Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Collection Creator
Mon-Valley Unemployed Committee
Collection Number AIS.2002.02 Extent
19.25 Linear Feet
(20 boxes and 1 reel of Microfilm)
Date 1973-1998 Date 1982-1996 Abstract The Mon Valley Unemployed Committee (MVUC) was established in 1982 as a response to the massive unemployment resulting from the closure of many western Pennsylvania steel mills. The MVUC is a sub-committee of the Unemployed Committee of Southwestern Pennsylvania (USCP), affiliated with the National Unemployed Network (NUN), and a model for the other regional unemployment councils of Pennsylvania. Their records highlight efforts to provide aid to the unemployed through peaceful protesting, lobbying, conferences, and hotline services. Many documents in the collection speak to the inner workings of the organization since they kept meticulous records of meeting minutes, service evaluations, grants, donations, budget proposals, and trips to Washington, D.C. Language
English
. Author Rebecca DePoe Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Related Materials
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Processing Information
This collection was processed by Rebecca DePoe in July 2009.
Previous Citation
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Collection, 1973-1998, AIS.2002.02, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Collection, 1973-1998, AIS.2002.02, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Acquisition Information
Gift of Joan Maloy Striegel in 2003 from her father Elmer J. Maloy's collection.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Arrangement
The contents of the collection are organized into five series:
Series I: Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Administrative Files, 1973-1990
Series II: Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Financial Files, 1979-1993
Series III: Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Legislative Files, 1979-1998
Series IV: Newsletters and Media, 1982-1991
Series V: Unemployment Conference Materials, 1979-1986
History
The Mon Valley Unemployed Committee (MVUC) was formed in 1982 to assist the newly unemployed as a result of the closure of many of the region's steel mills. Following the recession of 1981-1982, the region's steel mills began to outsource their labor in an effort to cut costs. The outsourcing of the region's steel mills devastated the Mon Valley because many of the workers did not have the skills or education to find equally well paying work elsewhere. While the government set up programs, such as the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) to aid workers through subsidizing their education and helping them find new employment, this aid did little to help middle aged and elderly unemployed steelworkers feed their families or pay their mortgage. Also, due to the region's massive influx of unemployed steelworkers, finding any employment became nearly impossible. The stress of unemployment adversely affected the entire community.
Sensing the Mon Valley's need for a localized organization specifically aimed at aiding the Mon Valley's unemployed, the MVUC centralized the organization in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, an area utterly devastated by the closure of US Steel National Tube Works. Two community organizers, Barney Oursler and Paul Lodico, were chosen by the Steering Committee to lead the organization. Funded by the United Way, private donations, and membership dues ($1/year for unemployed, $5/year for employed), the committee set to work establishing a hotline to answer questions ranging from utility shut-offs to day care options while parents looked for work. Aided by local food banks, churches, and shelters, the MVUC became the go to place for navigating the confusion and disorientation that result from long-term unemployment.
While MVUC was able to aid the Mon Valley's unemployed temporarily, Oursler and Lodico realized that unemployment aid lay mostly in the hands of state and national legislators. What began as small trips to downtown Pittsburgh to protest the closure of the Dorothy 6 Steel Mills evolved into busloads of members traveling to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress to extend TAA benefits and end Welfare Liens. In the early 1990s, the MVUC formed their most effective protest, the Council to Remove Welfare Liens (CRWL), as a response to the ever present threat of liens on the property of the unemployed. MVUC also lobbied for the Pennsylvania Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) funds. The group is still aiding the Mon Valley's unemployed as of 2009.
Scope and Content Notes The records of the MVUC cover the period from 1973 to 1998 with the majority of the documents pertaining to their activities from 1982 to 1996. While the collection contains standard meeting minutes, budgets, bylaws, constitutions, newsletters, and correspondences, it also contains job descriptions and service evaluations. The administrative files exist as a "how-to" guide for forming, operating and maintaining an unemployment agency. Mixed within the legislative files are photographs illustrating the MVUC's trip to Washington, D.C., and lobbying efforts in Downtown Pittsburgh. Many documents in the collection pertain to correspondence between the MVUC and state legislators which showcase the organization's commitment to long term unemployment aid. Barney Oursler and Paul Lodico's notes on conferences hosted by MVUC and meetings attended also re-enforce that commitment. Also present in the collection are media correspondence as well as newspaper clippings by and about the MVUC. Clippings from the Committee's newsletter, Mon News , further details the organization's activities.
Separated Material
Oversize materials located in Range 1/14/3.
Subjects Corporate Names National Unemployment Network (U.S.) Unemployed Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania Mid Mon Valley Unemployment Committee Mon-Valley Unemployed Committee Personal Names Specter, Arlen Heinz, John Berenick, Carol Lodico, Paul Oursler, Barney Geographic Names Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) McKeesport (Pa.) Allegheny County (Pa.) Pittsburgh (Pa.) Other Subjects Iron and steel workers -- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Political activity Iron and steel workers -- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) Steel industry and trade -- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) Deindustrialization -- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) Unemployment -- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) Associations Labor Container List Series I. Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Administrative Files , 1973-1990 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains documents relating to the administration of the MVUC. The bulk of the collection relates to administrative files from 1983 to1988. Included in the series are hotline statistics specifying the services the organization provided to the unemployed who called the hotline. The majority of the series contains policy council and steering meeting minutes, unemployment resources, and the MVUC bylaws, constitution and mailing lists. The MVUC also retained detailed staff records which includes job descriptions, evaluations of services, and staff brainstorming session notes. The files in this series are organized in chronological order.
"Making an Offer We Can't Refuse" Richard K. Harmon , June 1973 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Language English.
Local 2227 Publicity, USWA Unemployment in 1980 , 1980 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Language English.
Unemployment Compensation - Social Services , 1980-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Language English.
USWA Unemployment Organizing , 1980-1981 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Language English.
Reports on Stress and Unemployment , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Language English.
