Papers, 1935-1963 23 linear feet 23 storage boxes Accession #536 OCLC # DALNET # UAW Local 75 was chartered October 1, 1935 representing workers at the Nash-Kelvinator plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1954, Nash-Kelvinator merged with the Hudson Motor Car Company to form American Motors Corporation. The UAW Local 75 Collection consists of extensive executive board and committee minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, grievances, and other material related to the business of the local. Important subjects in the collection: American Motors Corporation Automobile Industry and Trade World War, 1939-1945 Automobile Industry Workers Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Automobile Industry Wisconsin Grievance Arbitration Seaman Body Plant Trade Unions Automobile Industry Workers Wisconsin Work Environment Automobile Industry Important correspondents in the collection: Claude Keim Roy Speth Joseph Wysocki Non-manuscript material: A number of contracts, serials, convention material and other publications have been placed in the Archives Library. PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading.
- 2-10-1 thru 2 Absentee & tardiness disciplinary report, 1960-62 17-4 thru 5 Agreements (purchasing); corres., 1943-50 4-30 AMC (American Motors Corporation) plastics plant; corres., 1957-58 14-11 thru 12 AMC body plant; corres., memos, 1961-64 17-23 thru 24 AMC; corres., 1953-59 14-16 AMC Council - UAW; corres., 1961-63 14-5 AMC, service parts; corres., 1960-62 14-19 AMC - UAW; corres., 1961 Jun 27-28 12-3 AMC Joint Council mtg., 1957-63 11-19 Assessments, 1945-50 17-8 Athletic Committee; corres., misc., 1948-50 4-11 Attendance; minutes, corres., 1937-48 4-12 Automobile production & wage negotiations; corres., materials, 1945 4-8 Blood Donor Committee; corres., 1953 4-26 BNA Advance Bulletin /Little Steel Case (Supreme Court decision on); publication, 1944-45 14-14 Body plant contract; negotiations, suggestions, n.d. 17-6 Branch office hours, 1948-49 4-10 Canceled leaves of absence; corres., 1942-46 4-7 Car Complaints Committee; minutes, 1947-48 4-13 Certification - Labor Relations Board election; corres., 1950 3-6 Chief Steward notes, 1950-55 4-9 Chief Stewards; reports, 1945-48 2-1 Christmas Party Committee; corres., 1940-51 4-15 CIO county; corres., 1950 11-18 CIO - Nat l, 1945-49 11-30 Committee; minutes, 1960-62 18-9 Committees, 1935-44 9-14 Committees; minutes, corres., 1935-45 5-18 thru 21 Communications; corres., 1953-57 11-29 Community Services Committee; minutes, 1959-63 3-27 Corres.; complaints, 1947-52 11-8 Constitutional By-laws Committee; corres., 1947 18-43 Constitutions; corres., clippings, 1945 4-14 Contract Committee; agreements, articles, 1940 14-17 thru 18 Contract material, 1954 14-1 thru 3 Contract material, 1958, 1961 14-22 Contract material; corres., 1958 14-7 thru 10 Contract materials; corres., forms, 1953-54, 1961 5-9 Contract negotiations; agreements, policy, 1945-46 14-6 Contract Negotiations; corres., 1954
