United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, Local Union 102 records, 1938-79

Finding Aid

Prepared by James K. Stimpert, April 22, 1981; Prepared for the Web by Justin B. Keiser, July 14, 2000
8 record storage boxes, 8 cubic feet, Storage

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Historical Note

Through the efforts of David Gray, Ohio Labor History Project, and Frank Ciarniello, President of Local 102, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America (URW), these records arrived on November 21, 1980, at the American History Research Center, Kent State University.

The URW, an international union with headquarters at Akron, Ohio, was organized on September 12, 1935. Local 102 was formed shortly thereafter in Youngstown, Ohio. Members of Local 102 are employed at Aeroquip Corporation in Youngstown, a subsidiary of Libby- Owens-Ford Corportation. Prior to 1968, the plant was operated by Republic Rubber Division of the Lee Tire and Rubber Corporation. Throughout its existence, Local 102 has produced rubber hose and other rubber components for industrial use. During World War II, however, the company manufactured rubber parts for military aircraft.

Scope and Content

Although the materials in this collection date from 1938 through 1979, the heaviest concentration is on the 1950s and 1960s. The largest categories consist of corresponsence, as well as agreements, contract negotiation materials, arbitration proceedings, and grievances. There are also bound volumes of minutes from both membership meeting and Executive Board meetings, spanning the period 1948 through 1975. Materials relating to the Skilled Trades Council, a subdivision of the URW, have been kept together. They are separate from other local 102 records and may be found in the last eight folders of box seven. All materials have been arranged first by categories, and then ordered alphabetically in the case of subject files and chronologically in the case of the more numerous general files.

This collection, used in conjunction with the records of other Youngstown area labor unions, such as Local 476 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Branch 385 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, and Local 1617 of the United Steelworkers of America, will prove of value primarily to researchers interested in labor affairs in the Youngstown area. In addition, there are folders of materials dealing with the industrial mobilization for World War II, the post-war recoversion to a peacetime economy, as well as the seniority rights of returning veterans who had been employed by Republic Rubber Division before the war.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Constitution, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America (URW): November, 1975
2. Constitutional changes, URW: November, 1949
3. Bylaws, URW, District 1: 1957; 1961; and undated
4. Bylaws, Local 102: 1945; 1954; 1956
5. Minutes, URW, District 1 Council: August, 1938
6. Minutes, URW, District 1 Council: March, 1946
7. Minutes, URW, District 1 Council: July, 1946
8. Minutes, URW, District 1 Council: April, 1947
9. Minutes, URW, District 1 Council: March, 1948
10. Minutes, Local 102: April, 1952-May, 1954
11. Minutes, Local 102: May, 1954-May, 1956
12. Minutes, Local 102: November, 1957-November 1959
13. Minutes, Local 102: January, 1960-November, 1961
14. Minutes, Local 102: December, 1961-October, 1963
15. Minutes, Local 102: November, 1963-November, 1965
16. Minutes, Local 102: November, 1967-August, 1969
17. Minutes, Local 102: September, 1969-July, 1971
18. Minutes, Local 102: August, 1971-February, 1974
19. Minutes, Local 102: Executive Board: December, 1948-January, 1951
20. Minutes, Local 102: Executive Board: November, 1957-October, 1960
21. Minutes, Local 102: Executive Board: December, 1960-July, 1964
22. Minutes, Local 102: Executive Board: July, 1964-April, 1967
23. Minutes, Local 102: Executive Board: November, 1970-January, 1975
24. Correspondence, general: May, 1938-December, 1942
25. Correspondence, general: January, 1943-December, 1945
26. Correspondence, general: January-December, 1946
27. Correspondence, general: January-April, 1947
28. Correspondence, general: May-October, 1947
29. Correspondence, general: November-December, 1947
30. Correspondence, general: January-March, 1948
31. Correspondence, general: April-July, 1948
32. Correspondence, general: August-October, 1948
33. Correspondence, general: November, 1948-February, 1949
34. Correspondence, general: March-April, 1949

