Karen Horting, Executive Director and CEO of the Society of Women Engineers, talks about SWEs archives at the Reuther Library and shares how the 75-year-old organization leverages its history to advocate for the inclusion of women in science, technology,

Dr. Martin Hershock recounts the violent three-day strike against General Motors supplier Federal Screw Works in 1938, when women from Detroits Polish community led the fight to preserve both their recently-recognized union and their neighborhood. Hersho

In celebration of the Reuther Librarys 50th anniversary, Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO discusses the importance of understanding labor and legislative history when bargaining for better labor co

Professor Michelle Adams describes the struggles to integrate Detroits highly segregated neighborhoods and schools in the 1960s, a federal judges ruling to alleviate that segregation by bussing students between the predominately Black schools in Detroit

Dr. Beth Widmaier Capo discusses the Detroit Feminist Womens Health Center and the role health practitioners thereincluding her motherplayed in empowering women to understand their bodies and take control of their health in the 1970s. Capo is the Edwar

John Miles Branch discusses the National Labor Relations Boards policy to dismiss union petitions at charitable organizations in the decades following the Second World War, and the policys reversal in 1976 when the board acknowledged nonprofit instituti

In celebration of the Reuther Librarys 50th anniversary, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride reflects on the role the unions history and archives play in current and future labor actions and organizing campaigns.Related Resources:AFSCME History

Dr. Keith Wunderlich shares the life and legacy of D.L. Holmes, athletic director of what is now Wayne State University from 1917 though 1958. With a meager budget and outdated equipment, Coach Holmes

Dr. Nick Juravich discusses the experiences of the first-generation of paraprofessional educators in New York City in the 1960s-1980s and their impact on the citys educational system, community relations, and public sector unions. Juravich is an Assistan

Roger Biles and Mark Rose discuss the legacy of Eddie Sadlowski, a charismatic and progressive Chicago steelworker who, unhappy with the United Steelworker of Americas closed-rank authoritarian leadership and tepid support for rank-and-file members, led