UNITED ACTION MEANS VICTORY Part 8

Description

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: United Action Means Victory. Story of the General Motors Tool and Die Strike, 1939. “Foreword. Here is a movie with the rank and file of our Union for its stars, and with labor as its hero. It is a record of a great and inspiring struggle as it was fought out from day to day...a short bit of our union history made by Union action of the maintenance, production, and independent jobbing shop workers in support of the General Motors tool and die workers. R.J. Thomas-president, George F. Addes-secretary-treasurer, United Auto Workers Union (UAW). The causes of the national General Motors tool & die strike - footage of specific incidents - dramatized scenes illustrating such things as how the strike affected workers and their families. [1941]

Collection

Ford Motor Company Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the Ford Motor Company, the Henry Ford Family, Noted Personalities, Industry, and Numerous Americana and Other Subjects