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102 relations: AFL–CIO, American wire gauge, Apartheid, Bal Harbour, Florida, Bill Clinton, Bob White (trade unionist), Cadillac, Canada, Canadian Auto Workers, Canadian dollar, Caterpillar Inc., Catholic Central High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Catholic Church, Chrysler, Collective bargaining, Concussion, Contras, Corporatocracy, Cost of living, Dark horse, Decatur, Illinois, Deep South, Democratic Party (United States), Detroit Free Press, Donald V. Fites, Dorr Township, Michigan, Douglas Fraser, Early 1980s recession, Final Offer, Flint, Michigan, Ford Motor Company, Ford River Rouge Complex, Fremont, California, General Motors, General strike, Germans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Valley State University, Hamlet (place), Honda, Hudson Motor Car Company, Impasse, Industrial policy, Irving Bluestone, Job security, John Deere, John Sweeney (labor leader), Joseph "Chip" Yablonski, Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Joseph Yablonski, ..., Kim Moody, Lane Kirkland, Lee Iacocca, Left-wing politics, Lockout (industry), Lordstown, Ohio, Louis Uchitelle, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Medgar Evers, Mother Jones (magazine), Myrlie Evers-Williams, NAACP, National Labor Relations Board, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, National Urban League, Nelson Mandela, Nicaragua, Nissan, North American Free Trade Agreement, NUMMI, Outsourcing, Picketing, President-elect of the United States, Profit sharing, Quarterback, Raymond Majerus, Roger & Me, Ronald Reagan, Saturn Corporation, Shop steward, Southfield, Michigan, Spring Hill, Tennessee, Stephen Yokich, Strike pay, Syndicalism, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, The New York Times, Tom Harkin, Toyota, Trade union, Two-tier system, Union organizer, United Automobile Workers, United Mine Workers, United States, United States dollar, United States labor law, W. A. Boyle, Walter Reuther, Wildcat strike action, William Gibson (NAACP), Wisconsin. Expand index (52 more) »
AFL–CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States.
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American wire gauge
American wire gauge (AWG), also known as the Brown & Sharpe wire gauge, is a logarithmic stepped standardized wire gauge system used since 1857 predominantly in North America for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire.
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Apartheid
Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.
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Bal Harbour, Florida
Bal Harbour is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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Bob White (trade unionist)
Robert White, (April 28, 1935 – February 19, 2017) was a prominent leader in the Canadian trade union and labour movement who was the founding president of the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor) after leading its separation from its American parent, the United Auto Workers, and then president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
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Cadillac
Cadillac, formally the Cadillac Motor Car Division, is a division of the U.S.-based General Motors (GM) that markets luxury vehicles worldwide.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Canadian Auto Workers
The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW; formally the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada) was one of Canada's largest and highest profile labour unions.
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Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.
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Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. is an American Fortune 100 corporation which designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets and sells machinery, engines, financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network.
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Catholic Central High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Catholic Central High School is a college preparatory high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Chrysler
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes.
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Collective bargaining
Collective bargaining is a process of negotiation between employers and a group of employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers.
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Concussion
Concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is typically defined as a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning.
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Contras
The Contras were the various U.S.-backed and funded right-wing rebel groups that were active from 1979 to the early 1990s in opposition to the socialist Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government in Nicaragua.
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Corporatocracy
Corporatocracy, a portmanteau of corporate and -ocracy (form of government), short form corpocracy, is a recent term used to refer to an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.
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Cost of living
Cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living.
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Dark horse
A dark horse is a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort, or a contestant that seems unlikely to succeed.
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Decatur, Illinois
Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Deep South
The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).
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Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US.
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Donald V. Fites
Donald Vester Fites (born 1934) was the Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar, Inc. from 1990 to 1999.
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Dorr Township, Michigan
Dorr Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the southwest of the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Douglas Fraser
Douglas Andrew Fraser (December 18, 1916 – February 23, 2008) was an American union leader.
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Early 1980s recession
The early 1980s recession was a severe global economic recession that affected much of the developed world in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Final Offer
Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and GM.
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Flint, Michigan
Flint is the largest city and county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
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Ford River Rouge Complex
The Ford River Rouge Complex (commonly known as the Rouge Complex or just The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island.
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Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States.
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General Motors
General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.
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General strike
A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates.
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Germans
Germans (Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, and the largest city in West Michigan.
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Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University (commonly referred to as GVSU, GV, or Grand Valley) is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan.
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Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a small human settlement.
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Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1954.
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Impasse
A bargaining impasse occurs when the two sides negotiating an agreement are unable to reach an agreement and become deadlocked.
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Industrial policy
The industrial policy of a country, sometimes denoted IP, is its official strategic effort to encourage the development and growth of part or all of the manufacturing sector as well as other sectors of the economy.
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Irving Bluestone
Irving Julius Bluestone (January 5, 1917 – November 17, 2007) was chief negotiator for almost a half a million workers at General Motors in the 1970s, and an advocate of worker participation in management.
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Job security
Job security is the probability that an individual will keep their job; a job with a high level of job security is such that a person with the job would have a small chance of becoming unemployed.
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John Deere
John Deere is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment.
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John Sweeney (labor leader)
John Joseph Sweeney (born May 5, 1934) is a labor leader and served as president of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009.
