@uaw.org Local 148 United Aerospace workers picketing during the McDonnell Douglas strike, May 1978. From the union's archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Just visited the @detroithistorical.bsky.social on my lunch break, and am beyond pumped after seeing their Red Wings’ centennial exhibit, especially anything related to the back to back Stanley Cups in the 90s. I must have listened to my I Want Stanley CD a millions times back then.

Saga of 666 Bold title to an educational cartoon for union stewards about the grievance procedure. This accompanying study guide was made by the @uaw.org Education Dept., circa 1965. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Just found out the Detroit Public Library’s Douglass branch has a specialty reading room for the blind and hearing impaired named after @uaw.org president and @reutherlibrary.bsky.social namesake Walter Reuther!

American Axle workers of UAW Local 235 on strike, 2008. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Two divers checking if this car will start, but they keep flooding the engine. From the "junkyards" folder of the @uaw.org Public Relations Department Photographs and Sound and Video Recordings at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social. 🤿🚙

Over fifty years before Moo Deng broke the internet, this rascal caused a stir in a Sunday edition of the Detroit Free Press. Something I came across at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social .

Always a special day when I can pull the box with Walter Reuther’s carved wooden hand. From the @uaw.org’s archives here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social. Learn more: youtube.com/shorts/_9o31...

Automation, Civil Rights Act, unemployment, more Color-coded cards with stats and summaries on the most pressing issues for workers in the 1960s. Produced by the @uaw.org Education Dept and distributed to local union education committees. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Flyers for the Movies that Matter program that showed films for @uaw.org staff at their headquarters, Solidarity House. 1960s. Flicks included all timers like High Noon, the Peter Sellers satire The Mouse that Roared, and more. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

If you’re a delegate at this summer’s @uaw.org constitutional convention, make sure everyone from you local has matching windbreakers and bolo ties, like the team from Ontario’s Local 525. Circa 1960s, from the UAW’s archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

“You are a member of the UAW. Upon individuals such as yourself and your fellow unionists rests the success or failure of this Union.” Something I came across processing a new @uaw.org collection here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

19th @uaw.org constitutional convention president’s report booklet. 1964. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Views of the Detroit skyline and waterfront on the covers of @uaw.org special convention proceedings books. 1958 and 1961. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Labor Solidarity and Immigrant Rights June 30th, join the Michigan Labor History Society for its annual meeting, with special guest speaker Cindy Estrada (@aflcio.org, @uaw.org). Free admission, tasty refreshments, and community! 6/30 at 6:00 pm, UAW Region 1 (27800 George Merrelli Dr, Warren, MI)

1971 press release from the @uaw.org advocating, on behalf of the public good, for a certain number of channels being reserved for public broadcasting and public-access on the newest development in entertainment…cable TV. 📺 From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Are you a union member with an artistic passion? Check out Union Hall Arts, "a paid residency to provide union members financial support to take a four-week leave of absence from work to concentrate on their creative practice." Artists of all stripes can apply by June 1st. www.unionhallarts.org

From the same edition of the Detroit Free Press, an answer to the question we’ve all asked: Beatles but bald?

“The Roy Reuther Plan to Take Engine Plant No. 4” Detroit Free Press article about autoworker’s daring plan to occupy a Fisher Body factory during the @uaw.org’s foundational Flint Sit-down Strike. 1966, from the Roy Reuther Papers at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

@uaw.org members proudly rep their union on the set of a special labor episode of Wheel of Fortune. Circa 1997 or 1998. From a UAW photo collection here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

I don't want this car, I need this car. From a @uaw.org photo collection here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Women Work Women Vote Wartime issue of @uaw.org Ammunition magazine highlighting the contributions of women workers driving the Arsenal of Democracy. 1944. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Visit the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social and choose between a couple of nearby Yemeni coffee shops for your caffeine fix at lunch.

Letter to “Monsieur Reuther,” from an official in the 🇫🇷 Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale. 1946. Demonstrates the @uaw.org’s international activity over its history. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

That Gnu Joint Just found out about the greatest bar name ever, and formerly located just down Cass Ave from us at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social! Came across this in a 1977 issue of the Wayne State student newspaper, The South End.

Happy Mother’s Day from the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social! Letter from the Executive Director of the National Committee on the Observance of Mother’s Day to the President of the @uaw.org. 1963.

