United Steelworkers of America, District 36 records, 1931-1948.

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United Steelworkers of America, District 36 records, 1931-1948.

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This collection consists primarily of records pertaining to union activities in the southeastern United States during the era of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC), prior to the formation of District 36, although the records continue into the USWA period, mainly during the second world war years. These SWOC and United Steelworkers of America (USWA) documents include correspondence, reports, telegrams, contracts, petitions, resolutions, newsletters, newspaper clippings, agreements, meeting minutes, and audits. The records concern relations with companies and local unions within the Birmingham, Alabama, area, relations with the International Office in Pittsburgh, SWOC organizing efforts, and cases before the National Labor Relations Board. Major correspondents include USWA executives Philip Murray, David J. McDonald, Clinton S. Golden, Harold Ruttenberg, and Howard Hague, as well as William Mitch, Southern director of SWOC; and Reuben Farr, director of USWA District 36.

21 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7784292

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Golden, Clinton S. (Clinton Strong), 1888-1961

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Clinton Strong Golden was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1888. When his father died in 1900, Golden went to work in an iron mine and thus his formal education was ended. He apprenticed as a machinist, but later worked several years as a railroad fireman and became active in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. He was a full-time representative for the International Association of Machinists, 1919-1930. He served on the board of directors of Brookwood Labor Colle...

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...

Ruttenberg, Harold J.

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Harold J. Ruttenberg (1914- ) was research director for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the United Steelworkers of America, and an industrialist of Pittsburgh, Pa. From the description of Harold J. Ruttenberg papers, 1933-1967 (bulk 1933-1963). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122489609 Harold J. Ruttenberg began his career working with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, which became the United Steelworkers of America (USW). He l...

Murray, Philip, 1886-1952

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Philip Murray was one of the most important American labor leaders of the twentieth century. As president of the Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC), the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), he played a pivotal role in the creation of industrial unions as well as the utilization of federal government support in the growth of unions in the United States. Philip Murray (May 25, 1886-November 9, 1952) was born in Blantyre, Scotland, on May ...

Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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United Steelworkers of America. District 36

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District 36 was organized in 1942 by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) to coordinate activities of local unions; it was retired during district restructuring in 1995. From the description of United Steelworkers of America, District 36 records, 1931-1948. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 607301840 ...

Hague, Howard, 1902-1990

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Farr, Reuben

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Mitch, William, 1881-1974

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William Mitch (10 April 1881- July 1974) worked in the coal mines at a young age and joined the United Mine Workers in 1894. He was a traveling international auditor for the UMW from 1913 to 1914, secretary to treasurer of District 11, Indiana, from 1915 to 1931, and District 11 president in 1932. From 1933 to 1946 he worked in Birmingham, Alabama, as president of District 20 of the UMW. Mitch was also president of the Alabama state CIO and Southern director of the Steel Workers Organizing Commi...

McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979

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David J. McDonald (b. Nov. 22, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa.-d. Aug. 8, 1979, Palm Springs, Calif.), American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1952 to 1965. From the description of McDonald, David John, 1902-1979 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12022897 David John McDonald was active in the United Steelworkers of America. From the description of David J. McDonald papers, 1931-1970. (Pennsylvania State Univer...