March 22, 2016

Exhibit and panel discussion to explore Latino workers’ impact on the auto industry

Scheduled at Wayne State University’s Walter P. Reuther Library, March 29

WHAT:
Exhibit opening and panel discussion - "From the Margins to the Core: Latino Workers in the Nation’s Auto Industry"

Exhibit – The Walter P. Reuther Library is hosting a new exhibit, on loan from Michigan State University, highlighting the voices of Latino workers and their impact on the auto industry. The exhibit draws from photographs, oral histories and other archival records.

Panel discussion – Exploring the contributions of Latino autoworkers from a variety of perspectives. Panelists include:
•   Cindy Estrada, vice president, International Union, UAW
•   Rubén Martinez, director, Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University
•   Celso Duque, trustee, UAW Local 22
•   Robert “Bobby” Ramirez, bargaining committee, UAW Local 600
•   Moderator: Marick F. Masters, director, Labor@Wayne, Wayne State University

WHEN:
5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2016

WHERE:
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, 5401 Cass Avenue, Detroit

MORE INFO:
This free event is part of the Reuther Library’s “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” series, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association. “Latino Americans: 500 Years of History” is part of the NEH Initiative, The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square.

For further information call 313-577-4024, or visit reuther.wayne.edu/node/13243.