Unemployed and Joint Committees of Local 2227 on Overtime , 1981 Containers box 1 , folder 6 Notes on Unemployment Compensation , 1981-1982 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Unemployed Compensation, Legislative Action , 1981-1982 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Hotline Information , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Utilities Hotline , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 10 MVUC Handbook Hotline Information , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 11 Hotline Referral Forms , February- June 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 12-17 Information on Reagan and Thornburgh Cuts to Special Education , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 18 Letter to President Reagan from Central Labor Union and Industrial Union Council , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 19 Food Bank Information , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 20 Hotlines, Methodist Union of Social Agencies, Info , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 21 History of MVUC , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 22 History of Unemployment , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 23 Economic Crisis, Unemployed Organization, and Unions Containers box 1 , folder 24 Pamphlet, "Laid Off! Here's Help for You" , undated Containers box 1 , folder 25 Health Care Petition , undated Containers box 1 , folder 26 Membership Meetings , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 27 Extended Benefits Campaign , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 28 Mon Valley Unemployed Steelworkers (MVUS) Campaign , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 29 MVUC Campaign , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 30 MVUC Campaign Speeches , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 31 Unemployed Committees- Other Locals , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 32 MVUC Activities , May 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 33 Outreach Campaign , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 34 Urban League , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 35 Original Letter Drafts , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 36 "Human Costs of Unemployment" , 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 37 Rally Information , October 6, 1982 Containers box 1 , folder 38 National Unemployed Network (NUN) , 1982-1983 Containers box 1 , folder 39 "Single Family Home Mortgage Assignment Processing Report" by U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development , September 1982, 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 40 "The Youth Project" , 1982-1984 Containers box 1 , folder 41 Labor Outreach (NUN) , July 27, 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 42 MVUC Fliers, Press, and Donor Lists , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 43 MVUC Hotline Info, Letters, Steering Committee Minutes , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 44 MVUC Leaflets , undated Containers box 1 , folder 45 MVUC Union Affiliations , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 46 Measurement of Unemployment in McKeesport Proposal , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 47 Hotline Information and Resources , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 48 Jobs and Justice Day Notes , June 15, 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 49 Foreclosures/Health Care , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 50 Drop-In Center Contact , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 51 Horning's Visit to the Mon Valley , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 52 Unanswered Correspondences , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 53 Unemployment Compensation Survey Results , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 54 Steering Committee Minutes , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 55 Presbyterian Hunger Project , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 56 National Conference on the Dislocated Worker , April 4-6, 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 57 MVUC Job Descriptions , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 58 MVUC CHD , 1983 Containers box 1 , folder 59 Notes on July 7th Hearing, Retraining, and TRA , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 1 Notes on Welfare Organizing , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 2 MVUC Coordinator Tasks , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 3 Support Neighborhood Action Coalition , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 4 Flyer for "Women of Steel" Documentary (Mon Valley Media) , undated Containers box 2 , folder 5 Political Economics, MVUC Steering Discussions , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 6 MVUC Research Group , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Organization Brainstorming , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 8 MVUC Open House , 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 9 Form Letter on Utilities , December 8, 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 10 Steering Committee Meeting , December 13, 1983 Containers box 2 , folder 11 By-laws/Memorandums , 1983-1984 Containers box 2 , folder 12 Steering Committee Minutes , January 1983-January 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 13 MVUC Correspondences , 1983-1984 Containers box 2 , folder 14 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Daily Activities, Part I , 1983-1987 Containers box 2 , folder 15 JTPA Daily Activities, Part II , 1983-1987 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Pennsylvania House Financing Act (PHFA)/ Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) Recertification Information , 1983-1987 Containers box 2 , folder 17 MVUC Policy Council Minutes , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 18 Policy Council NUN Letters , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 19 MVUC Meeting Minutes , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 20 MVUC Evaluation , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 21 Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) Report , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 22 Administrative Committee Reorganization , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 23 MVUC Administration Brainstorming Notes , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 24 Membership Committee , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 25 Steering Committee Minutes , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 26 Memorandums , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 27 Renewal Campaign , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 28 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Executive Summary, "A Study of Act 75: The Impact of Welfare Reform" , June 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 29 MVUC Community Leaders Election , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 30 "Just Economy" Newsletter, Vol. 2 , July-August 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 31 Newsletter Monitor, "Community Groups Role on Industrial Policy Debate" , September 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 32 Magazine Steel Labor, "Women of Steel" Vol. 49, No. 9 , November-December 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 33 Administrative Resources , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 34 Notes, Pamphlets, and Minutes , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 35 Comeback Conference , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 36 Academic Materials , 1984 Containers box 2 , folder 37 Activities Reports , October 1984-May 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 38 Issues for Development , 1984-1985 Containers box 2 , folder 39 Regional Organizing , 1984-1985 Containers box 2 , folder 40 MVUC Staff Meeting Minutes , 1984-1985 Containers box 2 , folder 41 Pamphlets on Mortgages , undated Containers box 2 , folder 42 Mission and Goals , 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 43 Carol Bernick Allegations & Responses , 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 44-45 Policy Council Minutes , 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 46-47 Donor Option Campaign , 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 48-49 Outreach Meeting , 1985 Containers box 2 , folder 50-51 NUN Notes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 1-4 Bylaws, Constitution , May 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 5 Planning Committee , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 6 Working Group on Community Development Correspondence , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 7 Speech, "Riding the Tiger" by David M. Roderick, Chairman of US Steel Corp. , March 13, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 8 Health Care Information Packet , undated Containers box 3 , folder 9 Information Packets on Health Care , undated Containers box 3 , folder 10 Helpline Voucher Distribution Pictures , July 17-August 9, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 11 Grievance Committee , October 9, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 12 MVUC Policy Council/Finance and Administration Meeting , November 22, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 13 Coalition on Block Grants and Human Needs Memo , December 4, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 14 Jobs Impact Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 16 , December 6, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 15 "If You Lose Your Job" Pamphlet , undated Containers box 3 , folder 16 "Survival Lessons form the Great Depression" Pamphlet , undated Containers box 3 , folder 17 The Mon Valley Renaissance Program of California University of Pennsylvania, Annual Report , 1985-1986 Containers box 3 , folder 18 Membership Lists , undated Containers box 3 , folder 19 National Consumer Law Center, Inc. Correspondence Concerning U.S. vs. Exxon , July 3, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 20 Jobs Impact Bulletin, Unemployment Research Vol. 5, No.12-15 , September 13, 1985, November 15, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 21-22 Magazine, Dollars and Sense, "Displaces Workers: Bearing the Costs of a Changing Economy" No. 110 , October 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 23 Founding Meeting Beaver County Unemployment Committee (BCUC) Pictures , July 30, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 24 Picture of Bill Casey , undated Containers box 3 , folder 25 Lay-Offs Resource Guide for People in the Mon Valley , undated Containers box 3 , folder 26 MVUC Coordinators Meeting Minutes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 27 Staff Meeting Minutes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 28 Brainstorming Notes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 29 Objectives and Time Line , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 30 MVUC Status Reports to CHD , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 31 Constitution, and Charts , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 32-33 By-Laws, and Hiring Policies , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 34 Six-Month Goals/Objectives , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 35 Weekly Plans , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 36 Responses to National Unemployed News , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 37 Team Discussion Notes , 1985-1986 Containers box 3 , folder 38 Policy Council NUN Letters , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 39 Introduction to MVUC Policy Council , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 40 MVUC By-Laws/Constitution , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 41 Donor Option Campaign Correspondences , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 42 Policy Council Minutes , January-August, 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 43-49 Policy Council Notes on Retreat , August 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 50 Policy Council Minutes , September-October 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 51-52 Policy Council Minutes , December 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 53 Policy Council , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 54 Policy Council Notes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 55 Projects and Proposals , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 56 Grievance Minutes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 57 Policy Council Minutes , 1985 Containers box 3 , folder 58 Correspondence , 1985-1990 Containers box 3 , folder 59 MMVUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 1 Presbyterian Hunger Project Proposal , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 2 United Steelworkers of America , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 3 Save Switch and Brake Coalition , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 4 Job Descriptions and Plant Closing Summary , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 5 Board of Directors By-Laws , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Administrative Notes , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 7 Mailing Lists , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 8 Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition, US House of Representatives , January 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 9 The Pittsburgh Press "No 1 City Still Has Its Hills to Climb" , February 23, 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 10 Policy Council , April 20, 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 11 Steelabor" Vol. 50, "The Changing Situation of Workers and their Unions" No 3, March 1985, Vol. 51, Distressed Communities: The 'Other America' visits Washington (McKeesport, PA) No 2 , February 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 12 Information on Job Creation , undated Containers box 4 , folder 13 MVUC Policy Council Flyers , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 14 MVUC Policy Council Minutes , February 23, 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 15 MVUC Policy Council Minutes , June 29, 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 16 MVUC Policy Council Minutes , October 18, 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 17 MMVUC By-Laws , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 18 MMVUC Policy Council Minutes , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 19 Insurance Applications , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 20 Job with Peace Campaign , 1986 Containers box 4 , folder 21-22 Jobs and Peace Rally in Washington, D.C. , April 20, 1985 Containers box 4 , folder 23 MVUC Staff Meeting Minutes , 1986-1987 Containers box 4 , folder 24 Brainstorming Notes , 1986, 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 25 MMVUC Steering Committee Mailing List , 1986-1987 Containers box 4 , folder 26 Activity Reports for 1987 , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 27 Steering Committee Minutes , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 28 Outreach Meeting Minutes , May 4, 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 29 Staff Minutes , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 30 Meeting Minutes , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 31 Staff Photographs , 1987-1988 Containers box 4 , folder 32 Membership Records , 1987-1988 Containers box 4 , folder 33 MVUC Policy Council Minutes , January 13, 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 34 Hotline Statistics , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 35 Weekly Staff Activity Sheets , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 36 Staff Activity Logs , 1987-1988 Containers box 4 , folder 37-43 Outreach Meetings , May 4, 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 44 Membership List , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 45 MMVUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1987 Containers box 4 , folder 46 Policy Council Meeting Minutes , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 47 Staff Activity Log , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 48-52 Outreach Report Summaries , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 53 MMVUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 54 MMVUC Hotline Reports , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 55 MMVUC Non-Profit Forms , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 56 MMVUC Outreach Report , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 57 Contact Information , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 58 Policy Council , April 14, 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 59 Policy Council , May 19, 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 60 Hotline Statistics , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 61 Meeting Minutes , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 62 Annual Report , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 63 Greensburg Chapter Material , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 64 Policy Council Minutes , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 65 MMVUC Year End Reports , 1988, 1989 Containers box 4 , folder 66 Policy Council Materials , 1988 Containers box 4 , folder 67 Policy Council Minutes , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 1 MMVUC Outreach Report , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 2 MMVUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 3 MMVUC Hotline Reports , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 4 Survey Results , January-February 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 5 Lawrence County Unemployment Committee (LCUC) Hotline Reports , January-June 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 6 Clarion Works Unemployment Committee (CWUC) Hotline Reports , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 7 LCUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 8 LCUC Non-Profit Forms , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 9 CWUC Outreach Report , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 10 Survey Results , January-March 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 11 Hotline Statistics , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 12 Meeting Minutes , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 13 Membership Records , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 14 MMVUC Steering Minutes , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 15 Policy Council Material , 1989 Containers box 5 , folder 16 CWUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 17 MMVUC Steering Committee Minutes , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 18 MVUC Policy Council Material , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 19 Future of the MMVUC , February 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 20 Policy Council Minutes , 1990 Containers box 5 , folder 21 Intake Statistics , January-December 1991 Containers box 5 , folder 22-33 Policy Council Minutes , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 34 Hotline Statistics , January-December 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 35-46 Policy Council Minutes , January 28, 1993 Containers box 5 , folder 47 Hotline Statistics , January-September 1993 Containers box 5 , folder 48-56 Office Procedures , undated Containers box 5 , folder 57 Comeback Conference