Harry Block papers, 1908-1988.

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Harry Block papers, 1908-1988.

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This collection of labor leader Harry Block includes documents relating to the formation and history of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, its successor, the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, and the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO. The documents cover organization of the electrical manufacturing industry, attempts to obtain a charter from the AFL, subsequent membership in the CIO, struggle for control of the union by internal factions, and the withdrawal of the union from the CIO in 1949 in reaction to charges that it was communist controlled. There are convention proceedings, booklets, newsletters, memorabilia, and reference publications. Microfilm copies (8 reels) include meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, financial documents, and the journals Philco Flash and The Microphone.

5 cubic feet + 8 microfilm reels.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Block, Harry, 1908-1988

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Secretary of the Pennsylvania state AFL-CIO. From the description of Oral history interview with Harry Block, 1967 September 25. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31484759 Harry Block was financial secretary of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) local 18368 (1933-1936), vice-president of the UE (1936-1946), president of its successor, the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE; 1949-1972), and secretary-t...

International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers

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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

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District 7 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) consisted of locals throughout Ohio and are now part of the UE's Eastern Region. From the description of UE National Office records relating to District 7 and District 7 locals, 1936-1990s. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 767644242 District 5 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) consisted of locals throughout Canada. From the description...

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

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The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO was formed in 1959 after the merger of the parent national organizations. It brought together the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, formed in 1902, and the Pennsylvania CIO Council, formed in the late 1930s. The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO was responsible for protecting workers' rights with regard to collective bargaining, conducting member political education and training programs, monitoring legislative politics in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., and endorsing candidates tha...