USWA International Wage Policy Committee, 1956
File — Box: 2, Folder: 23
The Gene Saari Collection contains correspondence, reports, grievance and contract negotiations files, newspaper clippings, publications and other documents related to labor organizing, collective bargaining and strikes in the Michigan copper industry, to jurisdictional disputes between Mine-Mill and the Steelworkers union, to economic and social conditions in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and to Mr. Saari’s campaigns for public office in the 1940s.
Important subjects in the collection: Atlas Powder Co. Calumet and Hecla, Inc. Copper miners--Copper Country Michigan Copper miners--Trade unions--organizing Copper mines and mining--Copper Country Michigan Copper mines and mining--Strikes and lockouts Copper Range Co. Copper Workers Industrial Union Local No. 494 Hanna Mining Co. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Quincy Mining Co. United Steelworkers of America nonferrous locals USWA-IUMMSW jurisdictional disputes in Michigan Copper Country White Pine Copper Co.
Important correspondents in the collection: I. W. Abel Earl T. Bester Henry A. Burkhammer R. C. Cole Frank E. Hook David J. McDonald J. K. Richardson Reid Robinson August Scholle Angelo Verdu Nick Zonarich
Important subjects in the collection: Atlas Powder Co. Calumet and Hecla, Inc. Copper miners--Copper Country Michigan Copper miners--Trade unions--organizing Copper mines and mining--Copper Country Michigan Copper mines and mining--Strikes and lockouts Copper Range Co. Copper Workers Industrial Union Local No. 494 Hanna Mining Co. International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Quincy Mining Co. United Steelworkers of America nonferrous locals USWA-IUMMSW jurisdictional disputes in Michigan Copper Country White Pine Copper Co.
Important correspondents in the collection: I. W. Abel Earl T. Bester Henry A. Burkhammer R. C. Cole Frank E. Hook David J. McDonald J. K. Richardson Reid Robinson August Scholle Angelo Verdu Nick Zonarich
Dates
- 1913 - 1979
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet (11 SB)
Creator
- From the Collection: Saari, Gene (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
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Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA