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United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America. International Officers. Correspondence of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America International Officers, 1936-1956.

Title: Correspondence of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America International Officers, 1936-1956.

The records of the UE International Officers document correspondence between high ranking UE officers and outside organizations. While the vast majority of the materials are correspondence, the files also contain related articles, pamphlets, and reports. In general, these files range widely in content regarding the national union and cover many general topics such as lawyers, bonds, college requests for information and speakers, group health insurance, hospitalization plans, publications, trustees, unions, and women's auxiliaries. Correspondence with such noteworthy organizations as the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), National Labor Relations Board, Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), and United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) are present. These records do not contain correspondence by the union's International Representatives, which can be found in subgroup UE 7-2, UE International Representative Records.

ArchivalResource: 26.25 linear ft. (21 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/362894937 View

Labor's Non-Partisan League. Records, 1936-1944.

Title: Records, 1936-1944.

Records of a CIO auxiliary formed in 1936 to marshal labor support for political candidates favorable to labor on all levels of government, and to form public opinion on issues such as labor legislation and public housing. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, resolutions, telegrams, and speeches. Correspondence is between league officers and union officials, attorneys, scholars, and office holders on topics of concern to labor, particularly proposed labor legislation. The correspondence and memoranda of Russell Nixon, the Washington representative of the league, to Secretary John T. Jones illustrate the organization's lobbying methods. Other correspondents include George L. Berry, John L. Lewis, and Robert M. La Follette, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145782858 View

United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America. Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, 1936-2006.

Title: Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, 1936-2006.

In 1975, the Archives of Industrial Society at the University of Pittsburgh was selected by the UE General Executive Board to be the national repository for the union's records. Since that time the UE national office, districts, and locals have donated their records to the Archives Service Center. This finding aid is meant to serve as a guide to the entire UE collection. Within the collection, records have been arranged into record groups, subgroups, and series to both make the collection more manageable and to properly reflect the original use of the documents. Many of the finding aids for these smaller groupings are being developed and placed online by the Archives Service Center. Included in this collection are correspondence from national officers and staff, organizers, and locals; publications created by the national union and shop papers created by locals; and research material such as clippings, publications, and reports regarding companies, communism, and other labor issues. Also present are photographs documenting UE events and members from the union's founding to the present, as well as cartoons and films addressing several important topics within the labor movement.

ArchivalResource: 3,000 linear ft. (approx. 3,000 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320834686 View

International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. President's Office. Government hearings files of Presidential Assistant Les Finnegan, 1948-1959 (bulk 1952-1957).

Title: Government hearings files of Presidential Assistant Les Finnegan, 1948-1959 (bulk 1952-1957).

From 1948 to 1959 the UE and other alleged Communist-dominated unions became the chief focus of congressional and federal probes concerning Communist infiltration of American labor unions and vital defense industries. The IUE and Carey, seeking to discredit the UE's left-wing leadership in hopes of fomenting a disaffiliation movement among remaining UE locals, offered its full cooperation in providing evidence and key witnesses to substantiate UE ties to the Communist Party of America (CPA) and other Communist-front organizations. Carey's testimony before various House and Senate subcommittees is contained within this series. Several IUE members--formerly associated with the UE and CPA--were key witnesses in the HUAC hearings and the "Red" probes associated with the McCarthy era. Lee Lundgren, Samuel DiMiria, Ernst Pollock, and James B. McLeish appeared before the HUAC and chronicled communist influence within UE locals and districts in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and the New England region.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155042281 View

United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America. Washington Office. Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America Washington representatives, 1946-1980s.

Title: Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America Washington representatives, 1946-1980s.

This subgroup contains the records of UE Washington representatives Russ Nixon (1941-1962) and Lance Compa (1978-1988). Included are correspondence and research files collected by the representatives while they served the UE in its top political post. Files on UE district political action committees, civil liberties, and the presidential campaign of Henry Wallace are present in this subgroup. These records provide an indication of the union's concerns in what was happening in Washington, D.C. and the federal government during the 1950s and the 1980s.

ArchivalResource: 8.75 linear ft. (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55204173 View

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), 1940-1985.

Title: Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), 1940-1985.

This collection contains information gathered by United States government agencies as part of the federal investigation into the purported Communist infiltration of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). This collection contains reports, correspondence, reference materials and court exhibits. Researchers should be aware that the collection is still significantly redacted to nominally protect the identity of informants and third party individuals.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet ( 48 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301734079 View