Collection of Beaver Valley Labor History Society, 1909-1981.

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Collection of Beaver Valley Labor History Society, 1909-1981.

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This collection primarily covers the history of the 1930s Steel Workers Organizing Committee campaign at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, through original and photocopied materials. It also includes material on local and national issues related to the United Steelworkers Union from 1943-1981. Additionally, twenty-five oral history interviews, most of which are transcribed, with steelworkers and their family members who were involved in the 1930s Aliquippa organizing campaign provide additional insights. Interviewees include: Mike Bannik, Clark Cobb, Ella Colbert, Nino Colonna, Mary Cozzicoli, L. De Sena, Dominic Del Turco, Joe Di Ciero, Ralph Dunn, Alex George, Bert Iacobucci, Frank Kromerich, Andy Lopata, Joe Mandity, Nick Modrack, Elizio Montini, John Montini, Ormond Montini, Frank Pienkowski, Tony Riccitelli, Lou Tadora, Bartow Tipper, Tony Tomeo, Eli Uzelac, Michael J. Zahorsky. Most worked for Jones & Laughlin during the period covered.

3 linear ft. ( 3 boxes)

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

Mandity, Joe.

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Iacobucci, Bert.

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De Sena, L.

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Beaver Valley Labor History Society

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With the support of United Steelworkers of America Local 1211 and the Philip Murray Retirees Club, the Beaver Valley Labor History Society was established in 1978 to "inform people of the important role that our valley has played in American labor history" so that "they may be aware and proud of their heritage." For a four year period, the Society collected material, conducted oral history interviews, and published a journal focused on documenting the history of steelworkers in Aliquippa, Pennsy...

Lopata, Andy

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Colbert, Ella.

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Montini, John.

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Cobb, Clark.

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Montini, Ormond.

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Uzelac, Eli.

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Cozzicoli, Mary.

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Dunn, Ralph

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George, Alexandra, 1952-...

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Bannik, Mike.

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Del Turco, Dominic.

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Pienkowski, Frank.

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Kromerich, Frank.

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Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union (U.S.). Ambridge (Pa.) Office.

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Tadora, Lou.

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Modrack, Nick.

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Zahorsky, Michael.

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Di Ciero, Joe.

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Colonna, Nino.

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Montini, Elizio.

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United Steelworkers of America. Local 1211 (Aliquippa, Pa.)

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Local 1211, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, joined the Steel Workers Organizing Committee in January 1937. In 1942 it became a founding local in District 20 of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA). Local 1211 remains active in the 21st century in a reorganized District 10 (Pennsylvania) of the USWA. From the description of United Steelworkers of America, Local 1211 records, 1934-1980. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 608085365 ...

Tipper, Bartow.

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Riccitelli, Tony.

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Tomeo, Tony.

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

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