, stones, bottles, tin cans, eggs and tomatoes at the from porches, windows and rooftops," from American Vanguard: The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970, by John Barnard

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:

1938-03-30T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

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

Subject Topic:

Automobile supplies industry, Strikes and lockouts, Strikebreakers, Police, and Mounted police

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:vmc3089