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name: label: Collection Creator
content: United Shoe Machinery Corporation
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content: United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records
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content: United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records / Series 5: Research and Development Department Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961 - 1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0277, Subseries 5.6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries includes an agreement between United Shoe and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Local No. 271 (1961), a notice (1970), and one newsletter, the Blue Sheet (1970) as well as strike-related materials.  The strike materials relate to the 1969 strike by United Electrical, Radio and Machine workers of America, Local No. 271 for unfair labor practice.  The documentation consists of a newspaper article, news releases, memoranda, the Picket Bulletin, and a button, "I Support The Union's Contract Demands, U.E. 271."  The memoranda detail issues such as lost wages, flat tires for crossing the picket line, and liability issues.