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Labor History
Through the Years
1882-1935: Emergence of AF of L Trade Unions in Pittsburgh and Region
1935-1946: Rise of Industrial Unionism: The CIO Unions and Others
1945-1960: Labor and the Cold War
1960-2000: Deindustrialization. A Post-Industrial World?
Union Profiles Industrial Unions Electrical Workers
Mine Workers
Shipbuilders
Steelworkers
Other Unions Musicians Union (Local 60-471)
Typographical Union (Local 7)
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
German Brewers Union (Local 22)
Jewish Bakers Union (Local 44)
Jewish Butchers Union (Local 223)
Canning and Pickle Workers Union (Local 325) - Heinz Plant
Egg Inspectors Union (Local 14159)
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (H.E.R.E. Local 237)
Building Trades Carpenters Union
Bricklayers
Union Labor Temple
Service Industry SEIU Local 585
AFSCME
PSSU Local 668
Central Labor Bodies Pittsburgh Central Labor Union
Iron City Central Trades Council
Tarentum District Industrial Council
Steel City Industrial Union Council
McKeesport Central Labor Council
Allegheny County Labor Council
Documents and Events Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Bethlehem Steel Coal and Iron Police Reports

Original 1892 Homestead Strike Materials
Fannie Sellins Investigation and Verdict Documents
The Early History UE Local 601 (Correspondence)
Photo Album of Strike at Westinghouse Union Switch and Signal Co.
Pittsburgh Central Labor Union Minutes
People, Places and Commemorations People Rank and File
Organizers
Special Focus:  Workers Groups - Women and African-Americans
Places Labor Temple
Labor Lyceum
Commemorations Labor Day
Heinz Picnic
Badges and Buttons
Special Features/Exhibits McKeesport and its Tube Works  Tour of the Mill
National Tube Works to United States Steel Corporation

Chronology of Technological Developments, 1868-1955
Plant Facts

"Pipe Making Process"
Pipe Tree
WWII Employment Cards Index for USX National Works 1940's
Work Histories
National Tube Works Statistical Census of Employees by Nationality - 1922
Data on Accidents at National Tube Works (1914)
Fatal Accidents At National Tube Co. National Works, 1930-1950
Index to Workmen's Compensation File
A Company Account of Three Strikes at National Tube
Repression of Civil Liberties 1923, 1934
The McKeesport Central Labor Council
The Union Comes to McKeesport - Pre SWOC Era
The Modern Steelworkers Union Comes to McKeesport - SWOC Era
New CIO Unions Support an AF of L Strike at Peter's Packing Co. - 1938
The UE in Pennsylvania, 1937-1950 UE District 6 Charters
Pittsburgh:  The Early History of Local 601

       Officers of UE Local 601, 1935-1945
Pittsburgh:  The Early History of Local 610
Erie:  The Early History of Local 506

