Edward Sadlowski papers, 1959-1977.

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Edward Sadlowski papers, 1959-1977.

This collection documents Edward (Ed) Sadlowski's campaign for the President of the United Steelworkers. It contains newspaper and magazine articles as well as pamphlets, clippings, fund raising materials, and statements from members of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA).

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Sadlowski, Edward

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Steelworkers union leader in Chicago, Ill. From the description of Chicago Slices raw [videorecording] : Ed Sadlowski roast #1, 1993 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458298113 Edward Sadlowski is a U.S. labor activist and a past director of the United Steelworkers of America. He also ran for President of the Steelworkers twice, both times losing to the incumbent. His 1976-1977 campaign slogan was "fight-back," which was a challenge against the current union leadership...

United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...