Photographs , undated Containers box 5 , folder 58 Constitution , undated Containers box 5 , folder 59 Member Contact Information , undated Containers box 5 , folder 60 Original Member Mailing List , undated Containers box 5 , folder 61 Membership List , undated Containers box 5 , folder 62 Administrative Drafts , undated Containers box 5 , folder 63 Hotline Names and Addresses , undated Containers box 5 , folder 64 Mailing List , undated Containers box 5 , folder 65 Phone Lists , undated Containers box 5 , folder 66 Proposals, Drafts, and Outlines , undated Containers box 5 , folder 67 Resources for the Unemployed , undated Containers box 5 , folder 68 Layoff Resource Guide for People in the Mon Valley , undated Containers box 5 , folder 69 Steering Committee Minutes , undated Containers box 6 , folder 1 Steering Committee Legal Issues , undated Containers box 6 , folder 2 JTPA Forms , undated Containers box 6 , folder 3 Members Opinions , undated Containers box 6 , folder 4 Media Correspondences , undated Containers box 6 , folder 5 University of Pittsburgh Correspondences , undated Containers box 6 , folder 6 NUN Bylaws and Constitution , undated Containers box 6 , folder 7 Membership List , undated Containers box 6 , folder 8 Complete Membership List , undated Containers box 6 , folder 9 Policy Council Notebooks , undated Containers box 6 , folder 10 MVUC Job Descriptions , undated Containers box 6 , folder 11 Membership Renewal Packets , undated Containers box 6 , folder 12 "Sheriff's Sale" Script , undated Containers box 6 , folder 13 MVUC Artifacts: Sweatshirt, Bag and Tools Series II. Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Financial Files , 1979-1993 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains files relating to the finances of the MVUC, primarily from 1979 to 1993 and is arranged chronologically. Since the MVUC is a non-profit organization that relies on grants and private donations for their funding, this series includes documents on grant proposals, donations and audits. The MVUC received most of their funding from a renewable grant by Campaign for Human Development (CHD). This series contains files on how the organization applied for, received, and maintained their CHD grant. Also included in the series are documents pertaining to individual and corporate donations to the MVUC through the United Way of Pittsburgh.
Mortgage Help, undated , undated Containers oversize 1 , folder 14 Language English.
Film Project Proposal Local Building Project , undated Containers oversize 1 , folder 15 Mortgage Information , 1979-1982 Containers oversize 1 , folder 16 Discount Foundation's Grant to MVUC , December 1982 Containers oversize 1 , folder 17 Curry Fund , February 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 18 Westinghouse's Grant to MVUC , October 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 19 Ledger Code , October 1, 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 20 Video Grants Project , November 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 21 Mellon Fund , December 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 22 Money Raised by MVUC , 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 23 Heinz Foundation Grant to MVUC , 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 24 The Pittsburgh Non-Profit Sector in a Time of Government Retrenchment , 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 25 CHD Correspondence and 1983 Grant Agreement , 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 26-28 United Way Donor Option (MVUC) , 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 29 Fiscal Year 1983 Budget Review , 1983 Containers oversize 1 , folder 30 CHD 1st Quarter Report , September 1983-August 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 31 Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC) Pittsburgh Two-Year Report , September 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 32 $190,000,000 Bond Issue , October 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 33 Grant Proposals: Need more Fund/CHD , December 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 34 Expenses , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 35 1984 CHD "Project Outreach" Proposal , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 36 CHD Grant Drafts , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 37-38 United Way Contributions , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 39 Villers Foundation Grant , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 40 Proposal to the Pittsburgh Foundation , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 41 Funding Correspondences , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 42 Grant Information , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 43 Fiscal year 1984 Payroll Expenses , 1984 Containers oversize 1 , folder 44 CHD Implementation Draft , 1984-1985 Containers oversize 1 , folder 45 Balance Sheet , 1984-1985 Containers oversize 1 , folder 46 Fiscal Year 1985 Big Ledger Book , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 1 CHD 1985 Updater , January 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 2 Economic Dislocation and Unemployment Proposal Form , March 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 3 Health Project Interim Report , July 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 4 1985 CHD Grant Agreement , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 5 P.S.A. Donor Option , September 19, 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 6 Finance and Administrative Committee , October 3, 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 7 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) PA Funds , Winter 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 8 United Way Donor Option Campaign , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 9 Income Tax Exemption , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 10 1985 Budget Recap , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 11 Contributors , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 12 Utilities Campaign , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 13 Financial Statements , 1985-1986 Containers box 7 , folder 14 United Way Donor Option , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 15 CHD Final Report 1984-1985 , December 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 16 Audits , 1983-1985 Containers box 7 , folder 17 1985 CHD Grant Proposals , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 18-20 Efforts at Health Care , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 21 NAA Regulations, Certification, Proposals, Etc. , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 22 CHD Proposal , 1985 Containers box 7 , folder 23 CHD Quarter Report , November 1985-January 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 24 Audit , 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 25 Balance Sheet , May 5, 1986, June 1, 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 26-27 Income Tax , 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 28 Dollar Energy Fund , October 1986-December 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 29 Corry Proposal , 1986 Containers box 7 , folder 30 Financial Statements , 1986-1987 Containers box 7 , folder 31 Budget Postmortem , July 3, 1987 Containers box 7 , folder 32 Activities , 1987 Containers box 7 , folder 33 Donor Option Correspondences , 1987 Containers box 7 , folder 34 United Way Correspondences , September-October 1987 Containers box 7 , folder 35 USPC Budget , December 4, 1987 Containers box 7 , folder 36 MMVUC Economic Revitalization Program -Community & Economic Development Fund Project Application, December , 1987 Containers box 7 , folder 37 Financial Statements , 1987-1988 Containers box 7 , folder 38 Allegheny County Proposals , 1988 Containers box 7 , folder 39 Pittsburgh Foundation Proposal , 1988 Containers box 7 , folder 40 Petty Cash Records , 1987-1988 Containers box 7 , folder 41 Tax Exemption , 1988 Containers box 7 , folder 42 Balance Sheet , September 1988, October-December 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 43 Combined Federal Campaign Application , April 26, 1989 Containers box 7 , folder 44 Price-Waterhouse Audit , 1989 Containers box 8 , folder 1 1990 Funding Application , 1990 Containers box 8 , folder 2 1990 Activity Report , 1990 Containers box 8 , folder 3 Financial Reports , 1990 Containers box 8 , folder 4 Audit , 1991 Containers box 8 , folder 5 Monthly Financial Report , 1991 Containers box 8 , folder 6 Grants , 1991-1992 Containers box 8 , folder 7 1992 Budget , 1992 Containers box 8 , folder 8 Welfare Lien Donations , 1992 Containers box 8 , folder 9 Governor's Task Force Travel Expenses , 1993 Containers box 8 , folder 10 CHD Chronology , 1993 Containers box 8 , folder 11 Series III. Mon Valley Unemployed Legislative Files , 1979-1998 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains documents relating to the MVUC's lobbying efforts from 1982 to 1998 with reference material the dates back to 1979 and is arranged chronologically. Initially, the MVUC focused its lobbying efforts to rallies in downtown Pittsburgh to protest mill closures, job outsourcing, and sparse unemployment benefits. Overtime they began to take trips to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., to protest welfare liens (CRWL), insufficient Trade Adjustment Assistance (TRA) and Trade Readjustment Assistance (TRA), Low Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), the Pennsylvania House Financing Agency (PHFA), and the Homeowners Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP). This series contains Barney Oursler's and Paul Lodico's notes on organizing protest, MVUC members congressional testimony, correspondence between the MVUC and state legislators, and TAA/TRA members decisions and appeals.
