Meyer Bernstein papers, circa 1930-1983.

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Meyer Bernstein papers, circa 1930-1983.

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This collection of an international labor leader includes correspondence, subject files, diaries, and artifacts from his pre-war involvement with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), his post-war positions in the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), his service as a labor representative and consultant in Europe for the USWA and others, and his work on the reorganization of the United Mine Workers. There are seven German films on labor topics and post-war trials, and many photographs on labor in America and circumstances in post-war Europe, including a rich collection of images from the Aliquippa strike, the Little Steel strike, and other actions pertaining to the emergence of SWOC. Personal items include a diary and memorabilia from his military service during World War II, and postcards and photographs from his travels worldwide.

13.48 cubic feet + 7 motion picture films.

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Bernstein, Meyer

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Holocaust survivor from Grodno, Poland. From the description of Papers, 1947, 1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155453262 Meyer Bernstein (1914-1985) worked for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), 1936-1941; United Steel Workers of America, 1946-1972; the United Mine Workers, 1972-1973; and as a consultant on international trade. From the description of Meyer Bernstein papers, circa 1930-1983. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat reco...

United mine workers of America

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United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...

Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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