- 3-21-1 thru 2 Corres., 1937 22-17 Corres., 1943-45 4-31 Corres., 1944 18-23 Corres., 1950 5-7 Corres., 1951 14-15 Corres., 1953-57 5-1 thru 3 Corres., 1953-61 11-5 thru 6 Corres., 1953-62 13-20 thru 21 Corres., 1954-60 3-28 Corres., 1956 11-31 thru 32 Corres., 1957-63 22-22 thru 23 Corres., 1958-59 23-2 thru 4 Corres., 1958-62 9-20 thru 28 Corres., 1959-63 9-2 Corres., 1962-63 17-20 thru 21 Corres., minutes, 1935-57 11-28 Corres., minutes, 1951-63 13-2 Corres.; publications, 1963-64 9-19 Current information; corres., 1952 12-7 thru 8 Day Shift Steward Assembly; minutes, 1961-62 2-13 thru 15 Day Shift Steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1958-60 1-2 Day Shift Steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1965 3-1 thru 4 Day Steward Assembly; minutes, 1951-54 3-7 Day Steward Assembly; minutes, 1955 11-3 thru 4 Day Steward Assembly; minutes, 1963-64 15-7 Day Steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1957 5-17 Day steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1964 Aug-Dec 3-26 Day Steward; minutes, 1956 9-13 Defense work - current information, 1950-51 9-5 Delegates; corres., 1949-50 9-15 thru 16 Delegates; corres., misc., 1935-40 4-28 Department transfers; corres., memos, 1943-48 6-1 thru 3 Departmental mtg., special & regular, 1941-43 5-4 Disability transfers; corres., policies, 1945-49 11-2 Disciplinary mtg., 1959-63 18-11 Dues & resolutions, 1938 10-16 Duplicate copy of transcripts on Nash-Kelvinator court case, 1939 12-1 thru 2 Education Committee mtg.; minutes, 1957-63 17-2 Educational Committee; minutes, 1942-54 12-12 Entertainment Committee; corres., minutes, 1959-63 9-11 thru 12 Entertainment Committee; corres., minutes, posters, 1939-56
- 4-12-4 Entertainment Committee mtg.; minutes, 1958 14-28 Executive Board Discussions; minutes, 1965-66 5-14 Executive Board Donations; corres., 1935-50 9-9 thru 10 Executive Board; dues, unfinished business; corres., 1947-48 18-10 Executive Board; expenses, 1946-50 18-44 Executive Board - leaves of absence; minutes, 1939-47 14-32 Executive Board members attendance listings, 1966-68 9-6 Executive Board membership; lists, 1937 10-6 thru 11 Executive Board; minutes, 1938-53 9-8 Executive Board; minutes, 1944-50 2-20 thru 21 Executive Board mtg.; minutes, 1956 Jan-Jul 13-1 Executive Board mtg.; minutes, 1958 12-9 Executive Board mtg.; recommendations, minutes 1937-49 17-7 Executive Board mtg.; recommendations, minutes 1944-50 22-1 thru 15 Executive Board mtg. (special & regular); reports, minutes, 1951-53, 1956, 1958 17-28 Executive Board; notices, recommendations, suspension., 1947-55 11-21 Executive Board- organization, 1938-47 18-13 Executive Board recommendations affiliations, 1943-48 9-7 Executive Board recommendations; election materials, 1940-51 3-8 thru 14 Executive Board regular & special; minutes, 1957, 1959 8-14 thru 19 Executive Board; report and index, 1947 2-2 thru 8 Executive Board; reports, 1949-50 8-3 thru 11 Executive Board; reports & index, 1941-49 20-1 thru 15 Executive Board; reports; minutes, 1944-46, 1954, 1963 1-3 thru 23 Executive Board; reports; minutes, 1935-40, 1949-50, 1952-54 10-4 thru 5 Executive Board; resolution, 1935-38 17-14 Executive Board; resolutions, recommendations, 1937-45 8-12 thru 13 Executive Board special mtg.; index, minutes,1941 7-2 thru 5 Executive Board special mtg.; report,1952 7-9 thru 19 Executive Board special & regular mtg.; minutes, 1952, 1960-64 19-1 thru 20 Executive Board special & regular mtg.; reports, 1943, 1944-45, 1953, 1955 11-9 Executive Board recommendations on seniority; corres., 1935-50 17-11 Federal & state legislation Taft-Hartley; corres., 1939-47 17-13 Fines & attendance cards; corres., misc., 1937-46 4-16 Flying Boat project cancellation; corres., 1942-43 17-31 thru 32 Flying Boat project; wage proposals, 1942 14-20 Fresh new Approach to Collective Bargaining ; paper, 1961 17-12 Fund raising; corres., 1939-47 23-5 thru 7 Grievances, settled; corres., 1955, 1959 14-25 Grievances, settled; corres., 1966-68
