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    The Battle of the Overpass was an attack by Ford Motor Company against the United Auto Workers (UAW) on May 26, 1937, at the River Rouge complex in Dearborn...
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  • an enemy of the United Auto Workers (UAW) trade union. He gained infamy for his involvement in activities such as in the Battle of the Overpass, a 1937...
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    The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World...
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  • Ford Hunger March (category History of labor relations in the United States)
    Battle of the Overpass in 1937, and was an important part of a chain of events that resulted in the unionization of the Automotive industry in the United States...
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    photographs of the injured UAW members appeared in newspapers, later becoming known as The Battle of the Overpass.[citation needed] In the late 1930s and...
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  • Motors' Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michigan 1937 – Battle of the Overpass, May 26, Dearborn, Michigan; members of United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with Henry Ford's...
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  • May 26 (category Days of the year)
    security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass. 1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American...
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    Richard Frankensteen in the Battle of the Overpass June 21, 1941 – Ford Motor Company signs its first union contract. 1939 – The Historic Springwells Park...
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    Chronology: Battle of the Overpass, May 26, 1937". The Henry Ford. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. "The Battle of the Overpass". The Detroit...
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    Richard Frankensteen (category University of Dayton alumni)
    (Rick). The Battle of the Overpass Communists in the U.S. Labor Movement (1937-1950) Walter Reuther Barnard, John, American Vanguard: A History of the United...
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  • sometimes battling company security forces as at the Battle of the Overpass on May 26, 1937. At the same time, the UAW was in danger of being torn apart...
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    Walter Reuther (category Presidents of the United Auto Workers)
    a convertible and the next day, the "Battle of the Overpass," was national news. The beatings taken by the union organizers in the long run hurt Henry...
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    auto plants. The other faction, led by Walter Reuther, accused them both of being communists. Addes participated in the Battle of the Overpass. In 1947,...
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  • Río Piedras massacre March 21, 1937 Ponce massacre May 26, 1937 Battle of the Overpass May 30, 1937 1937 Memorial Day massacre 1939 – 1945 World War II...
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    The office of mayor of Dearborn, Michigan originated in the consolidation of various municipalities in Dearborn Township into the City of Dearborn in...
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    1937, a group of workers attempting to organize a union at the Rouge were severely beaten, an event later called the Battle of the Overpass. Peter E. Martin's...
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    labour portal Battle of the Overpass Collective bargaining Employee Free Choice Act Labor history Labor rights Labor spies Labor Unions in the United States...
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  • and intimidate workers. At the Battle of the Overpass, Ford Service Department personnel beat union organizers in front of news photographers. Despite...
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    Reuther’s brother Walter became famous throughout the Union because of his involvement in the Battle of the Overpass, when Ford Motor Company security personnel...
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    Ford Strikers Riot (category 1940s strikes in the United States)
    portrays the struggle in America between capital and labor. Battle of the Overpass, another famous photograph and incident Ford Hunger March List of photographs...
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    The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. It lasted from 7 to 25 March 1945 when American forces...
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  • Ax Handle Saturday, also known as the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack in Hemming Park (since renamed James Weldon Johnson Park)...
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    highway overpasses as staging areas. Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) authorities accused Ukraine of carrying out shelling attacks on Donetsk city from the areas...
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  • The Battle of the Labyrinth is an American fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology written by Rick Riordan. It is the fourth novel in the Percy...
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    The Battle of Elsenborn Ridge refers to the northernmost German attacks during the Battle of the Bulge. The area from Elsenborn Ridge itself to Monschau...
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    John Basilone (category Battle of Iwo Jima)
    sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously...
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    those in the highland districts of Idukki and Wayanad. The total railway network in the state is 1054 kms in length and is controlled by three out of six divisions...
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    The battle of Misrata (Arabic: معركة مصراتة), also known as the siege of Misrata, was a battle of the 2011 Libyan Civil War for the control of Misrata...
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    The Battle of Losheim Gap was fought in the Ardennes, in Eastern Belgium, between the Allies and Nazi Germany, part of the Battle of the Bulge. It was...
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    The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was fought on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, near the village of Lanzerath...
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