Collection of Charles J. McCollester on the 1981-82 Electrical Workers Strike at Westinghouse Airbrake Company (Wilmerding, Pa. and Swissvale, Pa.), 1981-1983.

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Collection of Charles J. McCollester on the 1981-82 Electrical Workers Strike at Westinghouse Airbrake Company (Wilmerding, Pa. and Swissvale, Pa.), 1981-1983.

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The collection consists of correspondence, information on contract negotiations, leaflets, and newspaper articles. The contract negotiations document the main areas of contention between the union and the company during the strike. The correspondence file provides insight into the company's official view of the progress of the negotiations, while the leaflets reflect the union's positions. The newspaper articles provide a narrative thread.

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University of Pittsburgh

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Westinghouse Air Brake Company

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McCollester, Charles J.

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Between 1937-1941, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 610 won representation elections at the Wilmerding, PA and Swissvale, PA facilities of the Westinghouse Airbrake Company. In the period from 1941 to 1966, contract negotiations were successfully concluded without a strike. Short strikes of two weeks each marked the renewal of the 1969 and 1978 contracts, but these were episodes in an otherwise relatively untroubled forty year history of successful collectiv...

Union Switch and Signal Company

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Employees upset with piece rates, working conditions, and lay-offs walked out of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing plant in East Pittsburgh on June 5, 1914. Organized by the Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union (ACIU), they soon organized marches through East Pittsburgh and Turtle Creek in an effort to persuade workers at other Westinghouse plants to join the walkout. These marches made their way to Swissvale as the ACIU Local No. 2, Union Switch & Signal (US&S) plant, voted to...