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Owen Frederick Bieber (pronounced BEE-bur)〔Sawyer, "In Troubled Detroit, the UAW to Follow 'a Guy You Can Trust'," ''Washington Post,'' November 22, 1982.〕 (born December 28, 1929)〔Maynard, "Owen Bieber: Rising Above Criticism," ''United Press International,'' November 12, 1982.〕 is an American labor union activist. He was president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) from 1983 to 1995. ==Early life and career== Owen F. Bieber was born in December 1929 to Albert F. and Minnie (Schwartz) Bieber in the hamlet of North Dorr, Dorr Township, Michigan.〔〔''Current Biography Yearbook,'' 1986, p. 46.〕〔Fucini and Fucini, 1992, p. 10.〕 His father was of German ethnicity and an autoworker at McInerney Spring and Wire Company (an automotive parts supplier) who had co-founded UAW Local 687.〔〔Lippert, "Bieber Held to a Steady Course," ''Detroit Free Press,'' June 10, 1995.〕 It was the first UAW local organized within the city limits of Grand Rapids, Michigan.〔Woolley, "Bieber Started in Plant Father Helped Organize," ''Associated Press,'' November 12, 1982.〕 The family were devout Roman Catholics, and Bieber attended Visitation Elementary School (a two-room school)〔"Bieber Rose from Onion Fields to UAW Presidency," ''Associated Press,'' May 18, 1983.〕 and Catholic Central High School in nearby Grand Rapids.〔〔〔Maynard, "New UAW Leader Faces Problems," ''United Press International,'' November 13, 1982.〕 As a child, he worked pulling weeds in onion and celery fields.〔 He graduated from high school in 1948, and in July of that year took a job at McInernery Spring and Wire as a wire bender (making seats for Cadillac and Hudson cars).〔〔〔〔(Holusha, "U.A.W. Caucus Nominating Heir to Fraser Today," ''New York Times,'' November 12, 1982. )〕 "You had to bend 8- and 9-gauge spring wire, sometimes five wires at a time. Those Hudsons, they had a seat four miles long ... It was a hard job. After the first hour in there, I felt like just leaving. If my father hadn't worked there, too, I probably would've," he later said.〔 Bieber married his high school sweetheart, the former Shirley M. Van Woerkom. on November 25, 1950, and the couple had three sons (all of them became autoworkers) and two daughters.〔〔〔〔''Current Biography Yearbook,'' 1986, p. 49.〕 They maintained a home in North Door as well as Southfield.〔 Although his wire bending job was only supposed to be summer employment, Bieber stayed and did not go on to college.〔 Bieber was elected a shop steward of Local 687 (which covered Grand Rapids and most of the immediate surrounding area) in 1949, and in 1951 was elected to the local's executive board.〔〔〔〔〔''Newsmakers,'' 1988, p. 41.〕〔Mundo, 1992, p. 120.〕 He was elected to Local 687's collective bargaining committee in 1955,〔〔 and became the local's president in 1956.〔〔〔〔 In 1961, he became a part-time union organizer for the international union.〔〔〔〔''Labor Relations Yearbook,'' 1984, p. 180.〕 Bieber retired as Local 687's president in 1962, and took a full-time position as an international representative and organizer with the UAW.〔〔〔〔 Bieber worked closely with Kenneth W. Robinson, the Director of UAW Region 1D (then the largest region in the international union).〔〔〔〔 Robinson promoted Bieber to servicing representative in 1964, and made him his personal aide.〔〔〔 On December 18, 1972, Robinson appointed Bieber Assistant Director of Region 1D after the incumbent, Charles Rogers, was diagnosed with cancer and stepped down.〔〔''Business People in the News,'' 1976, p. 22.〕 In 1974, Robinson stepped down as Director of Region 1D due to ill health.〔''Current Biography Yearbook,'' 1986, p. 47.〕 Bieber was elected as his successor, and held the position until 1980.〔〔〔Maynard, "Owen Bieber: New UAW President," ''United Press International,'' May 18, 1983.〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Owen Bieber」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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