And the Baby Boomer generation was far from retirement. One year after my great-uncle clocked in for his first shift at the ...

Walter Reuther was president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from 1946 until his death in 1970. Under his leadership, the UAW grew to more than 1.5 million members, becoming one of the largest ...

One year after my great-uncle clocked in for his first shift at the stamping plant, UAW President Walter Reuther and his wife, May, died in a plane crash on Black Lake. His death marked a serious ...

One year after my great-uncle clocked in for his first shift at the stamping plant, UAW President Walter Reuther and his wife, May, died in a plane crash on Black Lake. His death marked a serious ...

He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.