United Steelworkers of America

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1941
Active 1949

Biographical notes:

The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW), later called the United Steel Workers. The USW is one of the largest industrial labor unions in North America.

From the description of United Steelworkers of America poster and oversize collection, 1936-1982. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 609581809

The Wickwire Spencer Steel Company operated from 1908 to 1963, primarily disposing of waste from steel manufacturing. The National War Labor Board was reinstated for World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was active 1942-1946.

From the description of Steelworkers documents from Palmer, Mass., 1944-1946. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 212180918

The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) formed in 1942 to represent the interests of workers in the steel and related industries.

From the description of United Steelworkers of America labor clippings files, 1941-1968. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 607901300

"These Are Our People" was a traveling photographic exhibition first displayed at the United Steelworkers of America Constitutional Convention in Los Angeles in September 1956.

From the description of United Steelworkers of America, "These are our people" photograph exhibition collection, 1956. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 642824973

Labor union.

From the description of Convention badges collection, 1952-1972. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31019640

United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established in 1942; during the 1950s and 1960s it negotiated for enhanced worker benefits.

From the description of United Steelworkers of America area conference proceedings and hearings transcripts, 1954-1958. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 604936833

The United Steelworkers of America, formed in 1937, represented workers in the steel industry, which enjoyed unprecedented prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s.

From the description of United Steelworkers of America proceedings of international staff meetings, 1949-1960. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 425843567

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Subjects:

  • Collective bargaining
  • Industrial relations
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Iron and steel workers
  • Labor
  • Labor movement
  • Labor union locals
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Steel industry and trade
  • Steel industry and trade
  • Steel industry and trade
  • Steel industry and trade
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Supplemental unemployment benefits
  • Traveling exhibitions

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