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Coverage: Detroit Coverage: United States Coverage: United States Coverage: United States Publisher: Wayne State University Press Subject: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business Subject: HistoryInternational Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Subject: Labor unions and communism--History-
Maurice Sugar: law, labor, and the left in Detroit, 1912-1950
It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-formed union through the treacherous legal terrain obstructing its development in the 1930s. He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. As the UAW's General Council, he wrote the union's constitution in 1939, a model of democratic thinking. Sugar worked with George Addes, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, to nurture…