Study of Costs for Lien Repeal , December 17, 1979 Containers box 8 , folder 12 Language English.
The Welfare Lien and the tax Collapse , 1980 Containers box 8 , folder 13 Public Welfare Literature , 1981 Containers box 8 , folder 14 Pre-1988 TRA Appeal Information , 1981-1985 Containers box 8 , folder 15 Thornfare Legislation , May 25, 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 16 Karnay, John Unemployment Compensation Appeal Decision , June 28, 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 17 Welfare Lien Information , 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 18 Pollution Control/Clean Air Act, United Steelworkers of America , 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 19 US Senate Hearing, S. 2227 , June 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 20 H.R. Emergency Jobs Creation Bill, Res. 514 , 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 21 Unemployment Compensation , 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 22 March for Jobs and Justice Photographs , May 12, 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 23 McKeesport March and Rally Photographs , October 6, 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 24 Sheriff Sale-Gold Room Photographs , November 1, 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 25 Legislation , 1982 Containers box 8 , folder 26 Legislative Correspondences , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 27 Washington Lobbying Leaflets , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 28 Mortgage Letters , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 29 March 15 Trip to DC Endorsements , January-February 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 30 March 15 DC Notes , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 31 NUN Early Stuff , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 32 Emergency Housing Assistance Act , February 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 33 Mortgage Legislative Committee , February 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 34 US Steel Corp TRA Re-Certification , February 25, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 35 MVUC Harrisburg Testimony , March 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 36 Mortgage Committee Testimony House Committee VA Affairs , April 21, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 37 Job Training Partnership Act , April 19, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 38 Equity Protection Act Lobbying , May 16, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 39 Butler County Welfare Hearings , May 19, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 40 Iron City Legal Assistance Workers , May 27, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 41 Council Endorsements , July 27, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 42 Definition and Measurement of Unemployment , August 9, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 43 Price vs. Cohen , September 13, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 44 Allegheny County Sheriff's Sale , September 15, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 45 Report on the Status of Unemployed Insurance , October 28, 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 46 Speak Out Against Utilities Shut-Off Campaign , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 47 Legislative Action Committee , May 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 48 Philadelphia Unemployment Project Strategy Notes , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 49 NUN Organizing Notes , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 50-53 March on Washington, D.C. , 1983 Containers box 8 , folder 54 TAA/TRA Lobby Trip To Harrisburg , October 7, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 1 Discussion Papers from Seminar on Structural Unemployment and the New Perspectives on the Social Meaning of Work , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 2 Materials from Seminar on Structural Unemployment and the New Perspectives on the Social Meaning of Work , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 3 Utility Petitions , December 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 4 Denominational Ministries Strategy , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 5-7 Union Movement from Structural Unemployment, Article by Barney Oursler , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 8 March 15 Endorsements (Outside Pittsburgh Area) , February-March 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 9 Foreclosure Relief Information , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 10 National Day of Action Rally , July 27, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 11 Washington Trip , May 15, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 12 Churches and Community Endorsements , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 13 March on Washington , August 27, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 14 House of Representatives Hearing Testimony , September 15, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 15 Harrisburg Hearings , September 27, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 16 DC Lobbying Trip , October 18, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 17 US Government Correspondences , 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 18 Sheriff Coon's Statement before the House of Representatives , February 22, 1983 Containers box 9 , folder 19 Utility Shut-Off Campaign , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 20 Caliguiri Testimony before International Trade Commission , May 9-June 21 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 21 MVUC Need for Emergency Housing Testimony , August 21, 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 22 MVUC Testimony before House Committee on Ways and Means , September 12, 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 23 History of "First Friday" , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 24 MVUC Legal Services , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 25 Unemployment Legislation , 1984-1985 Containers box 9 , folder 26 First Friday Information , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 27-28 Memorandum in Support of Claimant's Applications for TRA , 1984-1985 Containers box 9 , folder 29 "A Cry for Leadership" Economic Development , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 30 "Laying the Foundation for a Community based Job Development Project" , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 31 Comeback Conference Notes , July-October 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 32 Principles for Economic Recovery in Southwestern PA , September 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 33 Comeback Conference , 1984-1985 Containers box 9 , folder 34-35 Regional Utility Campaign , Fall 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 36-40 April 4th, Travel to Washington DC , 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 41 Lobbying in D.C. , April 4, 1984 Containers box 9 , folder 42 MVUC Facts, Literature , 1984-1985 Containers box 9 , folder 43 Workshop on Advanced Community Organizing Notes , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 1 Project Application to the Pittsburgh Foundation , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 2 NUN Notes , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 