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- "UAW Ford Agreement," October 2023 - In fall 2023, United Auto Workers staged successful strikes against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis -- the union's first simultaneous actions against the Detroit Three. Workers struck for better pay and protection from job losses in the shift to electric vehicles. This booklet explained the UAW's tentative agreement with Ford, reached on October 25.
- October 01, 2023
- Collections - Artifact
"UAW Ford Agreement," October 2023
In fall 2023, United Auto Workers staged successful strikes against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis -- the union's first simultaneous actions against the Detroit Three. Workers struck for better pay and protection from job losses in the shift to electric vehicles. This booklet explained the UAW's tentative agreement with Ford, reached on October 25.
- Press Release regarding Work Hours and the Five Dollar Day, Ford Motor Company, January 5, 1914 -
- January 05, 1914
- Collections - Artifact
Press Release regarding Work Hours and the Five Dollar Day, Ford Motor Company, January 5, 1914
- Button, "We Want 28 1/2 Cent Wage Increase Now!," 1968 -
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
Button, "We Want 28 1/2 Cent Wage Increase Now!," 1968
- Letter to Henry Ford from Ford Motor Company Employee Thomas E. Hope, April 14, 1919 -
- April 14, 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Letter to Henry Ford from Ford Motor Company Employee Thomas E. Hope, April 14, 1919
- Freedman's Work Agreement Form, Virginia, 1865 -
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Freedman's Work Agreement Form, Virginia, 1865
- "At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut...," August 13, 1777 - Printed broadsides were used to distributed news and information quickly during the Revolutionary War era. This broadside from 1777 announced that the governor and general assembly of Connecticut had ordered two militia battalions to be formed and sent to support the Continental Army. Many of these men would march to New York and help defeat the British in the Battles of Saratoga.
- August 13, 1777
- Collections - Artifact
"At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut...," August 13, 1777
Printed broadsides were used to distributed news and information quickly during the Revolutionary War era. This broadside from 1777 announced that the governor and general assembly of Connecticut had ordered two militia battalions to be formed and sent to support the Continental Army. Many of these men would march to New York and help defeat the British in the Battles of Saratoga.
- Muster Roll of 13 Soldiers in Company G, 25th Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, April 12, 1865 - Many African Americans proudly joined the Union Army during the Civil War. Though at first turned away, after May 1863 the U. S. War Department began to actively recruit African-American troops. By war's end over 180,000 men in 175 regiments had joined the United States Colored Troops. This muster roll reveals the names of 13 men serving in Company G, 25th Regiment in 1865.
- April 12, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Muster Roll of 13 Soldiers in Company G, 25th Regiment of United States Colored Infantry, April 12, 1865
Many African Americans proudly joined the Union Army during the Civil War. Though at first turned away, after May 1863 the U. S. War Department began to actively recruit African-American troops. By war's end over 180,000 men in 175 regiments had joined the United States Colored Troops. This muster roll reveals the names of 13 men serving in Company G, 25th Regiment in 1865.
- "El Malcriado: The Voice of the Farm Worker," Volume VI, No. 2, January 26, 1973 -
- January 26, 1973
- Collections - Artifact
"El Malcriado: The Voice of the Farm Worker," Volume VI, No. 2, January 26, 1973
- Protest Poster, "Pay Black People!," 2020 - In June 2020, Detroit-based non-profit letterpress organization Signal-Return responded to the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd by producing free protest posters for the community. These posters were made in solidarity with the principles behind the Black Lives Matter movement and distributed with the intent that they be carried in local protests or displayed in visible places.
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
Protest Poster, "Pay Black People!," 2020
In June 2020, Detroit-based non-profit letterpress organization Signal-Return responded to the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd by producing free protest posters for the community. These posters were made in solidarity with the principles behind the Black Lives Matter movement and distributed with the intent that they be carried in local protests or displayed in visible places.
- "El Malcriado: The Voice of the Farm Worker," Volume VIII, No. 1, January-February 1975 -
- January 1975-February 1975
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"El Malcriado: The Voice of the Farm Worker," Volume VIII, No. 1, January-February 1975