Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 5, 1946
Caption:
HOOVER CONTRACT SIGNED: Officials of Hoover Ball & Bearing Co. and UAW-CIO are shown above as they signed a contract terminating a 12-week-old strike at the Ann Arbor plant. Seated, left to right, are C. W. Lighthall, Hoover vice-president and general manager; Billie S. Farnum, international representative of UAW-CIO; Joseph Clisham; David W. Saxton, works manager; standing, Leo Rollins, personnel director; J. F. Killeen, Hoover counsel; Harmon Boice; Carl A. McCourtie, and Wendell Drouyor. The last three named and Clisham are committee members of Local No. 38, Hoover unit, UAW-CIO.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 17, 1965
Caption:
Hoover Workers Walk Off Jobs These Hoover Bearing Division workers were the first to exit the company's 5400 S. State plant after UAW-CIO Union Local 38 declared a strike at 10 a.m. today. The workers are among 467 union members affected. The walkout came about the time a hard, wind-driven snowfall hit the area. About 100 workers immediately set up picket lines outside the plant. The company declined to comment on the strike.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 17, 1965
Caption:
Picket Line At Hoover Plant This is one of several picket lines set up after Hoover Bearing Division walked off their jobs at 10 a.m. today in protest against lack of progress during union-company negotiations to gain a new working agreement. The strike affects 467 workers, all members of the UAW-CIO Union Local 38. Many of the workers of the Bearing Division, which is owned and operated by the Hoover Ball & Bearing Co., live in the Ann Arbor area. Hoover is a major area employer, and the union entered into negotiations with that firm about a month ago to gain a new working agreement which would replace one that expired Feb. 28.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1947
Caption:
About 400 UAW-CIO pickets paraded in front of the strike-torn Clinton Machine Co. early this morning, bearing American flags and union banners, while about 125 non-striking workers ate their breakfasts inside the plant gates undisturbed except for occasional heckling shouts.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1947
Caption:
But when Carl Forcher, a company employee, attempted to cross the picket line into the plant, the orderly file became an angry mob, threatening violence until state troopers intervened to protect him. Forcher finally abandoned his efforts to enter the plant.