3 Survey to Determine True Number of the Mon Valley Unemployed , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 4 Legislation Information , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 5 TRA Information , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 6 People's Hearing and Lobbying Session , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 7 First Friday Information , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 8 Testimony of Washington, D.C. Hearings , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 9 Economic Growth and Revitalization Report , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 10 Information Packet "From the Poor to the Pentagon" , 1984 Containers box 10 , folder 11 Legislative Correspondence , 1984-1986 Containers box 10 , folder 12 Research on Unemployment Insurance since 1979 , January 14, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 13 List of People Attending Rally , March 4, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 14 Report on "First Friday" Events , March 8, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 15 Keep Federal Supplementation Compensation (FSC) Lobbying Efforts , March 8-20, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 16 Washington, D.C. March for Peace, Jobs and Justice , April 20, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 17 Testimony before the ADHOC Sub-Committee , May 2, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 18 Testimony before House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging , July 24, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 19 Testimony LIHEAP , September 18, 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 20 UI Campaign Media, Correspondences , 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 21 Center for Popular Economics , 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 22 Federal Supplemental Compensation Campaign , 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 23 "Employment in America: Illusory Recovery in a Decade of Decline," By the Full Employment Action Council , 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 24 NUN , Fall 1984-Winter 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 25 NUN , 1984-1985 Containers box 10 , folder 26-32 Unemployment Compensation Legislation , 1983-1984 Containers box 10 , folder 33-38 NUN , post February 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 39 Rally in Washington, D.C. , 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 40-41 Ecumenical Great Lakes/ Appalachian Project (GLAP) Steering Committee , 1985 Containers box 10 , folder 42-43 Campaign for Human Development Proposal , 1984-1985 Containers box 10 , folder 44 Materials from the Regional Reindustrialization Conference , 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 1 Testimony before the Committee on Aging , 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 2 Duquesne Press Conference Photographs , August 12, 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 3 Rick Pomponic for House Select Committee on Aging Photographs , 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 4 Unemployment Compensation under Reagan Research , 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 5 TAA/TRA USS Johnstown , 1985 Containers box 11 , folder 6 TAA/TRA Information, Drafts, Correspondences, Appeals, Training, Certification , 1985-1990 Containers box 11 , folder 7-73 TAA/TRA Information, Drafts, Correspondences, Appeals, Training, Certification , 1985-1990 Containers box 12 , folder 1-48 MVUC Allocations in the Governor's 1986-1987 Budget, , March 7, 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 1 LIHEAP Testimonies , March 7, 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 2 Gramm-Rudman Cutbacks Symposium , April 21, 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 3 Venture Capital Fund , July 8, 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 4 LIHEAP Testimony , August 8, 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 5 Dublin-Pittsburgh Research and Demonstration Project on Youth Unemployment , October-November 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 6 TRA: "New Ideas for an Old Problem" , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 7 Sub-Set Testimony-Monessa, Aliquippa , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 8-9 TRA Hearing Schedules , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 10 Steel Labor Magazine, "USX: New Name, Worker Confrontation Braddock, PA , July-August 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 11 Information form the Pittsburgh Peace Institute , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 12 PA Department of Labor and Industry , September 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 13 Resources for a Home-Grown Economy , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 14 40th Anniversary Symposium, Employment Act of 1946 , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 15 Trouble in Electric Valley River Communities Project , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 16 Unemployed Council of Southwestern PA, TAA/TRA Correspondence and Project Proposal , 1986 Containers box 13 , folder 17 UPCW Economic Dislocation Manual , January 20, 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 18 TRA Board of Review Case , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 19 Report on the Impact of the Unemployed Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania (UCSP) on the Region's Economy , August 5, 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 20 TAA/TRA Working Group DC Trip , July 17, 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 21 TRA Information , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 22-23 Legislative Correspondences , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 24 TAA in Washington, D.C. Information , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 25 Helpline Research, "On-Line With Helpline" Magazine, , Winter 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 26 TRA Photographs , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 27 TAA/TRA Improvements, Issues, Solutions , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 28 Act 91/Hemap Appointments , 1987 Containers box 13 , folder 29 Establishment of Human Service Provider Councils in the Mon Valley , January 5, 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 30 Governor's Report on Job Training , March 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 31 Unemployment Compensation Board of review , May 25, 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 32 Proposed Rules Implementing 1988 TAA Amendment , December 21, 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 33 Dislocated Workers Program , 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 34 USCP TRAA-TAA Campaign Update , 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 35 Welfare Lien Stationary , 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 36 TAA Information , 1988-1989 Containers box 13 , folder 37-39 TRA Appeals , 1988 Containers box 13 , folder 40 General Analysis of Welfare Liens , 1989 Containers box 13 , folder 41 Unemployed Council Press Releases , 1989 Containers box 13 , folder 42 Jakiela TAA/TRA Benefits Denial Appeals , 1989 Containers box 13 , folder 43 Establishment of TRA Eligibility Periods under Trade Act , 1989 Containers box 13 , folder 44 Welfare