International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.) Records (#5026) 1961-1997

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International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.) Records (#5026), 1961-1997

International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.) Records (#5026) 1961-1997

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/i/I.U.E.,Local_182.html

In 1958, a group of workers at the General Electric Company plant in Hickory, N.C., proposed forming a labor union to improve working conditions and rates of pay. Although met by strong opposition, the workers won an election to organize. In 1961, the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), CIO, chartered Local 182, an affiliate of IUE District 1, to serve the plant. In 1997, General Electric determined that the Hickory factory was no longer profitable, shut it down, and moved the work to Monterrey, Mexico. Records, 1961-1997, of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.), document the labor union's political, business, and social services to electric industry workers at the Hickory, N.C., General Electric Company plant. Records are sorted into rough series: organization; business; minutes; plans, projects, and programs; reports; correspondence; bulletins and newsletters; elections; membership; and photographs with the bulk of the materials in correspondence, bulletins and newsletters, and minutes.

7,800; 13.5

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection