Bernstein, Meyer

Bernstein received an AB degree from Cornell University in 1936. Immediately after graduation, he joined the staff of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. After serving as a sergeant in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II, Bernstein was rehired by the successor of the Committee, the United Steelworkers of America (CIO) as a research assistant and national representative. Bernstein became the union's specialist in international labor and was eventually made its international affairs director.

From the guide to the Meyer Bernstein., The Steelworkers Election., Manuscript, 1965., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library)