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Walter Philip Reuther (/ ˈ r uː θ ər /; 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.
- Plane crash
- Wayne State University (withdrew)
- Labor leader, activist
9 de may. de 2024 · Walter Reuther was an American labour leader who was president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and was active in national and international affairs. Reuther’s negotiating skills helped win numerous bargaining gains for the UAW.
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Walter Reuther was born on September 1, 1907, in Wheeling, West Virginia. His father, Valentine Reuther, taught his children to treat people with kindness — and that the laws of the day were anything but moral. As a child, Reuther was shocked to see Black citizens being forced to ride in the cattle cars of trains. “One day, the three Reuther brothe...
Enrolled at Detroit City College (now Wayne State University) at the time, Walter Reuther strongly supported Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party for president. The stock market crash of 1929 demanded more immediate solutions, however, as unemployment soared and autoworkers were left with no safety net. With the plight of Black Americans in mind, m...
Walter Reuther survived an attempted abduction at a party he was hosting in April 1938. The masked gunmen would later stand trial, while their connection to infamous union-buster Harry Bennett was never disclosed to jurors. Then, Reuther turned his attention to World War II. By the time President Franklin Roosevelt acknowledged the UAW in 1941, Reu...
After directing the UAW to provide financial support for Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers in Venezuela in 1963 and organizing the first Earth Day in history on April 22, 1970, Walter Reuther and his wife perished in a plane crash bound for Blake Lake, Michigan on May 9, 1970. Their Learjet 23 had departed Detroit in the rain and crashed near a UA...
Walter Reuther was president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from 1946 until his death in 1970. Under his leadership, the UAW grew to more than 1.5 million members, becoming one of the largest unions in the United States.
10 de may. de 2020 · Walter Reuther championed workers and civil rights. Walter Reuther, the man who gave birth to the UAW, created the middle class and fought for civil rights, will have been dead 50 years on May 9.
Walter Reuther is often remembered as the most accomplished leader in the history of the American labor movement. A man of character, resolve and boundless energy, he sought to level the playing field for American workers.
2 de sept. de 2017 · George Romney, the former governor of Michigan, called Walter Reuther “the most dangerous man in Detroit.” According to Romney, this title was based on “Reuther’s skill in bringing about...