Box 2
Folder -- Contents

1. Correspondence, general: May-December, 1949
2. Correspondence, general: January-June, 1950
3. Correspondence, general: July, 1950-June, 1951
4. Correspondence, general: July, 1951-January, 1952
5. Correspondence, general: February-June, 1952
6. Correspondence, general: July-December, 1952
7. Correspondence, general: January-August, 1953
8. Correspondence, general: October, 1953-June, 1954
9. Correspondence, general: August, 1954-April, 1955
10. Correspondence, general: May-December, 1955
11. Correspondence, general: January-July, 1956
12. Correspondence, general: August, 1956-May, 1957
13. Correspondence, general: June, 1957-July, 1958
14. Correspondence, general: August, 1958-November, 1959
15. Correspondence, general: January-October, 1960
16. Correspondence, general: December, 1960-July, 1962
17. Correspondence, general: August, 1962-February, 1963
18. Correspondence, general: March-December, 1963
19. Correspondence, general: January-October, 1964
20. Correspondence, general: November, 1964-May, 1965
21. Correspondence, general: June, 1965-February, 1966
22. Correspondence, general: March, 1966-January, 1967
23. Correspondence, general: February-June, 1967
24. Correspondence, general: July-December, 1967
25. Correspondence, general: January, 1968
26. Correspondence, general: February, 1968
27. Correspondence, general: March, 1968
28. Correspondence, general: April, 1968
29. Correspondence, general: May-September, 1968
30. Correspondence, general: October-November, 1968
31. Correspondence, general: December, 1968-February, 1969
32. Correspondence, general: March-April, 1969
33. Correspondence, general: May-June, 1969
34. Correspondence, general: July-September, 1969
35. Correspondence, general: October-December, 1969
36. Correspondence, general: January-March, 1970
37. Correspondence, general: April-August, 1970

Box 3
Folder -- Contents

1. Correspondence, general: September-December, 1970
2. Correspondence, general: January-April, 1971
3. Correspondence, general: May-July, 1971
4. Correspondence, general: August-September, 1971
5. Correspondence, general: October-December, 1971
6. Correspondence, general: January-March, 1972
7. Correspondence, general: April-August, 1972
8. Correspondence, general: September-December, 1972
9. Correspondence, general: January-February, 1973
10. Correspondence, general: March-July, 1973
11. Correspondence, general: August-December, 1973
12. Correspondence, general: January-March, 1974
13. Correspondence, general: April-May, 1974
14. Correspondence, general: June-October, 1974
15. Correspondence, general: November, 1974-February, 1975
16. Correspondence, general: April, 1975-May, 1976
17. Correspondence, general: June, 1976-January, 1978
18. Correspondence, general: undated
19. Subject file, Federal Mediation and Councilation Service, miscellaneous items: June, 1949-March, 1959; and undated
20. Subject file, Plant Protection workers, Local 102: October, 1951; February, 1952
21. Subject file, Safety and Sanitary Committee, miscellaneous items, Local 102: July, 1951-October, 1974; and undated
22. Subject file, URW, miscellaneous materials regarding re-employment of returning World War II veterans: August, 1943; January-July, 1946.
23. Subject file, URW, union organization packets: 1970
24. Agreements, URW: 1947; 1957
25. Agreements, Local 102: 1941-1944
26. Agreements, Local 102: 1946-1948
27. Agreements, Local 102: 1950
28. Agreements, Local 102: 1951-1953
29. Agreements, Local 102: 1954-1956
30. Agreements, Local 102: 1957-1958
31. Agreements, Local 102: 1959-1961
32. Agreements, Local 102: 1963-1965
33. Agreements, Local 102: 1967
34. Agreements, Local 102: 1968-1969
35. Agreements, Local 102: 1970
36. Agreements, Local 102: 1972; 1974-1975; and undated
37. Agreements, Local 102 (cafeteria workers): 1949; 1960; 1962; 1966; 1969

