Repository

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Title

UE National Office Records Relating to District 12 and District 12 Locals

Creator

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

Collection Number

UE.4.1.12

Extent

1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Date

1937-1985

Abstract

This series contains files on United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) District 12 and its locals collected by the UE national office. Included are correspondence, officer lists and charter applications.

Language

English .

Author

Zachary Brodt and Erin Nihiser.

Publisher

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Address

University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Copyright

The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.

Scope and Content Notes

District 12 of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) was comprised of locals in the southeastern United States, including those in South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and Alabama. These locals that are still in existence are now part of the UE's Eastern Region. This series contains files on UE District 12 and its locals collected by the UE national office. Included are correspondence, officer lists and charter applications. Most of the correspondence is between UE national officers and district or local officers.

Previous Citation

UE National Office Records Relating to District 12 and District 12 Locals, 1937-1985, UE.4.1.12, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

UE National Office Records Relating to District 12 and District 12 Locals, 1937-1985, UE.4.1.12, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Arrangement

This series has been arranged into two subseries. The first contains records pertaining to District 12. The other subseries contains records pertaining to specific locals within the district, and are further arranged numerically by local number into sections.

Processing Information

Portions of this collection were originally processed by Archives Service Center staff. This finding aid was completed by Zachary Brodt and Erin Nihiser in August 2012.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America in 1975, 1986, 1997, and 2001.

Related Material

UE Local 1201 Records, 1960s-1980s, UE.16.1202, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Records concerning the UE's Southern Organizing Campaign can be found in: UE Organizing Campaign Records, 1942-1990s, UE.7.1, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Subjects

Corporate Names

• United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
• United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. District 12

Personal Names

• Matles, James J.
• Emspak, Julius

Geographic Names

• Southeastern States
• Alabama
• Florida
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

Genres

• Clippings (Information artifacts)
• Minutes (Administrative records)
• Publications
• Correspondence

Other Subjects

• Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- Alabama -- History
• Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- Florida -- History
• Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- North Carolina -- History
• Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- South Carolina -- History
• Labor
• Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- Southeastern States -- History
• Labor unions -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
• Labor unions -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century
• Labor unions -- Florida -- History -- 20th century
• Labor unions -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century

Container List

Subseries 1. District 12

District 12 Auto Mechanics Organization, January 23 - February 7, 1939

Containers

box 1, folder 1

Item 1. Karl Bayer to James Carey, January 23, 1939

Item 2. Carey to Bayer, February 7, 1939

District 12 Birmingham Western Electric Organization, December 1 - 13, 1940

Containers

box 1, folder 2

Item 1. W. F. McKenzie to Congress of Industrial Organizations, December 1, 1940

Item 2. Allan Haywood to James Carey, December 5, 1940

Item 3. Carey to McKenzie, December 13, 1940

District 12 Correspondence, November 22, 1939 - September 29, 1953

Containers

box 1, folder 3

Item 1. James Matles to E. B. Epping Regarding Federal Local Transfer and Fort Smith CIO, November 22, 1939

Item 2. Maurice J. Dineen to James Carey Regarding El Paso Organization, August 21, 1939

Item 3. Allan Haywood to Carey Regarding Fort Smith Federal Local Transfers with Haywood Letter to Toney Honey, July 30, 1940

Item 4. James Matles to Emmett Ramsay Regarding Staff Members, September 29, 1953

District 12 Organization and Finances, 1972 - 1977

Containers

box 1, folder 4

District 12 Atlanta, GA, Morse Electro Organizing, 1973 - 1974

Containers

box 1, folder 5

District 12 Southern Organizing Campaign, 1972

Containers

box 1, folder 6

District 12 Charlotte, NC, Westinghouse Warehouse, 1971 - 1979

Containers

box 1, folder 7

District 12 Wayne Yarborough, Tampa, FL, 1971

Containers

box 1, folder 8

District 12 Tampa, FL, Organization Committee, 1970 - 1971

Containers

box 1, folder 9

District 12 Charlotte, NC, Warehouse, 1982 - 1985

Containers

box 1, folder 10

District 12 Charlotte, NC, Signed Supplements, 1968 - 1980

Containers

box 1, folder 11

District 12 Correspondence Regarding Southern Organizing, 1980 - 1981

Containers

box 1, folder 12

District 12 Temporary Organization and District Arrangements, 1983 - 1984

Containers

box 1, folder 13

Subseries 2. District 12 Locals

Local 1201

Local 1201 Officers Lists, May 10, 1947 - September 1951

Containers

box 1, folder 14

Local 1201 General Incoming Correspondence, Julius Emspak to Wadus Danton Regarding Dues and Veterans, June 18, 1947

Containers

box 1, folder 15

Local 1201 General Outgoing Correspondence, December 8, 1948 - March 29, 1950

Containers

box 1, folder 16

Item 1. Myrtle Hall to Julius Emspak Regarding Blanks, December 8, 1948

Item 2. George Markland to James Matles Regarding Staff Members, March 29, 1950

Local 1201 Tampa, FL, Westinghouse Electric Turbine Division Correspondence, 1982

