Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Dénomination générale des documents
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
Cote
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
-
1921-1995 (Production)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
150 m of textual records and graphic material.
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
The Steelworkers' Organizing Committee, which had already organized many workers, met in Cleveland in 1942 to found the United Steelworkers of America (USWA). Canada was divided into two districts: District 5 which included Quebec and the Maritime provinces and District 6 which included the rest of Canada, from Ontario to British Columbia. Around 1960 District 6 was reduced to cover only Ontario. In 1996 Atlantic Canada rejoined District 6. John Mitchell was the first director of District 6. Other directors include: Larry Sefton who was elected director in 1953, Lynn Williams in 1973, F. Stewart Cooke in 1977, Dave Patterson in 1981 and Leo Gerard in 1988. The current director is Harry Hynd. In the early days of the USWA, members were employed in either the steel or mining industries. Nowadays they are employed in many additional sectors of the economy, including hospitals, universities, hotels, warehouses, bakeries, banks, and transportation.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
The first accrual was probably acquired in 1984; the second accrual in 1986; the third accrual in 1987; the fourth accrual in 1995; the fifth accrual in May 1999, all from USWA, District 6.
Classement
There have been five accruals. The first accrual measures 131.2 m and consists of correspondence, charter applications, conventions and conferences, circulars, arbitration boards, payroll records, financial statements, and other records. The arrangement is roughly chronological. The second accrual (old acc. 11) measures 4.1 m and has been arranged into the following series: area offices correspondence and cancelled unions correspondence. The third accrual (old acc. 8) measures 64 cm and consists of District Representative (Don Taylor) correspondence. The fourth accrual (33-1995) measures 7.5 m and has been arranged into the following series: area offices correspondence, certification applications (unsuccessful), financial records, staff representative (John Morgan) correspondence and notes, elections, director (Leo Gerard) correspondence, printed materials. The fifth accrual (11-1999) measures 6.5 m and has been arranged into the following series: local unions correspondence; organizing new locals; staff representatives correspondence; area supervisor (F. Stewart Cooke) correspondence; bylaws, minutes, and constitution; cases, conferences, education, health, manuals and workshops; causes, clubs, election results, job descriptions, leaders, maps and news clippings; collective bargaining agreements; photographs.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
The majority of this material is stored offsite. Please allow for additional time to recall this material if you are requesting it for access in the reading room or for copy orders.
Disponibilité d'autres formats
There are also 39 microfilms from the National Archives of Canada containing the National Office fonds.
Restrictions d'accès
There are no access restrictions.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Instruments de recherche
Éléments associés
Accroissements
Further accruals are expected.