Box 4
Folder -- Contents

1. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1949-1950
2. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1955
3. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1956-1959
4. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1961-1964
5. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1965-1967
6. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1968-1970
7. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1973
8. Agreements, Local 102, fringe benefits: 1977; and undated
9. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: February, August, 1941; March, June, August-December, undated, 1942
10. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-March, May, July-August, October-December, undated, 1943
11. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-March, 1944
12. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: July-December, undated, 1944
13. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-March, 1945
14. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: April-May, 1945
15. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: June-August, December, 1945
16. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-June, 1946
17. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January, March-May, September-October, 1947
18. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: March-July, September-December, undated, 1948
19. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January, March-April, June, 1949
20. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: July-October, 1949
21. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: November, 1949
22. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: December, undated, 1949
23. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-February, May-August, October, December, 1950
24. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-February, June, September, November, 1951
25. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: January-April, undated, 1952
26. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: November, 1954; January-April, 1955
27. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: July-September, November-December, undated, 1955
28. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: March, May, September, 1956
29. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: October-November, undated, 1956; April, 1959
30. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: May, 1961; August, 1962; December, 1963; February, April-May, December, 1964
31. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: February-June, 1965; June, August, 1967
32. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: May, 1968; February, May-June, August-November 1969
33. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: June, 1971; June, 1972; June-August, October-November, 1977
34. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: undated
35. Arbitration hearings, Local 102: undated

Box 5
Folder -- Contents

1. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January-June, November-December, 1950
2. Contract negotiations, Local 102: undated, 1950
3. Contract negotiations, Local 102: March-June, September-November, undated, 1951
4. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January, March-April, 1952
5. Contract negotiations, Local 102: May-September, undated, 1952
6. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January, March, September, November-December, 1953
7. Contract negotiations, Local 102: undated, 1953; and undated
8. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January-February, May, September, December, undated, 1954
9. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January, May, July, September-October, undated, 1955
10. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January, March-April, June-July, undated, 1956
11. Contract negotiations, Local 102: February, April, 1957
12. Contract negotiations, Local 102: April-May, 1963
13. Contract negotiations, Local 102: June-July, 1963
14. Contract negotiations, Local 102: August-December, 1963
15. Contract negotiations, Local 102: undated, 1963
16. Contract negotiations, Local 102: April, August-October, 1965
17. Contract negotiations, Local 102: undated, 1965
18. Contract negotiations, Local 102: January-February, April, June-July, 1970
19. Contract negotiations, Local 102: August-October, undated, 1970
20. Contract negotiations, Local 102: undated, 1970
21. Contract negotiations, Local 102 (cafeteria workers): June, 1942; May, September, 1949; June, 1950; January, 1951; July-October, 1952; October-November, 1953
22. Contract negotiations, Local 102 (cafeteria workers): October-December, undated, 1954; January, December, 1955; February, 1957
23. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: September, 1942-December, 1956
24. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: March, 1957-October, 1967
25. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: undated, 1970
26. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: December, 1971-undated, 1973
27. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: undated
28. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: undated
29. Contract negotiations, Local 102, miscellaneous items: undated
30. Disciplinary hearings: January, 1966-February, 1968
31. Disciplinary hearings: March-October, 1968
32. Disciplinary hearings: November, 1968-March, 1969
33. Disciplinary hearings: April-June, 1969
34. Disciplinary hearings: July-September, 1969
35. Disciplinary hearings: October-November, 1969
36. Disciplinary hearings: December, 1969-January, 1970
37. Disciplinary hearings: February-June, 1970
38. Disciplinary hearings: July-September, 1970

