Walter Reuther: “500 Planes a Day”

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Abstract

As head of the United Automobile Workers, Walter Reuther was one of the most important figures in the history of American labor. Not only did he win significant benefits for manufacturing workers, but he also had a revolutionary vision for a society that would form a partnership between management, business, and workers in decision making.

In his many public addresses, Reuther sought to depict the American laborer as part of the middle class, placing blue-collar and white-collar workers on the same level.

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