Abstract
This historical study focuses on unionism in the carriage and early automobile industries and describes the labor organizations active there between 1890 and 1930. These are the Carriage Workers Union, the Carriage, Wagon and Automobile Union, and the United Automobile, Aircraft and Vehicle Workers. There was continuity among these three organizations, and, indeed, the author traces threads from them to the present-day UAW. All three of these early unions faced problems from employer opposition, the business cycle, technological change, and rivalry from various craft unions. These factors ultimately combined to defeat industrial unionism in the carriage and auto industries during the period discussed. The strength, at various times, of these early unions was nevertheless surprising, and their life cycles provide an interesting view of the historical antecedents of contemporary labor relations in the automobile industry. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)
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