The Battle of the Overpass with UAW Archivist Gavin Strassel

In May 1937, Ford Motor security personnel viciously attacked labor organizers and a women’s auxiliary from the United Automobile Workers outside the River Rouge factory in Dearborn, Michigan. Now labeled “The Battle of the Overpass,” this incident stands as a turning point in American labor history. Learn about the colorful characters involved in The Battle and its parallels to today’s labor movement through this inside look into the UAW’s official archives at Wayne State University. Presented by UAW Archivist Gavin Strassel.

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