Lien/CRWL Fact Sheet, Reports, Correspondences, Endorsements , 1989-1992 Containers box 13 , folder 45-67 Welfare Lien/CRWL Fact Sheet, Reports, Correspondences, Endorsements , 1989-1992 Containers box 14 , folder 1-14 CRWL List , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 15 CRWL Homeowners Meetings , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 16 Harrisburg Meeting Attendees , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 17 House Bill 223 Fiscal Notes , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 18 CRWL Washington County Meetings , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 19 CRWL Harrisburg Trip , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 20 Welfare Liens Articles , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 21 CRWL Correspondences and Endorsements , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 22 CRWL Information Fair "Info on Liens" , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 23 CRWL Union Contributors , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 24 Bus Trip to Harrisburg , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 25 Legislative Correspondences , 1990 Containers box 14 , folder 26 CRWL Core Activists , 1991 Containers box 14 , folder 27 CRWL Harrisburg Lobbying Trip , 1991 Containers box 14 , folder 28 CRWL Butler County , 1991 Containers box 14 , folder 29 CRWL House Bill 1131 , 1991 Containers box 14 , folder 30 Campaign to Remove the Welfare Lien Action List , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 31 Welfare Lien Questionnaires , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 32 CRWL Allegheny County Help Lists , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 33 CRWL Southern Counties Coordinators Meeting , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 34 Washington County Lien Resolution , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 35 CRWL Delaware County "Problem Meeting" , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 36 CRWL Delaware County "Don't Lien on My Dream" , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 37 CRWL Allegheny County Homeowner's Meeting , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 38 CRWL Mercer County Meeting , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 39 Harrisburg Lobbying Trip , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 40 CRWL Erie County Correspondences , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 41 Leaflets for Welfare Liens , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 42 Welfare Lien Fact Sheets , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 43 Union and Church CRWL Endorsements , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 44 Union and Business CRWL Endorsements , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 45 CWRL Pennsylvania Coordinators'Meeting , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 46 CRWL Delaware County Meeting , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 47 CRWL Lanedonne Meeting , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 48 Lien Lobby List Volunteers , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 49 Welfare Lien Lists , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 50 Pittsburgh City Council Recognition of CRWL , 1992 Containers box 14 , folder 51 CRWL Dauphin County Homeowners Meeting , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 52 CRWL Senate Vote , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 53 CRWL Implementation Questionnaires , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 54 CRWL Phone Pledges , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 55 CWRL Lien Removal Costs , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 56 CWRL Union Resolutions , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 57 Miscellaneous Legislative Correspondences , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 58 Unemployment Compensation Board of Review , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 59 Governor's Task Force to Reduce Welfare Dependency, 1993 , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 60-63 Child Support Workshop , 1993 Containers box 14 , folder 64 CRWL House of Representatives Notes , 1993 Containers box 15 , folder 1 Lien List , 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 2 Credit Bureau Correspondences , 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 3 TAA Referee Hearings , 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 4 Maple Creek UMMA Case Preparation (TAA/TRA) , 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 5 Armbrust Order, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry , 1994 Containers box 15 , folder 6 Kennedy Minimum Wage Forum , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 7 Minimum Wage Literature , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 8 Minimum Wage Campaign Strategy , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 9 Campaign to Help Raise Minimum Wage , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 10 Minimum Wage Campaign , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 11 TAA/TRA Appeals , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 12 Turtle Creek and Butler County TAA/TRA , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 13 NAFTR/TAA Regulations , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 14 Job Training Reform , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 15 National Commission for Employment Policy , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 16 "Careers Act" , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 17 Middle Class Bill of Rights , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 18 "Real Welfare Reform: Visions for Ending Poverty" , 1995 Containers box 15 , folder 19 "America Needs a Raise," Pittsburgh Town Meeting , 1996 Containers box 15 , folder 20 Minimum Wage Lobbying Trip , 1996 Containers box 15 , folder 21 Minimum Wage Senate Vote , 1996 Containers box 15 , folder 22 CARC Report Information , 1998 Containers box 15 , folder 23 Welfare Lien Flyers , undated Containers box 15 , folder 24 Mon Valley Unemployed Committee Staff , undated Containers box 15 , folder 25 First NUN Protest in Washington, D.C. , undated Containers box 15 , folder 26 Lien Removal Surveys , undated Containers box 15 , folder 27 Testimonies on Plant Closings , undated Containers box 15 , folder 28 Revitalization of Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania in the 1980s , undated Containers box 15 , folder 29 Welfare Lien Questionnaires , undated Containers box 15 , folder 30-31 MVUC Demonstrations Photographs , undated Containers box 15 , folder 32 Series IV. Newsletters and Media , 1982-1991 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains newsletters and media coverage written by and relating to the organization from 1982 to 1991. The MVUC used their newsletter, Mon News , to update their members on the services offered and as a way to recruit volunteers for their community outreach programs. The committee also ran television commercials to recruit members. The correspondences with local media and media coverage are retained in this series. This series also contains a sample of articles written about the MVUC in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Daily News . This series is arranged chronologically.
MVUC Logo , 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 1 Language English.
