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Newspaper United Automobile Worker (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-1957 United worker / Automobile united worker

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About United Automobile Worker (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-1957

The United Automobile Worker was a semi-monthly publication of the union the United Automobile Workers of America.

In 1939, Edward Levinson became the paper’s editor. Levinson was a Socialist with extensive experience in newspapers beginning as a reporter in the 1920s for New York’s the Socialist Call, and moving into mainstream media at the New York Post. He was also the author of several books about the labor movement. Levinson’s appointment was coordinated by the Congress of Industrial Organization’s vice president, Sidney Hillman. In a deeply factionalized UAW, Levinson’s job was to mentor and support Walter Reuther, an emerging leader within the UAW that Hillman supported, and keep an eye on overall UAW factionalism for Hillman.

Levinson would edit the paper until his death in 1945. He was succeeded as editor by Frank E. Winn. Winn was also a Socialist and had begun his newspaper career in 1935 in Dallas, Texas. Levinson had hired Winn to work at the New York Post, and the two men had a close relationship. Winn’s appointment represented part of a bargain between Walter Reuther and his opponents within the UAW. Given that power within the Union was very narrowly divided, Reuther received his choice for newspaper editor by giving control to his opponents of other union positions which had greater potential to make patronage appointments.

Although a part of a union factional fight, the paper gave extensive coverage to UAW locals in the Detroit area, with an emphasis on the problems Union members experienced in dealing with management during World War II. As such, it offers a unique perspective into how war material was manufactured in Detroit.

Provided By: Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library

About this Newspaper

Title

  • United Automobile Worker (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-1957

Other Title

  • United worker
  • Automobile united worker

Names

  • International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (A.F. of L.)
  • International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)
  • International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

Dates of Publication

  • 1936-1957

Created / Published

  • Detroit, Mich. : International Union, United Automobile Workers of America, -1957.

Headings

  • -  International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)--Periodicals
  • -  International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America--Periodicals
  • -  Automobile industry and trade--United States--Periodicals
  • -  Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--United States--Periodicals
  • -  Labor movement--United States--Periodicals
  • -  Automobile industry workers--United States--Periodicals
  • -  Labor unions--United States--Periodicals
  • -  International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
  • -  International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO)
  • -  Automobile industry and trade
  • -  Automobile industry workers
  • -  Automobile industry workers--Labor unions
  • -  Labor movement
  • -  Labor unions
  • -  United States
  • -  United States--Michigan--Wayne--Detroit

Genre

  • Periodicals

Notes

  • -  Semimonthly, <1944->
  • -  Began with v. 1 in June 1936.
  • -  -v. 20, no. 12 (Dec. 1957).
  • -  Affiliated with: American Federation of Labor, -Oct. 1936; Congress of Industrial Organizations, Nov. 1936-Dec. 1957.
  • -  Edited: -Jan. 7, 1939 by H. Martin; Jan. 14, 1939- by the International Executive Board.
  • -  Preceded by a "Special convention number" dated May 1936.
  • -  Includes separately paged special issues.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Official publication of: 1936-<1940> International Union, United Automobile Workers of America; <1944>-1957 International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
  • -  Description based on surrogate of: Vol. 1, no. 2 (July 7, 1936); title from caption.
  • -  Solidarity (Detroit, Mich.) 0164-856X (DLC)sn 78001402 (OCoLC)4309031

Medium

  • 20 volumes : illustrations ; 44 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HD6350.A8 U6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 42047197

OCLC Number

  • 2268881

ISSN Number

  • 2769-3201

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United Automobile Worker Detroit, Mich. -1957. (Detroit, MI) 1 Jan. 1936. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/42047197/.