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Size | 13.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 7,800 items) |
Abstract | In 1958, a group of workers at the General Electric Company plant in Hickory, N.C., proposed forming a labor union to improve working conditions and rates of pay. Although met by strong opposition, the workers won an election to organize. In 1961, the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), CIO, chartered Local 182, an affiliate of IUE District 1, to serve the plant. In 1997, General Electric determined that the Hickory factory was no longer profitable, shut it down, and moved the work to Monterrey, Mexico. Records, 1961-1997, of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.), document the labor union's political, business, and social services to electric industry workers at the Hickory, N.C., General Electric Company plant. Records are sorted into rough series: organization; business; minutes; plans, projects, and programs; reports; correspondence; bulletins and newsletters; elections; membership; and photographs with the bulk of the materials in correspondence, bulletins and newsletters, and minutes. |
Creator | International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.). |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
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In 1958, a group of workers at the General Electric Company plant in Hickory, N.C., proposed forming a labor union to improve working conditions and rates of pay. Although met by strong opposition, the workers won an election to organize. In 1961, the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), CIO, chartered Local 182, an affiliate of IUE District 1, to serve the General Electric plant. By 1963, the members had purchased land for a union hall near the plant. Members of Local 182 dedicated the new union hall in 1966.
The union organized strikes, including a 101-day strike, 1969-1970; filed grievances with the National Labor Relations Board; and sponsored social activities, including organizing Christmas parties, packing fruit baskets for striking members, and participating in Labor Day parades, beauty pageants in Asheville, N.C., and other social events.
For 40 years, members of Local 182 made electric transformers at the Hickory plant. In 1997, General Electric determined that the Hickory factory was no longer profitable, shut it down, and moved the work to Monterrey, Mexico. Members of Local 182 closed the union hall in 1997.
Back to TopRecords, 1961-1997, of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.), (IUE) document the labor union's political, business, and social services to electric industry workers at the General Electric Company plant in Hickory, N.C. Materials include correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, minutes, constitutions, agreements, inventories, job descriptions and evaluations, plans, projects, programs, property, audit reports, financial statements, ledgers, committee reports, newspaper clippings, election materials, and membership information.
The records are sorted into rough series: organization; business; minutes; plans, projects, and programs; reports; correspondence; bulletins and newsletters; elections; membership; and photographs with the bulk of the materials in correspondence, bulletins and newsletters, and minutes.
Back to TopRecords, 1961-1997, of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 182 (Hickory, N.C.), (IUE) document the labor union's political, business, and social services to electric industry workers at the General Electric Company plant in Hickory, N.C. Materials include correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, minutes, constitutions, agreements, inventories, job descriptions and evaluations, plans, projects, programs, property, audit reports, financial statements, ledgers, committee reports, newspaper clippings, election materials, and membership information.
The records are sorted into rough series: organization; business; minutes; plans, projects, and programs; reports; correspondence; bulletins and newsletters; elections; membership; and photographs with the bulk of the materials in correspondence, bulletins and newsletters, and minutes.
Items separated include photographs (P-5026), oversize photographs (OP-P-5026), photograph albums (PA-5026/1-2), and oversize volumes (V-5026/S-1-2).
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