UAW Local 239 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000353
Scope and Content
Important subjects are:
Political action
Relations with International Union
Local elections
Local 239 organiza
tion and history
New Union Hall
Alleged racial discrimination
Local bargaining
Local and regional labor councils
Retired workers
General Motors Council
Local minutes
Unemployment compensation cases
Employees welfare
Factional struggles
Grievances
Important correspondents: Thomas D. Alesandro, Jr., Phillip H. Goodman, Madalyn Murray, J. Glenn Beall, Sr. Richard Gosser, William H. Oliver, Irving Bluestone, Bob Hope, Roy L. Reuther, John Marshall Butler, Landam S. Huff, Walter Reuther, P.J. Ciampa, Frank James, Norman B. Seaton, Jay Cumba, John F. Kennedy, Louis G. Seaton, James P.S. Devereux, John W. Livingston, Brendan Sexton, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Albert Mattes, Carlton R. Sickles, Dominic N. Fornaro, Emil Mazey, Thomas J. Starling, Douglas Fraser, James L. McDevitt, J. Millard Tawes, Samuel N. Friedal, George Meany, Joseph D. Tydings, Edward A. Garmatz, E.T. Michael, Leonard Woodcock, Arthur Goldberg, Stephen A. Mitchell, Joseph J. Zingaro
Series Description: All materials in the collection are pre-merger. Series 1: Minutes Series 2: President's Files Series 3: Officers' Files Series 4: Committees and Administrative Units Series 5: General Office Files Series 6: External Organizations
The Minutes are divided into membership meetings and Executive Board meetings, and are complete for the period 1948 to 1965. The President's File contains the president's incoming and outgoing correspondence, arranged chronologically. Correspondence of the recording secretary, financial secretary-treasurer, and the chairman of the Shop Committee make up the Officers' Files. In addition, all grievance material is included in the chairman's section of this series. Correspondence, notices, and other relevant materials of the committees are included in the Committees and Administrative Units series. Such branches of Local 239 as the Cafeteria Unit are also in this series. The General Office File contains the general and financial records of the local. Dues check-off material, general correspondence, welfare fund, seniority material, local contracts, and the credit union are in this series, along with NLRB an d racial discrimination cases. Minutes and other materials of regional and local labor councils are contained in the External Organizations series. Also in this series are materials pertinent to the international UAW, all resolutions, and newsletters from various sources.
Important correspondents: Thomas D. Alesandro, Jr., Phillip H. Goodman, Madalyn Murray, J. Glenn Beall, Sr. Richard Gosser, William H. Oliver, Irving Bluestone, Bob Hope, Roy L. Reuther, John Marshall Butler, Landam S. Huff, Walter Reuther, P.J. Ciampa, Frank James, Norman B. Seaton, Jay Cumba, John F. Kennedy, Louis G. Seaton, James P.S. Devereux, John W. Livingston, Brendan Sexton, Frank E. Fitzsimmons, Albert Mattes, Carlton R. Sickles, Dominic N. Fornaro, Emil Mazey, Thomas J. Starling, Douglas Fraser, James L. McDevitt, J. Millard Tawes, Samuel N. Friedal, George Meany, Joseph D. Tydings, Edward A. Garmatz, E.T. Michael, Leonard Woodcock, Arthur Goldberg, Stephen A. Mitchell, Joseph J. Zingaro
Series Description: All materials in the collection are pre-merger. Series 1: Minutes Series 2: President's Files Series 3: Officers' Files Series 4: Committees and Administrative Units Series 5: General Office Files Series 6: External Organizations
The Minutes are divided into membership meetings and Executive Board meetings, and are complete for the period 1948 to 1965. The President's File contains the president's incoming and outgoing correspondence, arranged chronologically. Correspondence of the recording secretary, financial secretary-treasurer, and the chairman of the Shop Committee make up the Officers' Files. In addition, all grievance material is included in the chairman's section of this series. Correspondence, notices, and other relevant materials of the committees are included in the Committees and Administrative Units series. Such branches of Local 239 as the Cafeteria Unit are also in this series. The General Office File contains the general and financial records of the local. Dues check-off material, general correspondence, welfare fund, seniority material, local contracts, and the credit union are in this series, along with NLRB an d racial discrimination cases. Minutes and other materials of regional and local labor councils are contained in the External Organizations series. Also in this series are materials pertinent to the international UAW, all resolutions, and newsletters from various sources.
Dates
- 1948 - 1969
Creator
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 239 (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.
Extent
11 Linear Feet (22 MB)
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 239 serviced General Motors plant employees in Baltimore, MD. The records of the local reflect its activities as representative of Fisher Body Plant workers, before they merged with Local 678, Chevrolet assembly operations.
Arrangement
Arranged in 6 series – Series 1 (Box 1), Series 2 (Boxes 2-5), Series 3 (Boxes 6-9), Series 4 (Boxes 10-12), Series 5 (Boxes 13-17) and Series 6 (Boxes 18-22). Folders are arranged alphabetically.
Acquisition
The papers of UAW Local 239 were placed in the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs on July 17, 1969 by Ellison Stockton.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library in November 1970.
- Bluestone, Irving
- Collective bargaining
- General Motors Corporation
- Grievance procedures
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
- Labor unions -- Organizing
- Labor unions -- Jurisdictional disputes
- Meany, George, 1894-1980
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
- Woodcock, Leonard
- Title
- Guide to the UAW Local 239 Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library.
- Date
- 1970-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
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