Records of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 325 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1931-1997.

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Records of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 325 (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1931-1997.

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These papers include contract books, union constitutions and by-laws, a job description book and other documents relating to working conditions and union activities, and the newsletters of united Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 325. Also included are background material, photographs, and oral histories. Some materials are photocopies of material in possession of the union. This collection has been arranged as follows: I. Historical Material, 1930s-1940s; II. Contracts, Job Descriptions, and Employee Documents, 1941-1996; III. Oral Histories, 1997; IV. H.J. Heinz Company Publications, 1961-1996; V. Union Newsletters, 1944-1996.

5.0 linear ft. ( 6 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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