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UAW Local 216 Records 7/8/65 Accession Number 136 I PART 1 LOCAL 216 COLLECTION Local 216, UAW was organized in February of 1937. The local serves as bargaining agent at General Motors, Buick - Oldsmobile - Pontiac, South Gate, California plant. Materials in the collection include items from the earliest days of the local to the late 1940's, with a few stray items from the 1950's. Particularly wed 1 documented in this collection is the nation-wide GM strike of the winter of 1945-46. (See'~ on page 2) The mater i a 1s form four genera 1 Ser i es; Off i ce F i 1e, Correspondence·, Gr i evances and Minutes: Containers Series Boxes 1-7 Office File. Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronOlogically within each subject. Among the seVeral topics are such items as; agreements (local and national,) financial reports, handbills, membership lists, petitions, resolutions, strike material, UAW press releases and "age rates. Boxes 8-12 Correspondence. Arranged chronologically and covers the period 1937-1961. Among the corres­ pondents are: Former Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Thurman Arnold; former Cal ifornia Senators Sheridan Downey, Hiram Johnson and 14illiam Knowland; Homer Martin; George Addes; \darter Reuther; and R.J. Thomas of the UAI4. Boxes 13-20 Grievances. Box 13: Contains miscellaneous grievance material arranged alphabetically by subject. Including: Appeal Committee minutes, management dispositions, statements and umpires' decisions. Boxes 14-18: Contain unsettled and appealed grievances. These are arranged chronologically and cover the periods 1940-1943 and 1945-1950. Boxes 19-20: Consist of grIevance report slips arranged chronologically for the period 1937-1958 Boxes 21-28 Minutes. Bo)(es 21-24: Contain Local 216 items including minutes of: the Executive Soard· (1937-1961), General Membership Meetings (1937-1961), Shop Committee-Management Meetings (1940-1958), and the War Production Drive Committee (1942-1943). Arranged alphabetically-aft<!­ by creating body. PART 2 BEGINS ON PAGE 10 Part 1 Boxes 25-26: Contain minutes created by agencies other than Local 216. They include California CIO Council (1939-1940). City-vlide Strike Strategy Committee (1946), District Counci 1 5, UAW (1937-1950), Los Angeles CIO Council (1937-1959), and UAW National GI1 COLinci 1 (1939-1955). Arranged alphabetically by creating agency. Boxes 27-28: Contain minutes of Shop Committee-Management Meetings of other Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac plants. These minutes are arranged alphabetically by city. The period covered is 1953-1958. Boxes 29-32 3 clippings scrapbooks: Vol. I, 1941 Vols. II & III, 1945-46 1 OS folder: Local 216 and Women's Auxiliary original charters. i, Several items in the collection were contributed by Louis Ciccone, a long-time member of Local 216 and holder of several offices. The bulk of these items xs are comprised of shop committee and general membership minutes. Researchers are urged to consult the Louis Cicc'bne..... Collection for additional materials • Part 1 UAW LOCAL 216 COLLECTION Box 1, Office File: Accident Reports to Audits Accident Reports, 1942 Address List of nembers, 1939 Address List of nembers, 19LfO Address List of Members, undated Agendas, narch 1946 Agreements - Loca 1 216 and GM, Apri '\ 1937 - June 1942 Agreements - Local 216 and GM, July 19Lf2 - October 1954 Agreements - Loca 1 216 and G~l, May 1955 - September 1956 Agreements - Local 216 and GM, Seniority, June 1940 - September 1956 Agreements - Local 2.16 and Miscellaneous, October 1937 - January 1940 Agreements - other plants, April 193"1 - November 1952 Agreements - Prophet Company (cafeter i a), 1937 - 1946 Agreements - UAI'} International and GM, August 1939 - September 1952 Audits, March 1939 - December 1940 Audits, 19~·1 Aud i ts, January 19LI·2 - June 1946 Audits - Trustees Quarterly, September 1938 - September 1946 Box 2, Office File: Ballots to District Council 5, UAW Ballots Bargaining - Proposals and Demands, 1940-1955 Bargaining for Supplemtary Security - UAW Guide, 1949 Book List Bulletins, Announcements by G~1, July 1937 - Harch 1942 Bulletins, Announcements by GM, July 1942 - February 1946 Bulletins, Announcements by GM, March - December 1946 Bulletins, Announcements by GH, nay 1947 - December 1948 Bulletins, Announcements by GH, January - November 1949 Bulletins, Announcements by GH, August 1953 - September 1958 Bulletins, Announcements by GH, undated Cal ifornia cia Counci I, 1939-1947 California Department of Industrial Relations, Reports to, May 1940 and June 1941 Charges, Augus t 1937 - January 1948 Constitution and By-Laws, Local 216 Constitution and By-Laws, other organizations Conventions - California CIO Council, 1940 Conventions - California CIO Council, 1946 Conventions - Cal ifornia CIO