Detroit Free Press Co.
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Action Coalition of Strikers Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001694
Abstract
The Action Coalition of Strikers (ACOS) was a rank-and-file group of strikers and their families who were active during the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Representing reporters, editors, pressmen, and truck drivers, the coalition opposed the newspaper union leadership and their proposed back-to-work offer and instead pressed forward with a campaign to fight to restore all lost jobs. They sponsored peaceful and disciplined mass demonstrations in support of the strikers, and published the weekly...
Dates:
1944 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1997
Ellen Creager Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002361
Abstract
Ellen Creager (b. 1956), a Detroit Free Press reporter, first joined the press as a copy editor in 1983 after earning her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Michigan State University; ultimately she was promoted to the position of general assignment reporter in the Features Department. The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News employees engaged in a strike against Gannett and Knight-Ridder newspaper chains beginning in July of 1995. Creager was working part-time when the strike began because...
Dates:
1995 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1996
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ellen Creager Papers
Nancy E. Dunn Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002192
Abstract
Nancy E. Dunn, a Detroit Free Press copy editor and journalist, was heavily involved during the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News newspaper strike in the 1990s. Dunn not only participated on the picket line, but also acted as a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Council of Newspaper Unions. The Nancy E. Dunn Papers document the strike/lockout from its inception in July 1995 through December 2000. Documents include administrative and audiovisual materials that reflect the striker's activities....
Dates:
1988 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1999
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Nancy E. Dunn Papers
Newspaper Guild Local 22: Detroit Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000011
Abstract
The Newspaper Guild, a national organization, initially began with the intent to be a professional organization more than a union. As such, the 1933 founders chose to call the group a “guild.” The Newspaper Guild Local 22 was an early local, established in 1934. Organizers were successful in establishing this local in Detroit by using sit-down strikes across the entire state. The Detroit Times and the Detroit Free Press were first to win bargaining recognition: The Times was first certified...
Dates:
1933 - 2007
Ralph Orr Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002615
Abstract
Ralph Orr was the labor writer for the Detroit Free Press, a position he held until his retirement in 1985. Two of his primary focuses over the years were the UAW and the Teamsters, particularly the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, for which he became the journalistic voice of authority. The materials in Ralph Orr Papers are primarily Orr's research materials on Hoffa and his disappearance, including interview transcripts, notes, clippings, and correspondence as well as drafts of Orr's articles....
Dates:
1968 - 1983
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Ralph Orr Papers
Robert and Anne Musial Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP002683
Abstract
The Robert and Anne Musial Papers is a collection of correspondence, newsclippings, reports, and other materials that document the Detroit Newspaper Strike, by Robert Musial, one of the striking workers.
Dates:
1987 - 2004
Thomas Bernick Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001838
Abstract
Thomas Bernick was a journalist and active protester of The Detroit Newspaper Strike, which began on July 13, 1995 and lasted until 2000. An estimated 2,000 to 2,500 workers from six local unions joined the strike and participated in the lengthy battle against the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press in the courtroom. Battle outside the courtroom took place as well, with protesters making numerous reports of violence by a private security firm and the Sterling Heights Police Department....
Dates:
1995-2001
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Thomas Bernick Papers
Todd Winge Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002656
Abstract
This collection contains records created and collected by Todd Winge about the newspaper strike in Detroit from 1995 to 2000. The materials are in chronological order and give insight to both the union and the company’s perspectives of the strike.
Dates:
1995 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1997
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Todd Winge Papers
Tony Spina Oral History
Item
Identifier: UOH002196
Abstract
In 1994, Philip Mason conducted a series of interviews with noted photojournalist Tony Spina. Collection consists of audio recordings of four interviews conducted between February 21 and September 1, 1994. Spina talks about his life and work as a photographer for the Detroit Free Press. The August 25 tapes include an interview with Detroit Free Press editor-publisher Neal Shine about Spina.
Dates:
1994-02-21 - 1994-09-01
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Tony Spina Oral History