Battle of the Overpass
date: label: date made
content: 1962
label: associated date
content: 1937
name: label: re; referenced
content: Ford Motor Company
label: affiliated union
content: United Auto Workers
label: maker
content: United Auto Workers
notes: label: Description
content: On May 26, 1937 organizers from the UAW planned a "Unionism not Fordism" campaign at the River Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. Organizers of the UAW were at a pedestrian overpass demanding an $8/ 6 hour day opposed to the current $6/ 8 hour day. Security from Ford Motor Company attackedand beat the UAW members. The incident hurt the Ford reputation and gained support for the UAW.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
topic: label: general subject association
content: Labor Unions
label: general subject association
content: labor issues
label: general subject association
content: Automobiles
label: general subject association
content: Protest and Civil Disobedience
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Smithsonian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0701.19
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0701.19
label: accession number
content: 1988.0701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 19 in; 55.88 cm x 48.26 cm