United Steelworkers of America, Tri-Local and Locals 2598, 2599, and 2600 records, circa 1939-1992.

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United Steelworkers of America, Tri-Local and Locals 2598, 2599, and 2600 records, circa 1939-1992.

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This collection includes correspondence, membership documents, agreements between Bethlehem Steel and the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), meeting minutes for Local 2598, the by-laws of District 9 and Locals 2599 and 2600, and several international union booklets. Financial records include reports for Local 2598, cancelled checks, secretary's cash books for Local 2619, and booklets regarding charitable contributions made by the Tri-Local to the Muhlenberg Medical Center. There are photographs of Bethlehem Steel factories, processes, products, and workers collection; a damaged print of the District 9's 10th Annual conference, Atlantic City, 1955 (undamaged copies of which reside in the Collection of Oversize Labor Photographs); and union patches, buttons, badges, and ribbons.

8.2 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7791968

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Muhlenberg Medical Center (Bethlehem, Pa.)

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

United Steelworkers of America. Local 2599 (Bethlehem, Pa.)

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District 9 of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) oversaw organizing activities in southeastern Pennsylvania from 1942 to 1992, when it was merged into a combined USWA District 7 and 8 spanning Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From the description of United Steelworkers of America, District 9 records, 1940-1987. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 692694733 ...

United Steelworkers of America. Local 2600 (Bethlehem, Pa.)

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On 22 May 1942, the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) issued charters for Bethlehem local unions 2598, 2599, and 2600, representing over 31,000 steelworkers. Initially, the Tri-Local unions were identified as "A", "B" and "C" and were loosely based on occupational sectors. Three months later, on 13 August, following negotiations conducted before the War Labor Board in Washington, Bethlehem Steel signed its first agreement with the USWA. The Tri-Local belonged to District 9 of the USWA. That ...