International Union of Steam Engineers, Local 62

The National Union of Steam Engineers was organized on December 7, 1896 . In 1898 the union became the International Union of Steam Engineers, and was affiliated with the American Federation of Labor . Local 62 in Danbury, Connecticut, was formed by 1901, originally as the Danbury Union of Steam Engineers .

In 1912 the union changed its name to the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers, and in 1928 it became the International Union of Operating Engineers, which it remains today.

From the guide to the International Union of Steam Engineers, Local 62 Records., undated, 1901-1905., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)