Records of the labor union representing rubber workers and office employees of the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company's Eau Claire plant. The union was formed in 1933 as Federal Labor Union #18684 when the plant was operated as the Gillette Rubber Company, later the Gillette Tire Plant of the United States Rubber Company. In 1935, it became Local 19 of the United Rubber Workers of America (CIO), later the URCLPWA. The records consist of arbitration case files, minutes of executive board meetings, general meetings, and conferences. Also included are the union's 1977 constitution and by-laws, a detailed history of the union from 1917-1938, and URCLPWA reports on the rubber industry in 1948 and 1949. The records document the formation and development of the union, the history of collective bargaining and the settlement of grievances at the Eau Claire plant, and labor relations from 1942 to 1943 when the Gillette Tire Plant was operated as an ordnance factory by the United States Rubber Company on behalf of the government.
