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Mobility of Labor in Michigan: a Sample Tabulation of Mobility Data from the Michigan Census of Population and Unemployment January 14 1935.
Finds black member of labor force in early 1935, moved propotionately less frequently than whites, with more very short (intra-county) or very long (interstate) moves.
Negro Bids for Union Power
Lists reasons for formation of Negro American Labor Council, and pressures within UAW for Negro membership on UAW Executive Board.
Negro Labor and Its Problems; a Research Memorandum Prepared under the Direction of Paul H. Norgren. Assistants: Lloyd H. Bailer, James Healy, Herbert L. Northup [and] Arnold M. Rose. (The Carnegie Myrdal Study: The Negro in America)
Chapter 10. The Negro Automobile Worker. P.513-653.Contains more statistical and biographical data than Myrdal's American Dilemma, for which it was prepared.
Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925; a Study in American Economic History.
Quotes from studies of Negro in Detroit following first World War; states that delegates from Michigan attended second annual meeting of Nation Labor Union [Colored] in January, 1871.
Negro Organization at Ford's, Section 5 of UAW
Three page account of the 1941 Ford Strike by UAW Director of Negro Organizational Activities.
Participation of Non-White Workers in the Labor Force, p.265-279
Assesses Negro labor market progress, 1950-1960, and predicts future trends.
Patterns of Discrimination Study, Interim Report, May 1, 1966, for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
pg. 17-20: Michigan.
Proportion of Colored Employees in Each Building, Rouge Plant, 10/5/37
Includes one page entitled "Colored Count in Tool Rooms"
Racial Factors in American Industry
Gives occasional illustrations from Detroit of such items as impact of unemployment, and work and living habits of Negro labor.