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Emil Mazey Speaks To Kaiser-Frazer Workers Gathered For A Vote On Contract Negotiations, September 1950

Emil Mazey Speaks To Kaiser-Frazer Workers Gathered For A Vote On Contract Negotiations, September 1950 image
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1950
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Ann Arbor News, September 19, 1950
Caption:
K-F WORKERS RATIFY NEW CONTRACT: Fewer than 3,000 Kaiser-Frazer production workers listened to Emil Mazey, secretary-treasurer of the UAW-CIO, as he urged them to accept a new five-year labor contract negotiated with the company. About one-fifth of K-F's 15,000 workers took part in the balloting which began shortly after this picture was snapped. They ratified the new contract by a 2-to-1 majority. The balloting and speech-making took place in a company recreation area.
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