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Reassessing The Historical UAW: Walter Reuther's Affiliation with the Communist Party and Something of Its Meaning — A Document of Party Involvement, 1939
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Author/contributor
- Devinatz, Victor G. (Author)
Title
Reassessing The Historical UAW: Walter Reuther's Affiliation with the Communist Party and Something of Its Meaning — A Document of Party Involvement, 1939
Abstract
The paper argues that Walter Reuther was affiliated with the US Communist Party in the mid to late 1930s. At the time, Reuther was a vice president of the United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; he went on to become UAW president from 1946 till his death in 1970. The author discusses a previously unknown archival document that summarized the February 1939 Detroit meeting attended by Communist state, national and trade union leaders, including Reuther. The author calls for a reassessment of the scholarly literature on the historical UAW and Reuther.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
49
Pages
222-245
Date
Spring 2002
Language
English
ISSN
07003862
Short Title
Reassessing The Historical UAW
Accessed
8/6/21, 10:58 PM
Citation
Devinatz, V. G. (2002). Reassessing The Historical UAW: Walter Reuther’s Affiliation with the Communist Party and Something of Its Meaning — A Document of Party Involvement, 1939. Labour / Le Travail, 49, 222–245. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/5257
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