@UAW_Archivist

The UAW Archivist at the @ReutherLibrary, the @UAW's official repository. Moving to Bluesky, follow me at @uawarchivist.bsky.social. Proud @WAU6075 member.

 Detroit, MI
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Joined December 2017
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Giving Twitter the boot and am moving my activity to Bluesky. Please follow me at there at @uawarchivist.bsky.social.
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Dave@DE_Gifford9 Jun 2025
Today I learned about the The MotorCities National Heritage Area which encompasses over 10,000 square miles in southeast & central Michigan. Interesting because there is so much lost automotive history here too. motorcities.org/nps-passport…
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@UAW7 Mar 2025
The Women's Auxiliary Brigades are an essential part of the UAW's history of activism and social justice. @UAW_Archivist Gavin Strassel at the @ReutherLibrary explains.
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@UAW25 Dec 2024
Wishing our union family a very Merry Christmas. To help celebrate, Wishing all of our union family a very Merry Christmas. To help celebrate, @UAW_Archivist Gavin Strassel shares some fun and historic photos of Local 600 Christmas parties from the 1940s and 1950s.
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@UAW23 Dec 2024
UAW President Walter Reuther and his wife May didn't miss an opportunity to advocate for a just and better world. @UAW_Archivist Gavin Strassel explains. Seasons Greetings! 🎄
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@UAW11 Dec 2024
Member's faces on the back cover of a 1940s issue of Ammunition magazine, a UAW publication for union stewards and officers. From our archives at the Walter P. Reuther Library via @UAW_Archivist.
Member's faces on the back cover of a 1940s issue of Ammunition magazine with the following text: "Making Brotherhood Work. UAW: The world's largest, most democratic union."

ALT Member's faces on the back cover of a 1940s issue of Ammunition magazine with the following text: "Making Brotherhood Work. UAW: The world's largest, most democratic union."

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On this day almost 70 years ago, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations merged into the @AFLCIO. This 1955 issue of the UAW's newspaper announces the merger. From our archives at the Reuther Library via the @UAW_Archivist.
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@UAW4 Dec 2024
"Auto Women Advance." Image from a uaw.org publication, circa 1937. From our archives at the Reuther Library via the @UAW_Archivist.
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Want to see Walter Reuther's turkey mornay recipe and other great content from the @UAW archives? Then follow me at Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/uawarchivis…
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@UAW25 Nov 2024
The most important thing every union member can do is get involved in building a better, stronger UAW. Talk with your coworkers, attend local union meetings, join a standing committee, prepare resolutions for the next UAW Convention, or plan to run for convention delegate yourself. You and your coworkers are the union. #StandUpUAW 📸 @UAW_Archivist | @ReutherLibrary
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"Running to join a union like..." UAW President Walter Reuther and two colleagues go for an impromptu jog. Photo courtesy of the Walter P. Reuther Library via @UAW_Archivist.
Three men running together, with UAW President Walter Reuther in the middle.

ALT Three men running together, with UAW President Walter Reuther in the middle.

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@UAW20 Nov 2024
The @UAWWomen Department was created to focus attention on the concerns of women in the workplace and to educate and motivate women to become active in their union. It's your union, sister! Learn more: uaw.org/women 📸 @UAW_archivist #StandUpUAW
A photo of a vintage black and white UAW illustration was placed against a red background. The illustration shows a finger pointing towards a woman worker in the spotlight. The text superimposed over the image reads: "It's your union, sister." the woman looks strong and empowered with her hands on her hips.

ALT A photo of a vintage black and white UAW illustration was placed against a red background. The illustration shows a finger pointing towards a woman worker in the spotlight. The text superimposed over the image reads: "It's your union, sister." the woman looks strong and empowered with her hands on her hips.

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UAW Local 2216 members picketing at LTV, East Camden, Arkansas, July 1986. From our archives at the Walter P. Reuther Library via the @UAW_Archivist.
UAW Local 2216 striking members Mark Easley, 21, and Robert Rosenbaum, Sr., 52, stand in the blaze of the sun as temperatures climb into the 100s.

ALT UAW Local 2216 striking members Mark Easley, 21, and Robert Rosenbaum, Sr., 52, stand in the blaze of the sun as temperatures climb into the 100s.

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@UAW18 Nov 2024
Too many working people can’t get ahead and it’s not for a lack of trying. Working people coming together in unions is the best way to increase wages. Unions are the engine for economic and social justice. Solidarity is the fuel. aflcio.org/what-unions-do/so… 📸 @uaw_archivist
Photo of a Vintage UAW poster from the early 20th century. The poster has a photo of 3 workers: a Black man, a white man, and a white woman. The white text superimposed over the image reads "We fight today for a better tomorrow..." with the UAW-CIO logo in red on the bottom of the poster

ALT Photo of a Vintage UAW poster from the early 20th century. The poster has a photo of 3 workers: a Black man, a white man, and a white woman. The white text superimposed over the image reads "We fight today for a better tomorrow..." with the UAW-CIO logo in red on the bottom of the poster

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@UAW14 Nov 2024
"The UAW leader consults, plans, educates, and acts." This quirky vintage UAW graphic is from a pamphlet by @UAW_education offering training for current and future union leaders—because an educated member is a powerful member! photo: @UAW_Archivist @ReutherLibrary #StandUpUAW
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@UAW5 Nov 2024
Your voice has power. Your vote is your voice. Be a voter today! #StandUpUAW #GOTV
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@AFLCIO5 Nov 2024
Vote like your paid leave depends on it. Vote like your workplace rights depend on it. Vote like your overtime pay depends on it. Vote like your union depends on it. Because they do.
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Which Do You Choose? Liberty or Bigotry? Political message in the @UAW's Solidarity newspaper. September 1960, but still relevant 60 years later. From the UAW's archives at the @ReutherLibrary. #VOTE #VoteEarly
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Original artwork for the cover of @UAW's Ammo. Watercolor painting, with a sheet of transparent paper to show where the logo and text should go. Seeing how the sausage is made in the collections here at the @ReutherLibrary.
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@UAW31 Oct 2024
The question for UAW members, and every member of the working class, is simple: Which side are you on? Will you stand with the billionaires, or will you stand with the working class? Vintage issue of the UAW's Ammo magazine, courtesy of @UAW_Archivist
Cover of a vintage issue of the UAW's Ammo magazine with the title, "Showdown at the Polls: Labor's Stake in the Election," showing a rich man's hand attempting to cover the opening of a ballot box to stop a worker form voting.

ALT Cover of a vintage issue of the UAW's Ammo magazine with the title, "Showdown at the Polls: Labor's Stake in the Election," showing a rich man's hand attempting to cover the opening of a ballot box to stop a worker form voting.

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