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...Chrysler department. Eraser is a media darling-candid, brilliant and rugged-looking. He was a favorite of many to run for Senator against Michigan Republican Robert Griffin last year, but decided to stay with the U.A.W., where in 1970 he was the losing rival to Leonard Woodcock for Walter Reuther's mantle. The selection of Chrysler as strike target gives Eraser an inside track in the race for the U.A.W. presidency in 1976, when Woodcock must retire because he will be 65, but first Eraser must show that he is a tough negotiator. Though the odds are against...
...that Walter Reuther got thrown on his head off of?" interrupted the mid-twentyish man behind the desk. We nodded, and he pulled out a map and sketched out the route to the bridge...
...Reuther and his two union buddies found out what they were up against the first day they tried to enter Ford's gigantic River Rouge operation to pass out leaflets. They were walking over an overpass that led from a parking lot to Gate Four of the plant. When they reached the middle of the bridge, they noticed that Pinkerton detectives were climbing up stairs at the plant end of the overpass to stop them. They quickly turned around, only to discover that Pinkertons were also ready to meet them at the parking lot stairway. The union busting detectives rushed...
When it was over, Reuther had been thrown off the bridge(about a twenty-foot fall), and all three were left with broken ribs and bones. There was a lot more of this in ensuing years, but Ford finally caved in and his plants were unionized...
After the tour was over, we checked the lot which was connected to Gate Four by the famous overpass. No marker acknowledges Reuther's battle...