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Guide to the Pittsburgh Typographical Union Local No. 7 Records 1930-1977
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- Title
- Pittsburgh Typographical Union Local No. 7 records 1930-1977
- Subject
- Pittsburgh Typographical Union. Local No. 7, Pittsburgh Press Company., Printing Industry Association of Western Pennsylvania., Pittsburgh Newspaper Publishers' Association., Labor unions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Collective labor agreements--Printing industry--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Typists--Labor unions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
- Description
- The Pittsburgh Typographical Union Local No. 7 records consists of union contracts, correspondence, and constitutions. The collection primarily consists of drafts and final versions of various agreements and contracts between the Pittsburgh Typographical Union and various local printing employers including the Printing Industry Association of Western Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Newspaper Publishers' Association, and the Pittsburgh Press Company. The collection also contains correspondence and other materials pertaining to union benefits, pay rates, and negotiations with employers, including a 1973 survey of the printing industry in Pittsburgh. Also included are the union constitution and by-laws., Pittsburgh Typographical Union Local No. 7 records, 1930-1977, MSS 915, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., John Maddigan gift 2013 2013.0019 papers, The Pittsburgh Typographical Union represents workers in all areas of the printing trade. It is the oldest continuously functioning labor union in the city of Pittsburgh, originating in 1836 as the Journeymen Printers of Pittsburgh. On May 3, 1852, the Pittsburgh union became one of the fourteen founding chapters of the International Typographical Union and was assigned the local number 7. The ITU was a powerful early member of the American Federation of Labor and fought to unionize the newspaper printing industry. In 1986, the ITU merged with the Communication Workers of America to form its Printing, Publishing, and Media Workers Sector. Even though the Pittsburgh local was designated the number CWA 14827, it is still known as Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7., Gift of John Maddigan., Processed MSS 915 02/2013 S. Johnson, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Pittsburgh Typographical Union Local No. 7, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1930-1977
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 0.5 linear ft.
- Identifier
- oclc:828931114, pitt:US-QQS-mss915
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss915
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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