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Ford 1st Target in Militants Turn to Industry
Ford Motor Co, long proud of its diverse hiring, faces a widening protest by militant Negro workers allied with Students for a Democratic Society at the Mahwah plant in New Jersey. Disruptions force production cuts as UBB, SDS and Black Panthers back a push for equal union representation and end to alleged discrimination. The plant, employing about 4,800, with 1,700 on night shifts, saw absenteeism and a shift in pace as accusations of speedups and favoritism are debated among workers and officials. UAW Local 906 and Ford negotiate a committee to study discrimination claims while SDS signals a shift from campus to labor activism.
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Mahway
Ford Motor Co
Students For A Democratic Society
Sbs
United Black Brothers
SDS
the Guardian
Monros
UBB
Dick Greeman
Columbia University
News and Letters
UAW
Ford
Mahwah
New Jersey
New York State
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