Containers

box 1, folder 17

Local 1201 Newspaper Clippings, April 1953

Containers

box 1, folder 18

Item 1. "Ammunition Plant Strike Begins", April 1953

Item 2. "UE Local Here Hits Un-American Witness", undated

Item 3. "Union to Demand Raises", undated

Local 1201 Organization, September 1 - October 1, 1946

Containers

box 1, folder 19

Item 1. Henry Fiering to James Matles, September 1, 1946

Item 2. Fiering to Julius Emspak, September 17, 1946

Item 3. Emspak to Fiering, October 1, 1946

Local 1201 Correspondence, November 27, 1947 - April 10, 1950

Containers

box 1, folder 20

Item 1. Clara Fiering to Albert Fitzgerald Regarding Negotiations, November 27, 1947

Item 2. Rufus Paret to Arthur Kinoy, May 11, 1948

Item 3. Secretary to James Matles to Henry Rhine, April 10, 1950

Local 1201 Strikes, Subsidies, and Other Monies, 1973 - 1981

Containers

box 1, folder 21

Local 1201 Thank You Support Letter, Hugh Harley, 1973

Containers

box 1, folder 22

Local 1202

Local 1202 Ladson, SC, General Electric Steam Turbine Newsletters and Correspondence, 1975 - 1984

Containers

box 1, folder 23

Local 1202 Organizing Campaign List, 1976

Containers

box 1, folder 24

Local 1204

Local 1204 Washington, NC, Atwood and Morrill Correspondence, 1979 - 1981

Containers

box 1, folder 25

Local 1205

Local 1205 Tampa, FL, General Electric Newsletter and Correspondence, 1979 - 1980

Containers

box 1, folder 26

Local 1238

Local 1238 Charter Application, November 29, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 27

Local 1239

Local 1239 Incoming Correspondence, Julius Emspak to P. Tidewell Regarding Organization, April 7, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 28

Local 1239 Outgoing Correspondence, F. Bidinbaugh Regarding Organization, March 31, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 29

Local 1239 Per Capita Reports, March - June 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 30

Local 1239 Notices of Delinquency, February - September 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 31

Local 1239 Organization, December 4, 1937 - January 29, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 32

Item 1. CIO Charter Application, December 4, 1937

Item 2. CIO Representative Report, December 10, 1937

Item 3. Yelverton Cowherd to Julius Emspak, January 29, 1938

Local 1240

Local 1240 General Incoming Correspondence, July 1, 1938 - March 3, 1939

Containers

box 1, folder 33

Item 1. James Carey to Martin Eversole Regarding Labor Legislation, October 6, 1938

Item 2. Julius Emspak to Georgia Bale Regarding Constitution, July 1, 1938

Item 3. Emspak to Eversole Regarding Unemployment, December 13, 1938

Item 4. Emspak to Eversole Regarding Organization, February 2, 1939

Item 5. Emspak to Genevieve Roberson Regarding Walsh Healy, March 3, 1939

Item 6. James Matles to Roberson Regarding Contracts, December 28, 1938

Local 1240 General Outgoing Correspondence, October 3, 1938 - January 1939

Containers

box 1, folder 34

Item 1. Martin Eversole to James Carey Regarding Fair Labor Standards Act Wages, October 3, 1938

Item 2. Eversole to Julius Emspak Regarding Organization and Negotiations, January 1939

Local 1240 Per Capita Reports, May - July 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 35

Local 1240 Notices of Delinquency, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 36

Local 1240 Organization Attempt, March 26 - November 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 37

Item 1. Charter Application, March 26, 1938

Item 2. Harry Howard to Julius Emspak, March 26, 1938

Item 3. Howard to Emspak, April 6, 1938

Item 4. Notice of Issued Charter, April 7, 1938

Item 5. William Mitchell to Howard, April 13, 1938

Item 6. Howard to Mitchell, May 6, 1938

Item 7. Howard to James Matles, June 15, 1938

Item 8. Arbitration Award, November 1938

Local 1501

Local 1501 Incoming Correspondence, Julius Emspak to J. B. Nalley, April 25, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 38

Local 1501 Per Capita Reports, July - September 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 39

Local 1501 Notices of Delinquency, November 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 40

Local 1501 Charter Application with Petition, June 19, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 41

Local 1501 Birmingham, AL, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 42

Local 1502

Local 1502 Charter Application, June 24, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 43

Local 1503

Local 1503 Charter Application, July 14, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 44

Local 1504

Local 1504 Charter Application, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 45

Local 1508

Local 1508 Bluefield, WV, West Virginia Armature Company, 1937 - 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 46

Local 1509

Local 1509 Charter Application, September 18, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 47

Local 1510

Local 1510 Charter Application, September 25, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 48

Local 1510 Charlotte, NC, Southern Electric Equipment Company, 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 49