Box 6
Folder -- Contents

1. Disciplinary hearings: October, 1970-March, 1971
2. Disciplinary hearings: April-July, 1971
3. Disciplinary hearings: August-October, 1971
4. Disciplinary hearings: November, 1971-October, 1972
5. Disciplinary hearings: January-June, 1973
6. Disciplinary hearings: July-October, 1973
7. Disciplinary hearings: November, 1973-February, 1974
8. Disciplinary hearings: March-June, 1974
9. Disciplinary hearings: July, 1974-January, 1975
10. Disciplinary hearings: February, 1975-February, 1977
11. Financial records, Local 102, monthly reports: June, September, December, 1952; January, March, May-June, August-November, 1953; January-May, October, 1954; January, March-May, July, September-October, December, 1955; January-February, May-September, 1956; January, March, May, July, September, November, 1957; and undated
12. Financial records, Local 102, Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Trust Fund: May, July-August, October, 1957; May-July, September-December, 1958; February, May-December, 1959; January-February, April-December, 1960
13. Financial records, Local 102, SUB Trust Fund: January-December, 1961; January-February, April-December, 1962; January, 1963; June, 1969; February, 1970; December, 1973
14. Grievances: September, 1939-March, 1944
15. Grievances: April-September, 1944
16. Grievances: October, 1944-May, 1945
17. Grievances: June, 1945-December, 1947
18. Grievances: January-December, 1948
19. Grievances: January-December, 1949
20. Grievances: January-December, 1950
21. Grievances: January-December, 1951
22. Grievances: February-December, 1952
23. Grievances: March, 1953-March, 1954
24. Grievances: April, 1954-July, 1955
25. Grievances: January, 1956-July, 1960
26. Grievances: July-December, 1961; December, 1964-September, 1965; June, December, 1966
27. Grievances: January-December, 1967
28. Grievances: January-April, 1968
29. Grievances: May-October, 1968
30. Grievances: November-December, 1968
31. Grievances: January-February, 1969
32. Grievances: March-April, 1969
33. Grievances: May-June, 1969
34. Grievances: July 1-10, 1969
35. Grievances: July 24-31, 1969
36. Grievances: August-September 2, 1969
37. Grievances: September 4, 1969
38. Grievances: September 5-30, 1969
39. Grievances: October, 1969
40. Grievances: November, 1969
41. Grievances: December, 1969
42. Grievances: January 1-19, 1970
43. Grievances: January 20-31, 1970

Box 7
Folder -- Contents

1. Grievances: February, 1970
2. Grievances: March, 1970
3. Grievances: April-May, 1970
4. Grievances: June, 1970
5. Grievances: July, 1970
6. Grievances: August-September, 1970
7. Grievances: October-November, 1970
8. Grievances: December, 1970
9. Grievances: January-March, 1971
10. Grievances: April-September, 1971
11. Grievances: October, 1971-March, 1972
12. Grievances: April-December, 1972
13. Grievances: January-March, 1974
14. Grievances: May-July, 1973
15. Grievances: September-December, 1973
16. Grievances: January-March, 1974
17. Grievances: April-June, 1974
18. Grievances: July-August, 1974
19. Grievances: September, 1974-March, 1975
20. Grievances: June, 1975-February, 1976
21. Grievances: March-June, 1976
22. Grievances: July-December, 1976
23. Grievances: January-March, 1977
24. Grievances: April-July, 1977
25. Grievances: August, 1977-March, 1978
26. Grievances: undated
27. Skilled Trades Program, URW, Skilled Trades Conference, miscellaneous minutes: 1969-1972
28. Skilled Trades Program, URW, miscellaneous manuals: 1973
29. Skilled Trades Program, Local 102, agreements: 1967
30. Skilled Trades Program, Local 102, agreements: 1970
31. Skilled Trades Program, Local 102, agreements: 1974; 1975; 1977; and undated
32. Skilled Trades Program, Local 102, miscellaneous items: 1958-1967
33. Skilled Trades Program, Local 102, miscellaneous items: January, 1968-April, 1976
34. Skilled Trades Program, Local 102, miscellaneous items: undated

Box 8
Folder -- Contents

1. Miscellaneous publications, leaflets and newsletters: June, 1945-June, 1971
2. Miscellaneous publications, leaflets and newsletters: undated
3. Miscellaneous items: March, 1938-May, 1969
4. Miscellaneous items: February, 1970-June, 1979
5. Miscellaneous items: undated
6. Miscellaneous items: undated