United Steel Workers of America, Local 1033 (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1942-2001.

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United Steel Workers of America, Local 1033 (Chicago, Ill.) records, 1942-2001.

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Meeting minute books, attendance ledgers, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, grievances, pamphlets, and other administrative records of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033. Materials relate to political and union elections, union policies, safety issues, and relationships between Local 1033 and the Republic Steel plant in the South Chicago community area of Chicago (Ill.). Also included are drafts of articles for the union's newsletter 1033 News and Views. The records show increasing numbers of Hispanic and African American leaders in the union. The files also reflect the growth, evolution, and end of Republic Steel as it was acquired by the LTV Corporation, became LTV Steel in the 1980s, and declared bankruptcy in 2002.

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