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Battle of rendering Overpass
1937 strength against joining organizers press Dearborn, Boodle, USA
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Background
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The Battle of the Overpass at the River Rouge Ford plant. | Public Domain
Year 1937. The battle lines were laid out in Detroit. The state of the unions was not good, but labor’s line in the sand was clearly marked. Motor City is where blue collar sweat left the age of horse and buggy far behind in the dust of nostalgia. Automotive workers labored at a furious pace to put the world on wheels. Assembly line workers crafted those infernal internal combustion machines made of Great Lakes steel. A novelty at first with just enough juice to get you across town. But as technology grew, motoring matured. Engines made in Detroit would soon have enough horsepower to drive a nation. Cars were growing more powerful every day, while the workers were pinned under the heel of industrialists who grew rich and fat on the fruits of their labor.
Henry Ford in particular was the poster child of anti-unionism in the heady days of strikes and strife, preferring profits over workers’ rights.
Henry Ford was the self-proclaimed potentate of his manufacturing kingdom, demanding tribute in the form of labor and loyalty from his machine-age minions. He ruled with a “let them eat cake” mentality that left him oblivious to the gathering storm clouds that were forming among the
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Artifacts and photographs, 1932-1941.
Artifacts and photographs, 1932-1941.
Labor Union Demonstration at the Overpass, Ford Rouge Plant, 1937
Photographic print
The struggle to unionize Ford Motor Company workers was long and--at times--violent. This photograph shows United Auto Workers (UAW) labor organizers demonstrating outside Ford's Rouge Plant pedestrian overpass during 1937. Four years later, following a turbulent ten-day strike in April 1941, Ford became the last major automotive manufacturer to recognize the UAW and agree to a union contract.
Distributing Labor Union Literature to Workers at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1937
Photographic print
The struggle to unionize Ford Motor Company workers was long and--at times--violent. This photograph shows United Auto Workers (UAW) labor organizers demonstrating outside Ford's Rouge Plant pedestrian overpass during 1937. Four years later, following a turbulent ten-day strike in April 1941, Ford became the last major automotive manufacturer to recognize the UAW and agree to a union contract.
Handing Out Union Leaflets at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1937
Photographic print
The struggle to unionize Ford Motor Company workers was long and--at times--violent. This photograph shows labor organizers distributing United A