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Summary
- Abstract:
- This is a repository of various records related to the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) AFL-CIO-CLC, Local 865.
- Extent:
- 0.2 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC Local 8652 Records, 1977-1989. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC Local 8652 Records).
Background
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes contracts from 1977 through 1989, meeting minutes from 1982, job descriptions for employees from 1980, scattered correspondence, and other materials related to union business. The closing of Portec Corporation's Troy facility is documented through the support services offered for employees by the union, a seniority list, and the shutdown agreement. The scrapbook includes photocopies of news clippings and photographs documenting union members on strike from 1986-1987 and the closing of the Portec plant in Troy.
The Hart Cluett Museum (Rensselaer County Historical Society) has records from Portec Corporation's predecessor in Troy, New York the Rail Joint Company.
For additional labor collections in the Department, see the online Labor subject guide.
- Biographical / Historical:
The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) AFL-CIO-CLC, Local 8652 was chartered in 1977, and was apparently the first union since the nineteenth century to represent steelworkers at the Portec Corporation, Railway Products Division, in the Rolling Mill in Troy, New York. The Rail Joint Company operated the plant before being purchased by Poor and Company, which was owned by former Rail Joint Company employee, Fred Poor, in 1929. The Troy plant was a rail joint manufacturing facility. In 1989, Portec Rail Products, Inc. closed its Troy plant and moved operations to West Virginia, thereby ending Local 8652's brief history. Additional information about Portec Corporation is available through its Web site at: http://www.portecrail.com. Accessed 7 January 2003.
- Acquisition information:
- All items in this manuscript group were loaned to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, for photocopying by the United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC, Local 8652.
- Processing information:
Processed in 2003 by Amy C. Schindler.
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized alphabetically.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located on site in the department.
Subjects
- Subjects:
- Rensselaer County, New York
Labor
Unions, Labor
Rail joint bars
Plant shutdowns
Strikes and lockouts--New York (State)
Correspondence
Administrative records
Membership lists
Minutes
Financial Records
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Clippings (information artifacts) - Names:
- United Steelworkers of America (USWA) AFL-CIO-CLC
Portec Corporation, Railway Products Division
Rail Joint Company
Poor and Company
Portec Rail Products, Inc. - Places:
- Troy, N.Y.
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Using These Materials
- ACCESS:
- The archives are open to the public and anyone is welcome to visit and view the collections.
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Access to this record group is unrestricted.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC Local 8652 Records, 1977-1989. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the United Steelworkers of America AFL-CIO-CLC Local 8652 Records).