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United Steelworkers of America. Local 2868 (Hamilton, Ont.) fonds. First accrual.

Minutes
Note: In addition to the minutes located in boxes 1 and 2, there are other minutes located throughout the fonds.
BOX 1
Executive Minutes Dec. 5, 1965-May 5, 1967 (1 binder)
F.1 Old Executive Minutes Jan. 8, 1968-Sept. 3, 1969
F.2 Executive Minutes Sept. 25, 1969-April 6, 1973
F.3 Minutes of Executive and Membership Meetings Nov. 6, 1970-Jan. 10, 1972
F.4 Minutes of Executive and Membership Meetings Feb. 11, 1972-May 14, 1973

BOX 2
F.1 Minutes of Executive and Membership Meetings June 11, 1973-Dec. 8, 1975
F.2 Executive Meeting Minutes May 11, 1973-Nov. 5,1976
F.3 Minutes of Executive and Membership Meetings Jan. 9, 1976- Dec. 13, 1976

General Correspondence
Note: In addition to the correspondence located in boxes 3-5, there is other correspondence located throughout the fonds.
BOX 3
F.1 Oct. 1, 1973-Sept. 22, 1975
F.2 Feb. 12, 1974-Oct. 4, 1974 and March 24, 1972
F.3 Aug. 15, 1974-Nov. 28, 1975
F.4 Dec. 1975-Dec. 20, 1976

Recording Secretary’s Correspondence - A. Rushton
BOX 4
F.1 Sept. 1969-Feb. 1970
F.2 Feb. 1970-Oct. 31, 1970
F.3 Nov. 13, 1970-Jan. 11, 1972
F.4 Feb. 1972-December 1972
F.5 Feb. 1972-May 1973 General Correspondence, Resolutions, etc.
F.6 August 1972-April 1974

BOX 5
F.1 Filed Correspondence 1970-1971
F.2 1972-1974
F.3 1976

Financial Statements
F.4 Oct. 1970-Dec. 1971
F.5 Jan. 1972-April 19[73]?
F.6 June 1973-Nov. 1976

Other
F.7 Election Committee Reports 1973-1975

F.8 Membership Meeting Elections and Plant
Arbitration Newsletter Oct. 31, 1963-Jan. 30, 1970
F.9 Miscellaneous Correspondence Sept. 27, 1967-July 3, 1973
F.10 Miscellaneous Material

By-Laws Committee
BOX 6
U.S.W.A. By-Laws for Local Unions, April 1969
U.S.W.A. Local Union Elections Manual, April 1969
Local 2868 By-Laws and Revisions.
Correspondence Between Local 2868 and Company, Oct. 7, 1970-Dec. 17, 1971
General Correspondence 1970-1971
Company Correspondence Jan. 1972-March 1973
Company Correspondence April 1973-Dec. 1975
Company Correspondence Dec. 1975-Jan. 1977

Grievance Committee Material
BOX 7
F.1 Correspondence re Grievances 1943-1957
F.2 Additional submissions and grievances
F.3 Correspondence re Arbitration Cases 1949-1959
F.4 Grievances (Union vs Company) [filed by Grievance Number] 55-22 to 56-113
F.5 Grievances 56-125 to 56-170
F.6 Grievances W57-10 to W58-31

BOX 8
F.1 Grievances W59-2 to W60-88
F.2 Grievances W61-3 to W63-28 ; 2 Record Books--Grievance Committee Meetings, July 7, 1960-July 25, 1962 and Aug. 1, 1962-Feb. 2, 1965
F.3 Grievance Committee Meetings 1967-1968
F.4 Grievance Committee Meetings 1969-1972; Minutes, Stewards Council, Dec. 4, 1952-Feb. 17, 1955 (John Rope, Secretary)

BOX 9
F.1 Arbitration Awards, Company vs Union
F.2 Grievances HD60-2 to W60-5
F.3 Grievance Committee Meetings 1966-67
F.4 Minutes, Stewards Council 1950-1952