- 5-11-20 H. H. Seaman; corres., 1935-40 17-10 Hall rentals; corres., 1950 9-3 thru 4 Health fund; corres., 1952-56 5-13 Health & Safety Committee; minutes, 1944 10-13 Industrial Commission of Wisconsin v. Nash-Kelvinator; state Supreme Court cases, n.d. 13-23 Interdepartmental corres., 1956-63 13-22 Intra-corp. Council - UAW-CIO; corres., 1954-55 20-20 thru 21 Jacobi; membership corres., 1950 14-29 thru 31 Joint Council & Management mtg.; minutes, 1952-62 22-18 thru 21 Joint Council mtg.; minutes, 1934-50 2-18 thru 19 Joint Council mtg.; minutes, 1951-56 18-22 Legislative action; corres., 1944-49 18-45 thru 46 Legislative Committee; reports, 1940-45 6-6 thru 11 Local 75 mtg. special & regular; minutes, 1946-50 6-12 Local Union Membership mtg.; minutes, 1951 12-13 Management mtg.; agenda, minutes, 1950 9-18 Management mtg.; corres., 1948-52 12-14 thru 26 Management mtg.; minutes, 1950-56 15-8 thru 23 Management mtg.; minutes, 1955-58 4-6 Management mtg.; minutes, 1957 13-6 thru 14 Management mtg.; minutes, 1959, 1962 4-2 thru 3 Management mtg.; reports 1954-55 16-3 thru 18 Management mtg.; reports (special & regular); minutes, 1935-49 4-17 thru 23 Management mtg.; special); minutes, 1960 20-18 Management mtg.; step 5, 1964 20-16 Management mtg.; step 6, 1964 5-22 thru 26 Management mtg.; steps 4-6, 1963 21-22 thru 24 Management mtg.; steps 5-6, 1964 2-10 thru 12 Management mtgs.; minutes, 1953, 1956 7-6 thru 8 Management (special and regular), body plant division; minutes, 1958 17-25 Max Raskin; corres., 1953-56 14-4 MCIUC (Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council); audit, 1958-59 17-26 MCIUC; corres., 1953-57 13-18 thru 19 MCIUC; dropped delegates; corres., 1953-61 10-15 MCIUC; publications, misc., 1953-60 13-3 thru 4 MCIUC; minutes, 1956-59 7-1 Membership communications; corres. A-H, 1952
- 6-1961 8-1 thru 2 Membership communications; corres., 1949 15-2 thru 5 Membership communications; corres., 1952-53 7-20 thru 21 Membership communications; corres., 1952-54 21-3 thru 19 Membership; corres., 1938-39, 1947-50 11-27 Membership rules, 1946 14-26 Memorandum of understanding regarding vacations, 1961 14-24 Memorandum - vacations (active & retired), 1943-53 9-17 Military Service Committee; minutes, 1942 13-5 Minutes, lists, publications, misc., 1957-62 4-1 Misc., 1944-51 11-14 Nash-Kelvinator body division; bond, Red Cross Community Services; corres., 1943-51 11-12 Nash-Kelvinator body division; recall notices, 1945-50 11-17 Nash-Kelvinator; corres., 1945 11-15 thru 16 Nash-Kelvinator; minutes, corres., memos, agreements, 1945-52 11-11 Nash-Kelvinator parts division; corres., 1942-50 11-10 Nash-Kelvinator parts division; corres., proposals, 1940-55 11-13 Nash-Kelvinator; tax information, 1939-46 18-1 Nash-Kelvinator; vacation agreements; corres., 1943-52 10-3 Negotiations, 1950-51 11-24 Negotiations on costs; corres., 1951 20-19 Night Shift Steward Assembly, 1962 12-5 Night Shift Steward Assembly; minutes, 1961-62 21-20 Night Shift Steward Assembly; minutes, 1963 2-16 thru 17 Night Shift Steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1960-61 1-1 Night Shift Steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1965 2-9 Night shift stewards; minutes, 1958-60 11-1 Night Steward Assembly; minute, 1963-64 3-5 Night Steward Assembly; minutes, 1951-53 5-16 Night Steward Assembly mtg.; minutes, 1963 Dec 20 4-4 Night StewardAssembly mtg.; minutes, 1955 18-42 NLRB case #7318-D, 1943 9-30 Notices, special, 1959-62 17-27 Order of business reports, 1957-59 14-21 Outline of Company Statement & AMC Joint Council ; publications, 12-6 PAC Committee; minutes, 1943-50 11-25 thru 26 PAC program; minutes, 1948-50 4-5 PAC; publications, misc., 1954 9-1 Pension Committee; corres., minutes, 1950-55
