Merchant mariners -- Labor unions -- Great Lakes (North America)

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Wage rate schedules for wheelsmen, oilers, and handymen; labor agreements with United Steel Workers Union and with MEBA; and minor correspondence.

Abstract

The records for the G. A. TOMLINSON date from 1968, however the bulk of the collection consists of material generated in 1979, the last year the TOMLINSON was in service. The collection contains records left by the ship's chief engineer, bills of lading, deck logs, crew lists, and labor contracts. The TOMLINSON was built in 1907 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, Michigan and was originally the D. O. MILLS.

Scope and Contents The first portion of this collection consists mainly of agreements between maritime labor unions and steel production and shipping companies spanning 1914-1983, with most falling in the 1960s-1970s. Many large companies including Inland Steel, U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, and American Shipbuilding Company are represented. Major unions featured include the National Maritime Union, Seafarer's International Union, Licensed Tugmen's Protective Association, and the United Steel...

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A collection of newspaper clippings, broadsides, press releases, and fliers documenting conditions facing Great Lakes sailors late in the Great Depression.

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This collection contains ceritifcations and other materials obtained by sailor Richard D. Timbers while serving on the Great Lakes in 1943-1944. Included are pay stubs, identification documents, postcards written to Timbers' brother(?) Dwight, and federal seaman's certificates. Also present are membership books for the National Maritime Union of America and the International Association of Machinists.

Scope and Contents This collection contains files acquired and created by the United Steel Workers--Great Lakes Seamen's Local 5000 office in Cleveland, Ohio. The eleven cubic feet of files span the years 1937-1981. Most files represent interests of the members of Local 5000 after 1960.A relatively small portion of the administrative records of Local 5000 are present. Scattered sets of meeting minutes appear along with membership correspondence files. Financial records cover the years from...