UE Organizers in PA

UE Under Contract - 1945
Databank
Allegheny County Labor Council
Allegheny County Maintenance Employees Local No. 654
Aluminum Workers of America Local 2 (New Kensington)
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers Lodge 194 - Rankin, PA
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Local 86
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Local 624, 424, 490, 325
American Federation of Musicians Local 471 (Musicians Protective Union) - Historic Union
American Federation of Musicians Local 60 (Pittsburgh Musical Society) - Historic Union
American Federation of Teachers - PA Locals in General
Automotive Mechanics Local No. 1060
Bakery Drivers Union = Teamsters Local No. 485
Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union Local 12
Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union Local 44 - Historic Union
Bartenders Union Local 188
Bedding Local No. 157
Bill Posters Union No. 3
Boilermakers L. U. No. 154 (also known as, Boilermakers, Iron Ship Building & Helpers No. 154
Bookbinders, International Brotherhood of, Local 73 (Pittsburgh Office)
Boot and Shoe Workers Local 685
Branch Managers and News Dealers Local 414
Brewers Workmen Union of Allegheny County, Pa. = International Union of United Brewery Workers Local 22 (for other Brewery Workers Unions see International Union of United   Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America)
Brick and Clay Workers L. U. No. 437, Kitanning (Armstrong Co.)
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9, Pennsylvania
Broom and Whisk Makers Local Union No. 44
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (Imperial, Pa.)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Building Service Employees Local 29
Canning and Pickle Workers No. 325
Carpenters Union - (see United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America)
Carpet and Linoleum Workers and Their Associates, Local 1759 (affiliated with Carpenters' District Council)
Cleaning and Dye House Workers No. 9
Commission House Drivers and Produce Workers Local Union 944
Construction, General Laborers and Material Handlers Union No. 1058
Coopers Local No. 101
Cork Workers L.U. 19211
Crown Workers U. 20723
Dairy Workers Local Union No. 205
District 6, Local 506, Local 601, Local 610
Division 85, Street Railway Employees
Engineers (see International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95)
Federal Labor Union, Local 20407, Howard G. Donaldson delegated at 2/16/1939
Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania, Western Region, Pittsburgh, PA
Firemen and Oilers Local No. 75
Firemen's Local No. 1
Flint Glass Workers No. 32
Fur Workers Union Local No. 69
Gasoline Station Employees Local Union No. 237
General Auto Service Station Employees Local Union 999
Government Employees Local 1095
Graphic Communications International Union Local 24
Grocery and Food Warehousemen, Local No. 635
Hod Carriers, Building and Laborers Union No. 173
Housing and Sanitary Inspectors Local 20966
Ice and Cold Storage Workers' Union No. 20356
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (I.U.M.S.W.A.), Local 61
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Local 3 (IATSE)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 5
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Contracts, 1947-1970
International Itinerant Workers Union
International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried, and Machine and Furniture
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America Local 144, 1946-1981
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America Local 266 (CIO) (Leechburg, PA)
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America Local 267 (CIO) (Logansport, PA)
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America Local 67
International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America, Joint Local Executive Board for Locals 22, 67, and 144
Iron City Central Trades Council - Historic Union
Iron City Legal Assistance Workers (ICLAW), UAW District 5
Iron Moulders Local No. 46
Iron Workers Local 3
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Knights of Labor - Historic Union
Laundry Workers Local No. 141
Letter Carriers Branch No. 84
Local 1211 (J.&L. - Aliquippa)
Local 1256 (U.S. Steel - Duquesne Works)
Local 1272 (J.&L. - South Side, Pittsburgh, PA)
Local 1397 ( U.S. Steel - Homestead, PA)
Local 1408 (U.S. Steel - National Works)
Local 1843 (J.&L. - Pittsburgh Works, 2nd Ave., Hazelwood, PA)
Local 2067, Local 2097, Local 2340, Local 3412 and Local 4270
Luggage Workers L.U. No. 55
Machinists Hazel Glen Lodge No. 491
Machinists L.U. No. 216
Machinists Local No. 1161
Machinists Local No. 52
Marble, Stone and Slate Polishers, Rubbers and Sawyers, Tile and Marble Setters' Helpers and Terrazzo Workers' helpers, Local 15
McKeesport Central Labor Council - Historic Union
Motor Coach Employees local 1084
Moving Picture Operators No. 171
Municipal Employees Local Union No. 1267
Musicians Protective Union (see American Federation of Musicians Local 471)
Musicians Union (see Pittsburgh Musicians Union Local 60-471)
Newspaper and News Distributors Office Workers Union Local #21341
Newspaper Delivery Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Local Union No. 211
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh Local 61, The (TNG)
Operating Engineers (see International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95)
Operating Engineers Local 728 (School House Engineers)
Optical Workers Local 18820 
Organizers' Reports of New Lodges for Western PA Steelworkers Locals
Other UE Locals in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Painters Local Union No. 84
Painters Union No. 699
Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers, Local 6
Pattern Markers Association
Pennsylvania Brewery, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Council
Pittsburgh Central Labor Union - Historic Union
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Local 400  
Pittsburgh Musical Society (see American Federation of Musicians Local 60)
Pittsburgh Musicians Union Local 60-471 (on deposit)
Pittsburgh Newswriters Union No. 1 (historic union - see also Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh Optical Workers Local Union No. 18820
Pittsburgh Paperhandlers Union No. 5
Pittsburgh Stereotypers Union No. 56
Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7
Plasterers' Local Union No. 31
Post Office Clerks No. 81
Pressmen's Union No. 64
Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, Local 20966, Int'l Brotherhood of
Refuse and Salvage Drivers and Helpers
Retail Clerks International Protective Association Local 1365 (AFL)
Retail Clerks International Protective Association, Local 1244
Retail Clerks International Protective Association, Local 1407, Food Clerks
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 101 (AFL-CIO and C.L.C.) (Millvale, Pgh., Pa.)
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 29, 1960-1980 (merged with Local 585)
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 585 (Blawnox, Pa.)
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Pennsylvania Social Services Union (PSSU) Local 668, Pittsburgh, 1971
Sheet Metal Workers Local 12
Shipbuilders (see IUMSWA)
Sign, Scene and Pictorial Artists Local No. 479
State, County and Municipal Employees Local 19
State, County and Municipal Employees, Chapter 3, Local 6
Stationary Engineers (see International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95)
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union
Steel City Industrial Union Council - Historic Union
Steelworkers (see United Steelworkers of America)
Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Typists, Accountants and Assistants L.U. No. 20959
Street Laborers Local Union No. 746
Supply House Employees Local Union 449
Switchmen Local No. 2
Tarentum District Industrial Union Council - Historic Union
Taxi Cab Union No. 128
Taxi drivers and Garage Employees Union, Local 128
Teamsters Joint Council No. 40
Technical Engineers Local 61
Theatrical Stage Employees (see Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees...)
Tile Layers Helpers Union Local 20
Typographical Union No. 7 (see Pittsburgh Typographical Union No. 7)
United Bowling Alley, Billiard and Recreation Workers Union No. 21440
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Carpenters' Regional District Council of Western Pa., Minutes, 1887-1960 (6 rolls microfilm)
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 142
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 165 (Pgh., Pa.), 1961-1991, includes records of Local 430 (Wilkinsburg, Pa.)
United Distillery Workers of North America Local 942 (Kelly Station, PA) = see International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America Local 267
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 23 (AFL-CIO and C.L.C)  (Pgh), 1910-1970
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 325 (AFL-CIO and C.L.C.)
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 590 (AFL-CIO and C.L.C.)
United Garment Workers No. 51
United Grocery Employees' Union Local 20541
United Mine Workers of America Local 6777 - Bradenville, PA
United Slate, Tile, and Asbestos Roofers' Union Local 3
United Steelworkers of America
United Steelworkers of America Local 178 (Bridgeville, Pa), Contracts, 1937-1977.
United Stone and Allied Product Workers of America, 1937-1970 (filed with Gaston LeBlanc Papers)
Upholsterers, Furniture, Carpet, Linoleum and Awning Workers No. 179
Utility Workers Union of America Local 101 (Washington, PA), Contracts, 1937-1970
Window Cleaners L.U. 16
Wood, Wire and Metal Lather's International Union, Local No. 33