International Association of Machinists, District #54 Records 1903-1965 1945-1965

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International Association of Machinists, District #54 Records 1903-1965 1945-1965

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The International Association of Machinists, District 54, is the district lodge founded in 1913 to coordinate the interests and activities of various Cleveland, Ohio, IAM locals. It was led by President Matthew DeMore, 1939-1961. District 54 was known for its progressive social philosophy and it set the standards on issues of medical insurance, pension plans and other benefits which were models for other unions. District 54 also initiated several cooperative programs for its members, including the Cleveland Homes Committee to provide low cost quality housing, the Co-op of Cleveland, a consumers' cooperative, and the Union Eye Care Center. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, reports, contracts, financial records, membership rosters, business agents' weekly reports, grievance and arbitration proceedings, organizing files, scrapbooks, newspapers and periodicals relating to the day-to-day activities of a major Cleveland union and its relationship to the International headquarters, subordinate locals and the Cleveland industrial community, particularly during and after World War II.

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The International Association of Machinists, District #54 (f.1913) is a District Lodge, in Cleveland, Ohio, of the parent organization which was founded in May 1888. For more than a century the IAM has served the needs of its membership employed in the machine-tool industry. District 54 was formed in 1913 at the request of the international leadership to coordinate the interests and activities of a number of Cleveland local lodges and to combat the anti-labor movement of the Nationa...