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April 28, 1991 - Image 9

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Michigan Citizen, 1991-04-28

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the right move and call Ryder. '
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Ask for "Betty lones" Or see your W 're th
local Ryder dealer.
'. Shelton Tappe t
.. UAW pioneer,
ervlce held
DETROIT - Shelton Tappe
renown labor organizer and
community activi t , . died
. Thursday, April 18 following a
.. struggle again t lung cancer.
His contribution to the United
, Auto WoIlcus
goes back to
the 1930's,
the days when
union mem-
� nhip' a ,a'
- Ufe and death
matter.
He wa
present and
- urvi ved the
bloody Rouge
plant beatings
., of May 1937.
He was fired from Ford [or wear­
, ing a union button and marching
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, '
in the 1939 Labor Day par dc.
And, when Ford worker tru k
for union recognition he w
leading the picket line.
T ppe the fir t African
American bargainer in m jor
auto contract t Ik and wa
elected the fir t r cording
secretary of the famou, ctivist
Local 600 .
Tappe erved a n interna-
tional repre entative for the
UAW for 26 year until he retired
in 1976.
Tappes did not re trict hi
. labor to the union. He WI on I,
the exe utive committee of the
NAACP Detroit ch pier and wa
a Urban League board member.
He wa ch ir of the Detroit Area
Agency on Aging.
Shelton Tappes is survived by
his on. Shelton Jr.: two
daughter • Nancy Tappes Glover
and S ndr a Tappes Warren; a
brother, five grandchildren, and
six gre t-grandchildren.
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