Appeal submitted to UAW-CIO Greivance Committee, Thursday, March 12, 1953 by Ed Lock, Nelson Davis, John Gallo, Dave Moore, Paul Boatin
Published: 1953
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Labor unions and communism; Subversive activities; Communism; International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Description: An appeal by union members Ed Lock, Nelson Davis, John Gallo, Dave Moore and Paul Boatin against the charges of Communism; their removal from office by administrators; and, barring them from running for, or holding any elective or appointive posts.
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"The CIO United Auto Workers Union planned additional purges in rebellious Ford Local 600 as an aftermath of Congressional hearings into alleged Communist infiltration in Michigan's defense industry. Five members of the 75,000 member local were ousted by a special six-man board of administrators appointed and headed by Walter P. Reuther. The five officers that were ousted were 'ineligible to serve' because they violated a section of the Union Constitution forbidding Communist membership or subserviance"--Long Beach Press Telegram (Mar. 17, 1952).