On this day in 1970, Walter Reuther, his wife May, and four others were tragically killed in a plane crash in Pellston, MI. Today, we remember him as a visionary and principled leader whose fierce commitment to the labor movement helped build a better life for countless working-class people.

Before Canva and Photoshop, people used paper/rulers/pencil for graphic design. Mock up and final product of the @uaw.org’s “Reuther Explains the ‘Reuther Plan’” pamphlet. 1949. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

“Your vote shapes your destiny” Poster from @uaw.org Ammunition magazine. November 1956. From the archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Just read a Marvel comic where the Avengers, to defeat the big super villain and his fascist regime, travel back in time to 1947 Detroit and enlist the help of the @uaw.org and its members to…well I don’t want to spoil the BIG surprise. Ultimates #20 if you want to check it out.

Cartoon from @uaw.org Ammunition magazine, 1957. From the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Happy Labor History Month! The Reuther Library has been preserving Labor's heritage since 1959. #LaborHistory #LaborHistoryMonth #Archives @reutherlibrary.bsky.social

Art Residency for Union Members: Apply by May 15! A new pilot program is opening up a rare opportunity for union members to develop their creative voices—while building solidarity across the labor movement. Find out more: tinyurl.com/unad5hhd @unitehere.org #arts #humanties #unionstrong

"The real test of friendship and solidarity is not where one stands when the weather is fair, and the sun is shining, but rather where one stands at a time of storm and stress." -- UAW President Walter Reuther, Berlin Freedom Rally, Germany, May 1, 1959. 📸 Walter P. Reuther Library | UAW Archivist

Also, happy International Day of the Podenco, celebrating everyone’s favorite Spanish family of dogs.🐕

Happy May Day/Labour Day/International Workers Day! @uaw.org contingent at a Detroit May Day march, 1938. From the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Like jokes about sit-down strikes? Then you’ll love this sketch from Catherine Gelles’ autograph album. 1937. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

▶️ Next up on the Labor Heritage Power Hour: 🎨 A new #union arts residency in #Detroit — paid time for workers to build creativity, connection & power Listen or stream live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on WPFW in #WashingtonDC @unitehere.org#union#Detroit#WashingtonDC#arts #humanities #UnionStrong

Also from Gelles' notebook, notes from victims of the Battle of the Overpass, then called the "Ford riot." 1937. All members of local @uaw.org women's auxiliaries who were led by Catherine that day, they list the physical attacks they received at the hands of Ford's goons and the Dearborn police.

This notebook shows off the diversity of industries that engaged in sit-down strikes in 1936-1937. There are messages from workers from Bohn Aluminum, R.G. Dun cigar, Yale & Towne locks, as well as the @uaw.org autoworkers striking Packard and Chrysler.

Messages of solidarity from women and men participating in various sit-down strikes in 1937, from a friendship autograph album (like a yearbook) belonging to Catherine "Babe" Gelles, longtime leader in the @uaw.org women's auxiliary community. From Gelles' papers at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Not to mention Kasem was a Wayne State alum and well represented in the archives here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Check out Union Hall Arts, a new group that "explores new ways of building power for working people by shaping culture" and investing in their latent creativity." Are you a creative rank-and-file union member? Then apply for their art residency pilot program this summer! www.unionhallarts.org

Found this card from the United Hatters, Cap & Millinery Workers International Union while processing the @uaw.org Community Services Dept: Mildred Jeffrey Records here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Letterhead for the Detroit-area publication Labor Trends. 1965. From the @uaw.org Community Services Department: Mildred Jeffrey Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.

Interested in learning how the @uaw.org fought for civil rights, housing, public access 📺, & more? Check out our newest archival collection here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social, an addition to the UAW Community Relations Dept: Mildred Jeffrey Records. See more: archives.wayne.edu/repositories...

“A living wage helps everybody” From a 1960 issue of @aflcio.org Education News and Views. Came across this processing the @uaw.org Community Services Dept: Mildred Jeffrey Records at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social

Across the country, higher ed workers are organizing for May Day. Join Meghan from Wayne Academic Union in Detroit and many others in flexing our collective power! Learn more and get involved at www.labor4highered.org #maydaystrong #mayday #mayday2026

Winners of this year’s NFL draft? IMO it’s the Minnesota Vikings for this pantsless picket in 1974. Protesting Farah Company’s union busting, #Vikings great CB Bobby Bryant leads the protest in solidarity with the clothing workers. From the @uaw.org archives at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social.