Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
16. The Battle of the Overpass was an attack by Ford Motor Company against the United Auto Workers (UAW) on May 26, 1937, at the River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan. The UAW had recently organized workers at Ford's competitors, and planned to hand out leaflets at an overpass leading to the plant's main gate in view of many of the 90,000 ...
The history of union busting in the United States dates back to the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution produced a rapid expansion in factories and manufacturing capabilities. As workers moved from farms to factories, mines and other hard labor, they faced harsh working conditions such as long hours, low pay and ...
The second station on the site was a two-story red brick structure opened in 1867 and designed by the architect Gordon W Lloyd, was constructed as a union station for the Detroit and Milwaukee, and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee began serving the station in 1875.
December 01, 1997. The Warren–Prentis Historic District is a historic district in Detroit, Michigan, including the east–west streets of Prentis, Forest, Hancock, and the south side of Warren, running from Woodward Avenue on the east to Third Avenue on the west. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
June 3, 2024 at 4:35 PM. DETROIT — Ford’s latest project out of the Motor City is the restoration and reopening of an abandoned train station, for decades a symbol of Detroit’s downfall and ...
Mitch Albom: Michigan Central Station celebrates not just Detroit's future, but its present. Gannett. Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press. June 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM. “The past is a bucket of ashes ...
Fort Street Union Depot. The Fort Street Union Depot was a passenger train station located at the southwest corner of West Fort Street and Third Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It served the city from 1893 to 1971, then demolished in 1974. [1] Today, the downtown campus of Wayne County Community College occupies the site.
June 25, 2024 at 4:33 PM. DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit is taking steps to ban gas stations from locking people inside the store, a year after a man was fatally shot during an argument with ...