United Auto Workers - Wikipedia
Walter Reuther won the election for president at the UAW's constitutional convention in 1946 and served until his death in an airplane accident in May 1970. Reuther led the union during one of …
Walter Reuther - Wikipedia
On March 27, 1946, Reuther won the election and became the president of the UAW in a very close race, defeating incumbent UAW president R. J. Thomas by a mere 124 votes, out of …
Walter Reuther | American Union Leader & Civil Rights Activist
Walter Reuther (born September 1, 1907, Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.—died May 9, 1970, Pellston, Michigan) was an American labour leader who was president of the United …
Walter Reuther - AFL-CIO
Walter Reuther was president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from 1946 until his death in 1970. Under his leadership, the UAW grew to more than 1.5 million members, becoming …
Shawn Fain - Wikipedia
Shawn Fain (born October 30, 1968) is an American labor unionist who has served as president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) since March 2023. An electrician by trade, he worked at a …
Reuther, Walter Philip - The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and ...
Reuther organized and became the first president of West Side Local 174 of the newly formed UAW, increasing membership from 78 to 30,000 members between 1936 and 1937, which …
Reuther, Walter (1907 – 1970) - Social Welfare History Project
Nov 10, 2022 · In 1946, Reuther was elected president of the UAW. Although his postwar political agenda of national health care, economic redistribution and job security for all met defeat, …
This Month in Business History - Library of Congress
As president of the UAW from 1946-70, Walter Reuther became one of the most important labor leaders in American history. As sons of poor German immigrants in Wheeling, West Virginia, …
Walter Reuther (U.S. National Park Service) - NPS
An influential figure in American labor relations, Walter Reuther (1907-1970) was the president of the United Automotive Workers (UAW) from 1946 until his death in 1970. His tenure …
Douglas A. Fraser served as president of the UAW from May 1977 until he retired in 1984. Mr. Fraser became the first union leader elected to the board of an American Corporation …