Leaders honor women's role in UAW founding

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=347178

By Dave Kinchen
Monday, September 07, 2009 at 10:36 p.m.


Union leaders took time to honor the role women played in the UAW's founding Monday at UAW Region 1-C on Atherton Road in Flint.

About 200 UAW members, local dignitaries and original sitdown strikers spent Labor Day unveiling two monuments that celebrate women in the UAW and the UAW as a whole.

One monument contains the glass and framing from the old Fisher Body plant.

It symbolizes the sacrifices women made to live a better life.

Original sitdowners told stories of what it was like to be part of such an event.

UAW Region 1-C director Duane Zuckschwerdt said several UAW locals in Genesee County helped raise funds for the project.