- 7-23-1 Plastics division - work stoppage; agreements, contracts, corres., negotiations, 1947-50 16-1 thru 2 Plastics plant management & service plant mtg., 1942-51 14-13 Plastics plant - negotiations; minutes, misc., 1957 11-22 Publicity Communications; corres., 1944-45 18-24 Recording secretary notes; corres., 1950 21-21 Recording secretary s reports, 1962-66 10-14 Region 10; corres., 1960-62 13-15 Region 10 - UAW; corres., 1963 5-15 Region 10, UAW-CIO; corres., 1950 13-16 Region 1D - UAW-CIO; corres., 1953-54 6-4 Regular mtg.; minutes, 1940 6-5 Regular union Local 75; minutes, 1953 16-22 Resolutions and recommendations (adopted), 1942 18-12 Rules of membership, 1938-50 11-7 Salary & vacation; minutes, 1941-50 9-29 Secretary s report, 1956-62 3-16 thru 20 Secretary s report; minutes, 1954-56 3-15 Secretary s report - questions unanswered by Executive Board; minutes, 1955 15-1 Secretary s report steward assembly; minutes, 1951-56 10-12 Secretary s reports, minutes, 1958-59 18-25 Seniority Appeals Committee; reports, misc., 1939-47 18-27 Seniority Committee; corres., 1939-44 20-17 Service parts plant; corres., 1963-64 18-26 Service parts plant; corres., 1949-51 17-3 Shop rules, 1944-45 17-22 Shop rules hours, 1933-45 12-10 Shop rules & wages; corres., 1938-48 18-14 Shop rules, transfers, 1940-50 17-1 Skilled trade department - Int l union gov t directives; corres., 1944-50 4-27 Skilled trade department; over-time information; corres., 1945-48 14-27 South-side parts file copies; agendas, 1966 4-25 State and national legislation; corres., 1948-50 3-21 thru 25 Stewards mtg.; minutes, 1954-58 18-5 Stewards; resolutions by-laws, 1935-47 14-23 Supplemental agreement; service parts plant vacation pay, 1963 11-23 Telegrams; corres., 1941-50 5-5 Transfers actions; memos, 1946 18-4 Transfers - skilled departments; corres., misc., 1947-48 5-6 Transfers upgrades; list, 1948-50
- 8-17-9 Trials; corres., 1937, 1946-47 5-8 Trustees; corres., 1934-49 22-16 UAW; corres., 1944-46 17-16 UAW; corres., 1954-57 17-19 UAW; corres., misc., 1954-57 4-24 UAW Local 75 News; publications, 1964 Apr 17-15 UAW; President s files; corres., 1944-48 16-21 UAW-CIO Joint Council; minutes 1950 18-28 thru 29 UAW-CIO Joint Council; corres., 1944 5-10 thru 12 UAW-CIO Joint Council & other unions; corres., 1942-43, 1946-50 18-15 UAW-CIO; other local unions; corres., 1948-49 16-19 UAW-CIO other local unions; corres., 1950-55 17-17 thru 18 UAW-CIO; President s; corres., 1942-43 18-16 thru 21 UAW-CIO; Region 4 corres, minutes, 1938-49 16-20 UAW-CIO; Vice President s files; corres., 1942-45 15-6 Union Management mtg.; agendas, 1958-59 23-8 thru 18 Union mtg. special & regular; minutes, 1944-45, 1954-59 18-2 Veteran s Committee; corres., 1947 18-3 Veteran s jobs information; corres., minutes, 1944-47 18-6 thru 8 Wage negotiations, 1947, 1953 17-29 thru 30 Wage negotiations, 1947-50 4-29 Wisconsin State Union Council; corres., 1953-57 18-31 thru 41 WLB (War Labor Board) cases, 1943-45 18-30 WLB; corres., 1943-44 12-11 Women s Auxiliary; minutes, 1943-45 13-17 WSIUC (Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council - AFL-CIO); corres., publications, 1960-63