General Motors Employees. Strikes .

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Description:

Striking General Motors employees, carrying signs, picket the General Motors plant in Hamtramck. They are led by several men in military uniforms, one carrying a Hamtramck flag, and a boy. Further back in the line is a United States flag. They are part of a strike that involved 200,000 workers and shut down 96 GM plants.

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:

1945-12-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck, Michigan, Hamtramck, Hamtramck (Michigan), and United States

Subject Topic:

Strikes and lockouts, Automobile industry, Automobile industry workers, Labor union members, Picketing, Flags, Military uniforms, Signs and signboards, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, and Buildings

Subject Name:

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers and 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:vmc17463