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Joseph "Chip" Yablonski
Joseph Albert "Chip" Yablonski, Jr. (born 1941) is an attorney in Washington, D.C. For much of his career, he was a partner in the firm Yablonski, Both and Edelman; the firm dissolved in 2006, and Yablonski is now a solo practitioner in the Law Offices of Joseph A. Yablonski.
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Joseph L. Rauh Jr.
Joseph Louis Rauh, Jr. (January 3, 1911 – September 3, 1992) was one of the United States' foremost civil rights and civil liberties lawyers.
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Joseph Yablonski
Joseph Albert "Jock" Yablonski (March 3, 1910 – December 31, 1969) was an American labor leader in the United Mine Workers in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Kim Moody
Kim Moody (born 1940) is an American-born writer on labor who advocates social movement unionism, a revitalized labor movement of mobilized and militant rank-and-file workers rather than business unionism structured from the top down and compromised by coziness with corporations.
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Lane Kirkland
Joseph Lane Kirkland (March 12, 1922 – August 14, 1999) was a US labor union leader who served as President of the AFL-CIO for over sixteen years.
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Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (born October 15, 1924) is an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s.
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Left-wing politics
Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.
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Lockout (industry)
A lockout is a temporary work stoppage or denial of employment initiated by the management of a company during a labor dispute.
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Lordstown, Ohio
Lordstown is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States.
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Louis Uchitelle
Louis Uchitelle (born March 21, 1932) is a journalist and author.
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the March on Washington, or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963.
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Medgar Evers
Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist in Mississippi and the state's field secretary of the NAACP.
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Mother Jones (magazine)
Mother Jones (abbreviated MoJo) is a progressive American magazine that focuses on news, commentary, and investigative reporting on topics including politics, the environment, human rights, and culture.
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Myrlie Evers-Williams
Myrlie Louise Evers–Williams (née Beasley; born March 17, 1933) is an American civil rights activist of the Civil Rights Movement and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the murder of her civil rights activist husband Medgar Evers in 1963.
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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey.
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National Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent US government agency with responsibilities for enforcing US labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices.
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National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, established in 1968, is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose stated mission is to "eliminate coercive union power through strategic litigation, public information, and education programs".
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National Urban League
The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States.
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Nissan
, usually shortened to Nissan (or; Japanese), is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama.
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North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
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NUMMI
New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was an automobile manufacturing company in Fremont, California, jointly owned by General Motors and Toyota that opened in 1984 and closed in 2010.
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Outsourcing
In business, outsourcing is an agreement in which one company contracts its own internal activity to a different company.
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Picketing
Picketing is a form of protest in which people (called picketers) congregate outside a place of work or location where an event is taking place.
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President-elect of the United States
The President-elect of the United States is the person who has won the quadrennial presidential election in the United States, but who has not yet been inaugurated as President of the United States.
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Profit sharing
Profit sharing refers to various incentive plans introduced by businesses that provide direct or indirect payments to employees that depend on company's profitability in addition to employees' regular salary and bonuses.
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Quarterback
A quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB") is a position in American and Canadian football.
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Raymond Majerus
Raymond E. 'Ray' Majerus (1924 - December 17, 1987) was an American labor leader who served as secretary-treasurer of the United Automobile Workers.
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Roger & Me
Roger & Me is a 1989 American film written, produced, directed by and starring Michael Moore.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Saturn Corporation
The Saturn Corporation, also known as Saturn LLC, was an American automobile manufacturer, a registered trademark established on January 7, 1985, as a subsidiary of General Motors.
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Shop steward
Shop stewards are representatives of labour unions.
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Southfield, Michigan
Southfield is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Spring Hill, Tennessee
Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties, Tennessee, located approximately south of Nashville.
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Stephen Yokich
Stephen Phillip Yokich (August 20, 1935 – August 16, 2002) was an American labor union activist who served as President of the United Auto Workers from 1994 to 2002.
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Strike pay
Strike pay is payments made by a trade union to workers who are on strike as help in meeting their basic needs while on strike, often out of a special reserve known as a strike fund.
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Syndicalism
Syndicalism is a proposed type of economic system, considered a replacement for capitalism.
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Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is the united rank and file movement to reform the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), or Teamsters Union.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American politician, attorney and author who served as a United States Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015.
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Toyota
, usually shortened to Toyota, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
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Trade union
A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.
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Two-tier system
A two-tier system is a type of payroll system in which one group of workers receives lower wages and/or employee benefits than another.
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Union organizer
A union organizer (or union organiser) is a specific type of trade union member (often elected) or an appointed union official.
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United Automobile Workers
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW), is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada.
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United Mine Workers
The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.
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United States labor law
United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the United States.
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W. A. Boyle
William Anthony "Tough Tony" Boyle (December 1, 1904 – May 31, 1985) was president of the United Mine Workers of America union from 1963 to 1972.
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Walter Reuther
Walter Philip Reuther (September 1, 1907 – May 9, 1970) was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor unions in American history.
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Wildcat strike action
A wildcat strike action, often referred to as a wildcat strike, is a strike action undertaken by unionized workers without union leadership's authorization, support, or approval; this is sometimes termed an unofficial industrial.
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William Gibson (NAACP)
William F. Gibson (September 7, 1933 – May 2, 2002), African American Registry.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Bieber
