Union organizers obtained a permit to distribute handbills at the gates of the Rouge plant. Over fifty union representatives, including many women, arrived at the plant to distribute circulars which cited the Wagner Act and entreated workers to join the UAW.Above: Three Ford security men approach UAW organizers just before the Battle of the Overpass in 1937. The union men are, from left, Robert Kanter, Walter Reuther, Richard Frankensteen and J.J. Kennedy.
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