United Automobile Workers Button
date: label: date made
content: 1955
notes: label: Description
content: This United Automobile Workers of America button dates to May of 1955. During the 1950s the U. A. W. established some of the most significant collective bargaining agreements between unions and management. In 1950, The U. A. W. negotiated a contract with GM that included a fully funded pension plan, and in 1955 the U. A. W. gained the same terms from Ford. The U. A. W. operated as part of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (C. I. O.) until it merged with the American Federation of Labor (A. F. L.) in 1955.
label: Description
content: The button has the initials “U. A. W.” at the top and “A. F. L.” on the bottom. The center bears the logo of the U. A. W.-A. F. L. of two hands shaking inside a car. Around the logo is the text “International Union- United Automobile Workers of America/Chartered August 26, 1935.” The center of the badge reads “May 1955.”
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kathleen Franz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.3079.02
label: catalog number
content: 2015.3079.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2015.3079
label: accession number
content: 2015.3079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .6 cm x 3.2 cm; 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in