Collection of George P. Firth on the Office and Professional Employees International Union, 1949-1976 (bulk 1960-1976)

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Collection of George P. Firth on the Office and Professional Employees International Union, 1949-1976 (bulk 1960-1976)

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The collection contains organizational records, publications, news clippings, and leaflets that Firth produced and collected as result of his affiliation with the Office and Professional Employees International Union. The organizational records include the Constitution of the OPEIU, Executive Board minutes, and financial reports. Folders eight through 27 contain newsletters and leaflets pertaining to local unions in various Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states as well as Firth's correspondence explaining to workers the benefits of joining and/or creating local unions. Firth served as a representative to local unions in Monroeville, PA; Buffalo, New York; and Flint, Michigan, to name a few. Information about the hospital and health care industry, pension plans, and the strike benefit fund can be found in the collections. Additionally, the Firth collection contains publications from the Seafarer's International Union, United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, and the bulletin of the Religion and Labor Council of America.

1.5 cubic ft.

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290983

University of Pittsburgh

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Office and Professional Employees' International Union

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AFL Federal Locals of the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union have organized the clerical trades since the early decades of the twentieth century; but it wasn't until the charter convention of the Office Employees International Union in Cincinnati in January, 1945 that a national AFL jurisdiction was created for all private sector clerical and office employees. Charter membership was 22,500. During the war years, OEIU growth was slow, while the rival CIO uni...

Firth, George P.

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The American Federation of Labor chartered the Office Employees International Union in 1945. George Firth was an early organizer from Tacoma, Washington, and charter officer, serving as vice president before retiring in 1969. From the description of George P. Firth collection of Office and Professional Employees International Union records, 1934-1984. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 759939180 The Collection of George P. Firth on the Office and ...