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	Walter P. Reuther Library - Battle of the Overpass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Within moments he and his associates were in the midst of the “Battle of the Overpass.” When it ended Reuther and his men found themselves at the bottom of the steel steps leading to the overpass.
		The “Battle of the Overpass” is one of the most famous events in the history of the American labor movement.
		The “Battle of the Overpass” set in motion the series of events, which after four years of effort, resulted in a crippling strike at the Rouge Plant, the successful NLRB election and final recognition of the UAW by Ford Motor Company, in May 1941.
	www.reuther.wayne.edu /exhibits/battle.html (1114 words)

	WWMT - Digital Channel 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BATTLE CREEK (NEWS 3) - The driver of a truck didn't quite make it under a bridge in Battle Creek today, causing bigger worries than just a traffic tie up.
		Police say accidents like this one are usually a case of drivers not knowing how tall their load is. In this morning's situation, the driver says he knew his clearance; he just didn't see the sign telling him how high the bridge was in time.
		The train overpass at Dickman and Upton is cleared for 10 feet, 9 inches.
	www.wwmt.com /engine.pl?station=wwmt&id=20090&template=breakout_local.html (157 words)

	Naples won't pursue legal battle against overpass \| marconews.com \| Marco Eagle \| Marco Island, FL
		Naples officials had adopted a comprehensive plan amendment that states overpasses shall be built in the city limits only as a last resort.
		Russell also said now that the city's own consultant has concluded that an overpass would have to be built at the intersection, he sees no sense in taking legal action against the county.
		Leisch's recommendation calls for a downsized overpass compared with what the county is planning, with fewer lanes, a shorter span and reduced height.
	www.marconews.com /news/2004/oct/05/ndn_naples_won_t_pursue_legal_battle_against_overp (1382 words)

	and Intimidation: Mercenaries and : Melbourne Indymedia
		The “Battle of the Overpass” resulted in dozens of UAW organisers and activists being beaten and kicked unconscious, their limbs, skulls and backs broken.
		This battle is just one of the violent episodes recounted in Stephen Norwood's history of strikebreaking and intimidation of trade unions in the United States.
		In the first four decades of the 20th century, the toll of murdered and injured unionists at the hands of private mercenary armies, with the passive or active support of police, was immense.
	www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2005/03/89695.php (1321 words)

	The Battle of the Overpass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Overpass was an incident on 26 May 1937, in which labor organizers clashed with Ford Motor Company security.
		Demanding an $8 six-hour day for workers, in contrast to the $6 eight-hour day then in place, the campaign was planned for shift change time, with an expected 9,000 workers both entering and leaving the plant.
		At approximately 2 p.m., several of the leading UAW organizers, including Walter Reuther and Richard Frankensteen, were asked by a Detroit News photographer to pose for a picture at the top of the steps of the overpass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Battle_of_the_Overpass (414 words)

	Richard Frankensteen, the UAW's 'other guy'
		He's the "other guy" in the world famous 1937 photograph "Battle of the Overpass." Beefy, young and confident, he stands grinning, flanked by three other UAW organizers including Walter P. Reuther, a young zealot Frankensteen recently had hired.
		Photos and newsreels after the May 1937 Battle of the Overpass show Frankensteen and Reuther, battered and blood spattered, beaming in triumph.
		Frankesteen speaks at a June, 1937, meeting called to protest the beatings at the Battle of the Overpass at the Ford Rouge Plant.
	info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=119&category=people (1753 words)

	The Battle of the Overpass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The United Auto Workers had planned a leaflet campaign at the pedestrian Overpass over Miller Road at Gate 4 of the Rouge complex.
		The Overpass connected the employee parking lot with the Ford factories.
		About 2 pm, several of the leading UAW organizers, including Walter Reuther and Richard Frankensteen, were asked by a Detroit News photographer to pose for a picture at the top of the steps of the overpass.
	the-battle-of-the-overpass.iqnaut.net (226 words)

	The Battle of the Overpass
		The labor movement was gaining momentum in the mid thirties, but had had little in the way of success in the industrial heart of the country, Detroit.
		After a pitched three-hour battle with police, in which strikers were gassed and shot with buckshot, the workers routed the police with water hoses and makeshift industrial-sized slingshots, hurling two-pound metal hinges.
		Although there was at that time no Pulitzer prize for photography, Kilpatrick's photo of the Battle of the Overpass inspired the committee to institute one; in 1942 the first Pulitzer for photography was awarded to a Detroit News photographer.
	info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=172&category=events (1365 words)

	Forgotten Show:The Story
		The photographs told the story of what came to be called the Battle of the Overpass.
		The Battle of the Overpass took its toll on Edsel - the relationship of Henry and his son Edsel never recovered.
		In June, a month after the Battle of the Overpass, the Bradford's son Curtis graduated with a PhD from Yale University.
	www.forgottenshow.net /TheBattle.html (391 words)

