Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America International Department, 1945-2003.

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Records of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America International Department, 1945-2003.

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This record group contains correspondence, reports, publications, and clippings regarding the invlovement of the UE and the United States in international labor relations. Included is information on the World Federation of Trade Unions, as well international labor law and international solidarity work from the 1960s to the 1980s. Other files include records of a 1998 North American Free Trade Agreement National Administrative Office case between Echlin Inc. and several unions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Echlin was alleged to have hired 170 people to hold workers at a plant near Mexico City hostage to prevent them from joining a real labor union. Records regarding a UE trip to the Soviet Union in 1977 and issues of Mexican Labor News are also present.

8.75 linear ft. (7 boxes)

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418371

University of Pittsburgh

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