Newsletter , January-February 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 2 "Labor Notes" , February 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 3 "Companies Responsible for Steel Woes" , March 2, 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 4 "Strange Words from USW Officials" , March 4, 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 5 MVUC March 15th Rally , March 15, 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 6-7 Reagan Protests , April 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 8 MVUC Reporter , May 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 9 MVUC Benefit Pamphlet , July 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 10 MVUC Newsletter , August 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 11 "Labor Notes" , August 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 12 MVUC Newsletter , August 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 13 October 6th Rally Information , September 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 14 MVUC Newsletter , December 8, 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 15 Central Labor Union-Senator Heinz , December 20, 1982 Containers box 16 , folder 16 MVUC "Mortgage Project Pays Off" , undated Containers box 16 , folder 17 "Reagan Says Cutback-We Say Fight back" , undated Containers box 16 , folder 18 "Good News, Bad News" , undated Containers box 16 , folder 19 "Now You Can Get A Little Help" , undated Containers box 16 , folder 20 "State Support for the October 6th Rally" , undated Containers box 16 , folder 21 "American Dream Turns Nightmare" , undated Containers box 16 , folder 22 MVU Media Coverage , 1982-1983 Containers box 16 , folder 23 Media History , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 24 Media Coverage , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 25 NUN News , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 26 "Unemployment Grows, A New Movement Stirs" , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 27 "Jobless Action Units" , January 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 28 NUN Newsletter , undated Containers box 16 , folder 29 NUN Newsletter , undated Containers box 16 , folder 30 MVUC Information Sheet , undated Containers box 16 , folder 31 History of MVUC , 1982-1983 Containers box 16 , folder 32 "Labor Notes" , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 33 MVUC "Eat Cheese" Newsletter , April 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 34 MVUC Newsletter , May 1983-December 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 35-39 Press Statement , December 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 40 Utilities Campaign, Press Releases and News clippings , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 41-53 Mortgage Campaign, Press Releases and News clippings , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 54-71 Health Care Information , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 72-73 Public Relations for Unemployed Hotline , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 74 Press Releases for Unemployed Hotline , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 75 Legislation Committee Meetings Flyer , 1983 Containers box 16 , folder 76 NUN News clippings , 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 1 MVUC Publicity, Newsletters , 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 2 "The Mon Valley Struggles to Find Life after Steel" , May 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 3 MVUC Newsletter , Spring 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 4 NUN Notes , June 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 5 MVUC "Duquesne Slated for Destruction" , July 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 6 MVUC Newsletter , August 1984-November 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 7-10 "The New People" , November 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 11 MVUC News , December 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 12 "Movement Grows to Keep Steel in Valley" , December 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 13 "Economic Dislocation" , undated Containers box 17 , folder 14 St. Peters/Mon Valley Food Program , undated Containers box 17 , folder 15 MVUC Pamphlets , undated Containers box 17 , folder 16 "Health Committee Hotline" , undated Containers box 17 , folder 17 "Fuel Program" Information , undated Containers box 17 , folder 18 MVUC Propaganda , undated Containers box 17 , folder 19 "Unemployment March for Survival" , undated Containers box 17 , folder 20 MVUC Newsletters , 1984 Containers box 17 , folder 21 "Keep Federal Unemployment Benefits" , January 1985 Containers box 17 , folder 22 MVUC Newsletter , February 1985-October 1985 Containers box 17 , folder 23-29 "Save Your Home from Foreclosures" , undated Containers box 17 , folder 30 MVUC Policy Council Newsletter , undated Containers box 17 , folder 31 "Help Us, Help You" , undated Containers box 17 , folder 32 Allegheny Conference's Pittsburgh Program for Affordable Health Care , 1985 Containers box 17 , folder 33-34 MVUC Newsletters , 1985-1986 Containers box 17 , folder 35-38 Steel Crisis News Clippings , April 1986 Containers box 17 , folder 39 "Shortchanged" , February 1987 Containers box 17 , folder 40 TAA/TRA Campaign Update , 1987 Containers box 17 , folder 41 Washington Post Articles on MVUC , 1987 Containers box 17 , folder 42 MVUC Newsletters , May-June 1988 Containers box 17 , folder 43 Publications and News Releases , 1988 Containers box 17 , folder 44 "We Need Your Support Again" , August 1988 Containers box 17 , folder 45 MVUC TAA/TRA Campaign Update , 1988 Containers box 17 , folder 46 MVUC Year End Report , 1988 Containers box 17 , folder 47 MVUC Newsletters , January 1986-April 1988 Containers box 17 , folder 48 News Clippings MVUC , 1990 Containers box 17 , folder 49 Welfare Lien Campaign Media for October Lobby , October 3, 1990 Containers box 17 , folder 50 News Clippings about MVUC , 1991 Containers box 17 , folder 51 News clippings, press releases and publications, microfilm , 1980, 1982-1984 Containers microfilm-cabinet 3 , drawer 7 microfilm-cabinet 3 , drawer 7 , reel 1 Series V. Unemployment Conference Materials , 1979-1986 Language English.
Scope and Content Notes This series contains records of conferences the MVUC attended and participated in from 1981 to 1986. Most of the files pertain to the MVUC's participation in the Tri-State Conference of Steel from 1981 to 1983, the Comeback Conference of 1984, which includes a set of photographic slides, and the National Unemployment Conference of 1984. This series also contains documents on effective leadership and organizing strategies. This series is arranges by conference.
Comeback Conference Slides , 1984 Series of Papers on Community Regeneration by Presley, Rodale, Regen , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 1 Information about Local Initiatives Support Corp. , 1985 Containers box 19 , folder 2 Paper "The Rhode Island Strategic Development Commission: Labor's Perspective," By Edward McElroy, Jr. and Tracy Fitzpatrick , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 3 Book, "Economic Dislocation: Plant Closings, Relocation and Conversion" , 1979 Containers box 19 , folder 4 Tri-State Conference on Steel "Steel Valley Authority: A Community Plan to Save Pittsburgh's Steel Industry Containers box 19 , folder 5 Job Creation , undated Containers box 19 , folder 6-7 NUN Conference Material , 1983 Containers box 19 , folder 8 Comeback Conference , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 9-15 Small Issue Industrial Revenue Bonds for Job Creation , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 16 Paul Lodico's NUN 1984 Conference Notes , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 17 Book, "A Working Economy" By Bob Kuttner , 1983 Containers box 19 , folder 18 Comeback Conference Flyers , May 4-5, 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 19-20 List of Workshops at Comeback Conference , May 4-5, 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 21 3 Rivers Economic Development Coalition , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 22 MVUC Comeback Conference , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 23 PP&P Co. Armour Workers Unites , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 24 Mesta Buyout , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 25 Labor, Comeback Conference , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 26 Workshop Handouts NUN Conference , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 27 NUN Conference , 1984 Containers box 19 , folder 28-35 3 Rivers of Progress Symposium , September 27-28, 1985 Containers box 20 , folder 1 Tri-State Steel , Fall 1984-Spring 1985 Containers box 20 , folder 2 Unemployed People's Hearing , March 8, 1985 Containers box 20 , folder 3 Employee Assistance Center- Roskowski , Fall 1984-Winter 1985 Containers box 20 , folder 4 $190 Million Bond for Economic Development , 1984 Containers box 20 , folder 5 McKeesport Job Development , 1984 Containers box 20 , folder 6 Save Dorothy 6 and Tri-State Coalition , 1985-1986 Containers box 20 , folder 7-8 Tri-State Conference on Steel , October 23, 1981-1983 Containers box 20 , folder 9-13 Employed Registration Form: Comeback Conference , undated Containers box 20 , folder 14 