Word: chrysler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...came, the battle lines were drawn up. The opposing generals were U.A.W.'s Walter Reuther v. General Motors' Charles E. Wilson, U.A.W.'s Richard Leonard v. Henry Ford II, U.A.W.'s Norman Matthews v. Chrysler's K. T. Keller. An air of tension hung over Detroit as citizens waited for the firing of the first shot that would be heard in every U.S. home...
...preliminary figures submitted by Chrysler Corp. (Plymouth, Dodge, De Soto and Chrysler) OPA will probably allow a markup of 1% above...
...Ford settles, G.M. will be faced with the alternatives of making a somewhat similar agreement or starting out on a protracted strike. Last week Detroit buzzed with another report: that Young Henry Ford had sat down to dinner at the Detroit Athletic Club with G.M.'s Wilson and Chrysler's K. T. Keller to discuss the possibility of a united front against U.A.W.'s demands...
...modify their demands for a closed shop and a dues checkoff, all this was a signal to prepare for a fight. Picket lines at each of the sprawling plant's 17 gates grew longer, thicker, more sullen. On Monday, 8,500 additional workers-from Windsor's Chrysler, Gar Wood, Kelsey Wheel and some 20 other smaller plants, walked out in sympathy. Pickets began erecting street barricades (hundreds of autos, bumper to jumper...
...Auto workers voted for strikes by 6-to-1 at General Motors and 8-to-1 at (Chrysler in elections required by the Smith-Connally...