	Crews Battle Overpass Fire On San Diego Freeway - Print This Story
		HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- Firefighters battled a fire Sunday inside a small compartment underneath an overpass on the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway, a fire department spokesperson said.
		According to Werth, the freeway overpass is made of several 6-by-6-foot compartments in which transients live.
		Our other concern is the structural integrity of the overpass.
	www.nbc4.tv /print/9598906/detail.html (156 words)

	BMWE - Journal Online - Article
		The event took its name from the pedestrian overpass that linked the Ford Motor Company's giant plant in Dearborn, Michigan, with the nearby trolley lines and parking lots for its 80,000 workers.
		In the spring of that year, the UAW had just launched an organizing drive at Ford, hoping to build on its recent victories at General Motors and Chrysler.
		While waiting for the main group of leafleters, they walked onto the overpass across Miller Road and posed for photographers.
	www.bmwe.org /JOURNAL/2001/05may/B4.htm (671 words)

	IALL-B
		Remembers the place where Walter Reuther and other union leaders were beaten by Ford "Servicemen" on the overpass bridge in 1937.
		Photos of the incident destroyed the Ford Co.'s credibility, forcing it to recognize the union in 1941.
		Marks the existing tunnel of the CandO Railroad, and is said to be the scene of John Henry's battle with a steam drill.
	www.laborheritage.org /IALL-B.html (667 words)

	About Local 600
		The first was the Hunger March, and the second was the Battle of the Overpass.
		The Hunger March occurred on March 7, 1932, in the throes of the Great Depression, when about 3,500 men, women, and children gathered at the Fort St. drawbridge over the Rouge River to march on the Ford Motor Company to demand jobs and unemployment benefits.
		The Battle of the Overpass occurred on May 26, 1937, Walter Reuther and other labor organizers attempted to leaflet the plant on the Overpass at Gate 4.
	www.local600uaw.org /ABOUT.HTM (813 words)

	Introduction to the Union
		On May 26, 1937, four UAW organizers, including Walter Reuther president of the UAW, were walking across the overpass that led to the primary gate of the Ford Motor Company (Lafevre, Battle).
		They were then beaten and thrown back down the stairs of the overpass.
		The Battle of the Overpass was a very important event in the American Labor movement (Lafevre, Battle).
	www.bsu.edu /web/jdcarey/laborunion.htm (1934 words)

	Local 2209 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And May 26, 1937, 66 years ago today, was the day he won the battle but lost his war against organized labor.
		On May 26, at the massive Rouge plant in Dearborn, union activists led by UAW Vice President Richard Frankensteen and Walter Reuther, an ex-Ford toolmaker and future UAW president, gathered at an overpass near Gate 4 of the Rouge to pass out leaflets.
		The Battle of the Overpass, as it would be called, made the cover of Time magazine.
	www.local2209.org /content/showquestion.asp?faq=19&fldAuto=388 (378 words)

	Upton Avenue Railroad Bridge Viaduct Railroad Overpass Road Underpass Historic Plate Girder in Battle Creek Michigan
		This bridge was in a convenient location for me to photograph, and I was not in a particular hurry this day I went through Battle Creek.
		Anyway, the points of significance for this bridge are the latticed supports that the main through plate girder span sits on as well as a skewed orientation.
		There is 10 foot 9 inches clearance signage posted for this bridge.
	historicbridges.org /other/uptonrr/index.htm (189 words)

	The Henry Ford
		Walter P. Reuther, Richard T. Frankensteen, Richard Merriweather, Ralph Dunham, and Rev. Raymond P. Sanford among others left for the plant early in the afternoon and arrived an hour before the change of shifts at the main entrance of the Rouge, Gate 4.
		The entrance was at the end of an overpass that the company had built across Miller Road so the shift changing would not interfere with traffic.
		Henry Ford and the company denied the charges, but the Battle of the Overpass had already become a lasting symbol in the labor struggle.
	www.hfmgv.org /exhibits/fmc/battle.asp (549 words)

	42 Alabama Infantry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Multiple iron tablet located in the northeast end of the Anshe Chesed Jewish Cemetery.
		Also a trench marker located on the south side of Clay Street between Melborn Place and the park tour road overpass.
		During the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, the regiment was assigned to Brig.
	www.nps.gov /archive/vick/al/al42inf.htm (112 words)

	MC Radiation: The Battle of the Overpass
		His pictures were among the few that survived to tell the story of that day, which would come to be known as the “Battle of the Overpass.”
		But on May 26, 1937 he was just another organizer, and it was just another day of work for the Ford Servicemen.
		The Walter P. Reuther Library: Battle of the Overpass
	www.mcradiation.com /opinion/battle.htm (820 words)

