Labor unions and communism -- Ohio
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), Amalgamated Local 804 Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-127
Abstract
Local 804 was organized in 1937 to represent the workers at the Leland Electric Company in Dayton, Ohio. Records include membership meeting minutes, Executive Board and Labor-Management meeting minutes, contract negotiations, the records from organizing campaigns in several small plants in Dayton, correspondence, grievances, union bulletins, membership lists, and files on various subjects including the Communist controversy in the Dayton labor movement during the late 1940s.
Dates:
1937-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE), District Council 7 Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-49
Abstract
The collection consists of the papers of three men who were active in IUE District Council 7: E. J. Kraft, Wesley Steinhilber, and Robert Elsner. Within the Kraft and Steinhilber series is material concerning the split within the UE (Union of Electrical Workers) before and after its expulsion from the CIO. There is also information about the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in Dayton, Ohio, and reports of Communist Party influence in the UE during the late 1940s. The Elsner...
Dates:
1939-1971; Majority of material found in 1949-1955
Found in:
Special Collections
