United Steelworkers of America, Local 2601 Minute Books and Roster Book on Microfilm, 1942-1961
Collection Number: 5009 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
United Steelworkers of America, Local 2601 Minute Books and Roster Book on Microfilm, 1942-1961
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5009 mf
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.
Creator:
United Steelworkers of America (USWA)
USWA Local 2601
Quanitities:
0.22 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English

Includes discussions on wages and benefits, workers' education, job safety, union solidarity, the AFL-CIO merger, the purge of communist members, and various strikes.
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.
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Preferred Citation

United Steelworkers of America, Local 2601 Minute Books and Roster Book on Microfilm #5009 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

Related Materials

Related Collections: 6046: Archives Union File (AUF)

SUBJECTS

Names:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Carrier Corporation
Sears, Roebuck and Company
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
United Steelworkers of America.
United Steelworkers of America. Local 2601 (Lackawanna, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Bethlehem Steel Strike, 1959.
Carrier Corporation Strike, 1960.
Labor unions and communism--United States.
Iron and steel workers.
Boycott. Retail trade. New York (State)
Employee fringe benefits. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Industrial safety. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Insurance, Unemployment. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Open and closed shop. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Pensions. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Strikes and lockouts. Steel industry. New York (State)
Trade-union merger. United States.
Trade-union solidarity. United States.
Trade-unions. Iron and steel workers. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Trade-unions. Iron and steel workers. New York (State). Lackawanna. Local unions.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Lackawanna. Elections of officials.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Lackawanna. Local unions.
Wages. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Workers' compensation. Steel industry. New York (State). Lackawanna.
Workers' education. Iron and steel workers. New York (State). Lackawanna.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Reel 1
United Steelworkers Local 2601, Lackawanna, NY - Poster Book - 1948-1960 ; Minute books - 1942-1952
1942-1960
Scope and Contents
Negative
Reel 2
United Steelworkers of America Local 2601 (Buffalo, NY) - Minute books 9/52 - 3/6/61
1952-1961
Scope and Contents
Negative