Collection Title: International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 791 Papers
Series Number: MS10-55
Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Dieter C. Ullrich on June 24, 2010.
Date Listed: June 24, 2010
Date Span: 1959-1962
Size of Collection: 0.10 linear feet.
Number of Boxes: 3 legal half size file folders; 40 items.
Type of Material: Correspondence, newspaper clippings and legal documents.
Condition of Material: Good with minor foxing and fading due to aging and improper storage.
Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.
Biographical / Historical Information: The International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers was organized by the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1949 and continues to be active. The Paducah chapter, however, no longer exists.
Scope and Content: Collection consists of correspondence, attorney notes and legal documents related to discrimination cases filed by the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 791 of Paducah, Kentucky on behalf of its members from 1959 to 1962. The contents of the correspondence and legal documents state that members of the union were discriminated against during the hiring process by the Central Telephone Supply Company of Paducah.
Subject Headings / Descriptors:
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Local 791 (Paducah, Ky.)
Central Telephone Supply Co. (Paducah, Ky.)
Labor unions – Kentucky – Paducah.
Electric industry workers – Labor unions – Kentucky – Paducah.
Freedland, Joseph Stephen, 1915-
