Dan Forchione Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001415
Scope and Content
These papers reflect Forchione’s work primarily in the UAW National Ford Department, but also his work with local unions in Ohio and UAW Region 2. There are records, notes and correspondence from contract negotiations beginning in the 1950s, with the bulk in the 1970s-1980s. There are many documents on the history of specific local unions, the UAW and Ford
Motor Company, as well as records of union arbitration cases.
Important Subjects: Ford Canton, Ohio, forge plant Ford Motor Company, history Profit sharing Quality of work life Skilled trades Union arbitration cases Union benefits and pensions Union contract negotiations and collective bargaining Union elections UAW history UAW National Ford Council/Department UAW Region 2 UAW Local 425, 542 and other Ohio locals
Important Correspondents: Ken Bannon Owen Bieber John Bugas Malcolm Denise Don Ephlin Charles Patterson Walter Reuther Donald Scriven Nelson Semp Steven Yokich
Important Subjects: Ford Canton, Ohio, forge plant Ford Motor Company, history Profit sharing Quality of work life Skilled trades Union arbitration cases Union benefits and pensions Union contract negotiations and collective bargaining Union elections UAW history UAW National Ford Council/Department UAW Region 2 UAW Local 425, 542 and other Ohio locals
Important Correspondents: Ken Bannon Owen Bieber John Bugas Malcolm Denise Don Ephlin Charles Patterson Walter Reuther Donald Scriven Nelson Semp Steven Yokich
Dates
- 1940 - 1989
- Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Creator
- Forchione, Dan (Person)
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.Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
History
Dan Forchione was an active member of the UAW from the 1940s until his retirement in 1988. He helped organize UAW Local 542 at the Ford Motor Company forge plant in Canton, Ohio, in the 1940s and served as the Local’s president and bargaining committee chairperson. In 1954 he was appointed an International representative and assigned to the UAW Ford Department staff. He transferred to the UAW Region 2 staff in 1957 and serviced local unions around Ohio. Forchione was elected director of UAW Region 2 and served from 1968 to 1970. He returned to the National Ford Department in the 1970s and served as administrative assistant under UAW vice-presidents Ken Bannon, Donald Ephlin, and Stephen Yokich from 1974 until the 1980s. In this role he was deeply involved in collective bargaining, contract negotiations and union membership, leading the UAW bargaining team in the 1980s in negotiations over job security, profit sharing and worker participation in management.
Extent
17 Linear Feet (17 SB)
Abstract
Dan Forchione was an active member of the UAW from the 1940s until his retirement in 1988. He helped organize UAW Local 542 at the Ford Motor Company forge plant in Canton, Ohio, in the 1940s and served as the Local’s president and bargaining committee chairperson. In 1954 he was appointed an International representative and assigned to the UAW Ford Department staff. He transferred to the UAW Region 2 staff in 1957 and serviced local unions around Ohio. Forchione was elected director of UAW Region 2 and served from 1968 to 1970. He returned to the National Ford Department in the 1970s and served as administrative assistant under UAW vice-presidents Ken Bannon, Donald Ephlin, and Stephen Yokich from 1974 until the 1980s. In this role he was deeply involved in collective bargaining, contract negotiations and union membership, leading the UAW bargaining team in the 1980s in negotiations over job security, profit sharing and worker participation in management.
These papers reflect Forchione’s work primarily in the UAW National Ford Department, but also his work with local unions in Ohio and UAW Region 2. There are records, notes and correspondence from contract negotiations beginning in the 1950s, with the bulk in the 1970s-1980s. There are many documents on the history of specific local unions, the UAW and Ford Motor Company, as well as records of union arbitration cases.
These papers reflect Forchione’s work primarily in the UAW National Ford Department, but also his work with local unions in Ohio and UAW Region 2. There are records, notes and correspondence from contract negotiations beginning in the 1950s, with the bulk in the 1970s-1980s. There are many documents on the history of specific local unions, the UAW and Ford Motor Company, as well as records of union arbitration cases.
Arrangement
Folders are listed by their location within each box. They are not necessarily arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entire collections.
Acquisition
The Dan Forchione Papers were given to the Reuther Library in September 1989.
Transfers
Photographs were transferred to the Reuther AV Department.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Aimee Ergas on October 11, 2010.
- Collective bargaining
- Contract negotiations
- Employee Fringe Benefits
- Ford Motor Company
- Grievance arbitration
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 425 (Lorain, Ohio)
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 542
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Region 2
- Labor unions
- Pensions
- Quality of work life
- Skilled labor
Creator
- Forchione, Dan (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Dan Forchione Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Aimee Ergas.
- Date
- 2010-10-11
- 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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