Torn Apart and Driven Together

Torn Apart and Driven Together

A Portrait of a UAW Local in Chicago

The split-level house of American labor is divided into 190 national and international unions, with over 70,000 affiliated locals. Given the heterogeneity of American workers, any generalization is bound to be faulty. Let us briefly examine one local union, realizing that there are locals and locals. Local 6 of the United Automobile Workers represents approximately 3,100 workingmen—but next to no workingwomen, who have virtually, ...