Guide to the United Steelworkers Of America Local 2601 Minute Books,
1942-1961

Collection Number: 5009mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
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Compiled by:
Kheel Center staff
Date completed:
2000
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, August 16, 2002

© 2002 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
United Steelworkers of America Local 2601 minute books, 1942-1961.
Collection Number:
5009mf
Creator:
United Steelworkers of America. Local 2601 (Lackawanna, N.Y.)
Quantity:
5 volumes (on 2 microfilm reels) :
Forms of Material:
Two microfilm reels.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Include discussions on wages and benefits, workers' education, job safety, union solidarity, the AFL-CIO merger, the purge of communist members, and various strikes.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The minute books of Local 2601 of the United Steelworkers of America (Lackawanna, N.Y.) comment upon the following issues and topics: wage adjustments; premium pay; wage incentive; unemployment benefits; pensions; holidays; vacations; workers' compensation; disability benefits under the Social Security Act; unemployment insurance; safety on the job; the Labor Relations and Safety Committee; education programs of the Local; union shops; the importance of buying union made products; the issue of solidarity; merger negotiations of the A.F. of L. and CIO; United Steelworkers constitutional violations; the House Un-American Activities Committee; affidavits stating non-membership in a communist or other subversive group; charges against individuals found guilty of being members of the Communist Party and expelled from membership; steel company propaganda; picket lines; strike preparations; the Bethlehem Steel Strike (1959); the Carrier Corp. Strike in Syracuse, N. Y. (1960); the boycott of Sears, Roebuck Co. for its anti-union attack against members of organized labor; and elections of officers; also other routine activities of the Local.
SUBJECTS

Names:
United Steelworkers of America.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Carrier Corporation.
Sears, Roebuck & Company.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.

Subjects:
Bethlehem Steel Strike, 1959.
Carrier Corporation Strike, 1960.
Labor unions and communism--United States.
Iron and steel workers.

Form and Genre Terms:
Minutes.
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Cite As:
United Steelworkers of America Local 2601 minute books, #5009mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Minute books are arranged chronologically.