University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council.

Records, 1938-1948.

Milwaukee Manuscript Collection DU

4.4 cubic ft. (11 archives boxes)


ABSTRACT: Collection contains the records of the county council, covering the years 1938-1948. The records are primarily arranged in a chronological correspondence file, regardless of the type of document. Thus, meeting minutes, trial committee records, resolutions, and correspondence with the membership and other organizations are found together.

Among the materials found in the correspondence files are numerous newsletters and reports of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council. The MCIUC was also actively involved during World War II, and the files contain materials from the Milwaukee County Council of Defense, and resolutions condemning Nazism and demanding for the start of a second front. The correspondence includes documentation on efforts to promote more housing in Milwaukee County, and a confidential memorandum on differences between the MCIU and Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council (18 November 1947), which discussed charges of Communist influence and improper representation of Local 1533 at the Fairbanks, Morse and Company. There are some materials on strikes by the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers Local 1111 strike against the Allen-Bradley Company (1938-1939) and the United Auto Workers Local 248 strike against the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company (1946).

The collection contains other membership and financial records, including delegate and attendance records, union ledger cards, and various financial records including audit records, bank books, receipts, tax forms, and strike fund disbursements.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.   However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for confirming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY: The Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council was formed in 1938 and affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in accordance with the terms of the charter granted by the CIO. Its objectives, according to its constitution, were to "protect, maintain and advance the interests of all working people in its territory, to extend unionism on the basis of industrial organization, to secure and enforce legislation in the interests of the working people, to promote recognition and acceptance of collective bargaining in industry, and to increase public understanding of the labor movement."

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council. Records, 1938-1948. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection DU. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. Golda Meir Library. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:

MILWAUKEE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION DU BOX FOLDER
Audit Records, Tax Returns and Strike Fund Disbursements, 1942-1945 11
Bank Books, Union Ledger Cards, and Financial Records, 1947-1948 12
Bills and Receipts, 1943-1948 13
Constitution, 1938 14
Correspondence, 1938 15
Correspondence, 1938 21
Correspondence, 1939 22-3
Correspondence, 1939-1941 24
Correspondence, 1941-1942 31
Correspondence, 1942 32
Correspondence, 1943 33-4
Correspondence, 1943 41-2
Correspondence, 1944 43-4
Correspondence, 1944 51
Correspondence, 1944 54
Correspondence, 1944-1952 104
Correspondence, 1945 52-3
Correspondence, 1945 55
Correspondence, 1945 61-2
Correspondence, 1946 63-5
Correspondence, 1946 71-5
Correspondence, 1946 81-2
Correspondence, 1947 83-6
Correspondence, 1947 91-5
Correspondence, 1947 101-2
Correspondence, 1948 103
Delegate and Attendance Records, 1945-1947 105
Financial Data and Receipts, 1941-1946 111
Per Capita Tax Forms, 1947 112-3
Per Capita Tax Forms, 1948 114
Political Action Committee Candidate Questionnaire, 1948 115

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