	The Auto Channel - Search Results
		A Brief History of The First 100 Years of the Automobile Industry in the United States Chapter 9 - UAW born amid sitdowns and the battle of the overpass by Richard A. Wright On May 26, 1937, one of the most famous incidents in American labor history took place.
		UAW born amid sitdowns and the battle of the overpass * Chapter 10.
		at Ford Motor Co., when he and other union activists were attacked and severely beaten by company-hired thugs at the famous "Battle of the Overpass" on May 26, 1937.
	www.theautochannel.com /search/search.html?words=Overpass (625 words)

	UAW Local 245
		A good example of Harry Bennett's anti-union tactics was the infamous "Battle of the Overpass" on May 26, 1937.
		This tragic incident was captured in pictures by a news photographer.
		You can learn more about the "Battle of the Overpass" and view additional pictures here: http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/exhibits/battle_photos.html
	www.uawlocal245.org /history.asp (748 words)

	Harry Bennett
		He first worked in Ford’s art department in 1917, but his “tough guy” manner got him appointed head watchman, and eventually he supervised over 3000 reputed crooks and retired policemen in the Service Department.
		“The Battle of the Overpass,” Ford’s 1937 response to attempts at unionization, was led by Bennett.
		While rumor had it that Ford wanted Bennett to replace him as president, that job went to Henry Ford II, who fired Bennett in 1945.
	www.autolife.umd.umich.edu /Design/Gartman/D_Casestudy/Harry_Bennett.htm (147 words)

	The New York Times > Business > Your Money > A Union Label, Inside Out
		1937 In United Auto Workers lore, it is known as the Battle of the Overpass.
		On May 27, 1937, a group of officials from the fledgling union were set upon and beaten at a Ford Motor plant in Dearborn, Mich. The episode illustrated the enmity that existed at the time between company leaders and organizers of the union in the United States and Canada.
		The tenor of the early labor movement was best captured in 1937, in a series of photographs depicting what came to be known locally as the Battle of the Overpass.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/07/04/business/yourmoney/04laso.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5090&en=dfc9067a870a4d5b&ex=1246593600&partner=rssuserland (953 words)

	Walter P. Reuther Library - Battle of Overpass Intro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Walter P. Reuther Library - Battle of Overpass Intro
		In May 1937 the world was awakened to the real struggles that unions were facing in organizing when pictures were shown through out the country of the beating that UAW organizers took by the hands of the Ford Motor Company's "Service Men".
		The following links tell the story of that day in May.
	www.reuther.wayne.edu /exhibits/battle_intro.html (82 words)

	Beefed-up truck gets stuck under N.B. overpass
		A transport truck carrying 18,143 kilograms of frozen Alberta beef fetched up under an overpass in downtown Fredericton Wednesday morning, stopping traffic and blocking a riverfront walking trail.
		The truck made it halfway through the 3.5 metre space before a slight dip in the road wedged the trailer between the underpass and the street.
		A truck carrying Alberta beef is wedged under an overpass in downtown Fredericton.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2006/06/21/nbstuck-truck.html (1072 words)

	Organizing Ford 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In May, 1937, in one of many early efforts to organize Ford, the UAW attempted to pass out leaflets at an overpass leading to Ford’s giant River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan (outside of Detroit).
		The attack came to be known as the "Battle of the Overpass."
		As he entered the decade of the forties, Ford was confident that he could continue to hold out against the UAW.
	socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca /~mac_caw/alex/web/essays/essay10.html (483 words)

	Labor Matters: The Union and Solidarity on the March
		With a permit for leaflet distribution at the Ford Rouge plant gates in 1937, Walter Reuther and other UAW organizers and sympathizers, including many from the women''s auxiliary, were surrounded and severely beaten by Ford thugs.
		This scene is from that Battle of the Overpass, which was well documented by the press, creating more support for union organizing.
		Ford recognized the union and negotiated a first contract in April 1941 after a nine day strike.
	www.ilr.cornell.edu /labormatters/union.html (405 words)

	Harry Bennett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While working for Ford, his union busting tactics made him a foe of the United Auto Workers.
		The Battle of the Overpass was lead by Bennett.
		Bennett had a secret lodge near Clare, MI where he hunted and hid from his enemies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Bennett (267 words)

	MI
		Depicting the history of labor and the United Auto Workers (UAW), the mural shows the "Battle of the Overpass" and the sit-down strike.
		The artist, Walter Speck, was the head of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Detroit.
		The mural is located in the building of the New West Side Local 174, UAW.
	laborheritage.org /IALL-MI.html (624 words)

	Local 174 restores classic artwork- Oct Solidarity 2002
		Then there’s the exposure to smoke and dust and just general wear and tear,” explained Jim Burton, financial secretary at the Lear Detroit unit of Local 174.
		The artwork depicting the Battle of the Overpass, the Flint Sitdown and an integrated bargaining committee of men and women standing up to a corporate boss once decorated Walter Reuther’s home base at the old west side local on Michigan Avenue in Detroit.
		The renovation will cost $14,000 and committee members don’t know how long it will take to raise the funds.
	www.uaw.org /solidarity/02/1002/feature02.html (268 words)

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