Council, 1947 (3 folders) Conventions - UAW, January 1946 and November 1947 Defense Plants, List of Hen in Defense Work Certifications, October 1941 - April 1942 District Counci I 5, UA'" Box 3, Office File: Donations to Hall Construction Donations for Members Donations for Strike Fund (3 folders) Douglas Unit Local 216 Education, September 1937 - December 1939 Education, January - August 1940 Exceptional Employers, 1942, 1950, 1951 Executive Board, September 1940 - September 1947 Part 1 2 Box 3, continued Financial - GM Parts Division Financial - Miscellaneous Financial - Receipts from UAVI Intertational, April 19~·O - January 1944 Financial Record - Douglas Unit, November 1943 - August 1944 Financial Reports - Local 216, April 1939 - December 1942 F i nanc i a I Reports - Loca I 216, Janua ry 1943 - December 19/46 F i nanc i a I Repor ts - Loca I 216, January 191fl - November 1958 Financial Reports - Los Angeles CIO Council, November 1937 - March 1946 Financial Reports - Los Angeles CIO Council, December 1947 - March 1950 Financial Reports - Region 6, UAvl, July 1939 - July 1941 Financial Reports to UAVI International, June 1938 - December 1943 Financial Secretary - Daily Cash Record and Receipts, October 1937 - January 1946 Hall Construction, November 1939 - October 191+0 Box 4, Office File: Handbills to Martin, Homer Handbills, Local 216, 1937-1939 Handbills, Local 2]6, 1940-1941 Handbills, Loca] 216, 19LI·5-1963 Handbills, Local 216, undated Handbills Received, ]937-1950 Handbills Received, undated Hospital ization I'surance - Union Hall Labors' Non-Partisan League, May 1939 - July 1941 Leaves of Absence, D.L.O. 's and Discharges, March 1939-May 1956 Legal, 1937-1945 Legal, 1958 Loan Committee, 1937-1940 Los Angeles CIO Council, 1937-1940 Los A"geles cia Counei I, 1940-1952 and undated Martin, Homer - suspension, 1939 Bo)( 5, Office Fi Ie: Hembership to Region 6, UA\~ Membership, Local 146 ~ Changes, August 19~·4 - January 1946 Membership, Local 216 - Lists, 1939-19~·2 Membership, Local 216 - Lists, undated Membership, Local 216 - Hiscellaneous Membership, Local 216 - Non Union Employees Membership, Local 216 - Numerical List (2 fOlders) Membership, Local 216 - Roll Book, September 1938 - August 1939 Mil itary Service Certificates, February - October 191+1 Mi sce II aneouS Hooney, Tom, Defense, November and December 1937 Office Equipment, 1941 Parts Unit - Correspondence and Minutes, 1941-1946 Petitions, 1937-1945 Po 1 it i ca I, 1938-1946 Political, 1947-1952 and undated Postal, 1939 Press Releases - Other Organizations, November 1939 - April 1947 Publ icity Recall Petitions Region 6, UAVI, 1945-1959 Part 1 3 Bo)( 6, Office Fi Ie: Resignatilns to Tax-Cal ifornia Department of Employment Resignations and Excuses, 1937-1947 Resolutions, July 1937 - June 1939 Resolutions, 1939 Reso I ut ions, 191,0 Reso I ut ions, September 19111 - Ma rch 1952 Resolutions, undated Sen i or i ty Shop Committee, 1943-1950 Shop Stewards Recommendations, 1940 Social Security Account Strike Committee Report, November 1945 - January 1946 Strike - Local Negotiations and Settlement, January - March 1946 Strike - Miscellaneous Strike - National Agreement, March 13, 1946 Strike over Speed-Up, 1949 or 1950? Strike - UAIV International Correspondence, November 1945 - January 1946 Strike - UAIV Inter~tional Press Releases and Bulletins, October - November 1945 Strike - UAH International Press Releases and Bul1etins, December 1945 Strike - UAH International Press Releases and Bulktihs, January 1946 Strike - UAH International Press Releases and Bulletins, February 1946 Strike Votes Tax - California Department of Employment, 1938-1945 Box 7, Office Fi Ie: Tax- Federal to Homen's Auxi I iaries Tax - Federal, 1937-1946 Transfers Applied for Unemployment Claims, 1941 "Union Labor in Cal ifornia, June 1939" UAlv - Farm Equipment Horkers Proposed Herger, June 1947 UA~I GM Department UAH Interntional Press Releases and Bulletins, June 1937 - November 1953 UAIV Interntional Quarterly Reports, April 1939 - June 1940 UAW Interntional Research Department, 1937-1942 Veterans Wage Proposal s - GH Southgate, November 1937 - February 19LI7 \vage Rates, Ford-Rouge, September 20, 1941 Wage Rates - GH Southgate, Apr i I 1937 - Hay 1957 Wage Rates - GH Southgate, undated IVage Rates Other Plants, Hay 1940 - July 1942 ;Jage Rates other Plants, September 1945 - Hay 1950 War Labor Board, June 1942 - Hay 1945 War Hanpower Commission, 1943 14ays and Heans Committee Reports, 1937 Withdrawls Issued as of December 1941 L ~Jomen 's Aux iii a r i es Box 8, Correspondence: January 1937 - Harch 1939 January - June 1937 July 1937 August 1937 September 1937 October 1937 November 1937 Decembe r 1937 Part 1 4 Box 8, continued January - March 1938 April - September 1938 October - December 1938 January - March 1939
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