BOX 10
F.1 Hamilton Works - Occupational Classifications
F.2 Correspondence re: Grievances 1952-1953
F.3 Correspondence re: Grievances 1953-1955
F.4 Correspondence re: Grievances 1955-1959

BOX 11
F.1 Arbitration Case - Grievance re time study on Drop Hammer Job #615875Rl-Forge Dept. and Time Study 590283RI-Knife and Bar Dept. and others
F.2 Arbitration re Grievance - Howard Aird, Overtime
F.3 Additional Union Submissions 1965-1967

Minute Books: Executive Meetings Sept. 10, 1964 - Nov. 5, 1965 Stewards Council Meetings Aug. 18, 1955 - Dec. 13, 1956 and Jan. 10, 1957 - Sept. 11, 1958

BOX 12
Arbitration Awards

BOX 13
Benefit Programs and Benefits
F.1
Photocopies - Dental Expense Benefits Program - Appendix “A”
Insurance Program Agreement
Non-Contributory Retirement Plan Agreement
Agreement Continuing the Supplemental Unemployment
Benefit Plan
F.2 Correspondence - A. Rushton, Recording Secretary, 1968, 1969, 1970
F.3 Correspondence re negotiations 1969, 1970
F.4 Additional Correspondence re negotiations

BOX 14
F.1 Non-Contributory Retirement Plan-Agreement (July 10, 1974)
F.2 Minutes of Committee meetings 1971-1974
F.3
Settlement to Become Memorandum of Agreement, Local 2868 and International Harvester of Canada, Ltd., Hamilton Plant, April 18, 1974.
Settlement to become Memorandum of Agreement, International Harvester of Canada, Ltd., Hamilton Works, and Local 286 and 4592, November 4, 1971.
Insurance Program Agreement, Feb. 14, 1972.
Proposed Settlement Terms, Local 2868, effective April 22, 1974.
Amendment to the Agreement Continuing the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan, Feb. 14, 1972.
Non-Contributory Retirement Plan, Agreement, Feb. 8, 1972.
F.4 Notebook, Minutes of Meetings (Union Only); Jan. 7, 1971-May 19, 1971 [loose pages inserted into notebook]

BOX 15
F.1 Material relating to the trial of Edward Firlit (1972-1973)
F.2 Correspondence with A. Rushton, Recording Secretary re negotiations, 1974
F.3       Material relating to negotiations and clauses in agreements.
F.4
Local 2868, USWA Hamilton Plant and International Harvester Company of Canada agreement, May 3, 1964.
Hourly Wage Rates and Classifications Book: Sanford Ave., Beach Rd., Longwood Rd., Aberdeen Ave. Plants, Hamilton.
(Effective June 29, 1973 for collective agreement expiring April 22, 1975)

BOX 16
Negotiating Committee Material
F.1
Negotiating Committee Meetings: Minutes, Sept. 19, 1973-Nov. 1, 1974
Insurance Program Agreement, July 10, 1974
Union Proposals for new agreement, Feb. 1, 1974
April 3, 1974 - Company’s offer for settlement to renew the collective agreement
Other Negotiating Committee Material
F.2 1971, Original signed pages of proposals
F.3 Minutes, Union Meetings (re proposals) Dec. 6, 1973-March 19, 1974
F.4 Local 2868 proposals for collective agreements, miscellaneous material relating to negotiations and agreements
F.5 Proposals received
F.6 Correspondence re negotiations 1971; Correspondence re OHIP benefits 1972
F.7 Local 2868 Letters of Understanding and Correspondence re: Negotiations; Proposals received 1973-74
F.8 Correspondence, Clippings, etc. 1969-1973
F.9 Job Descriptions (trades); Grievance, job evaluation - Welders, Dec. 17, 1973

BOX 17 Agreements
Nos. 1-16
Local 2868 - Agreements between Hamilton Works of International Harvester Company of Canada, Ltd. and Local 2868, USWA 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952 (2 copies)
1955 (2 copies), 1956,1957,1959, 1962, June 24, 1965, August 28, 1968, November 26,
1971 (8 copies), May 3, 1974, April 29, 1977

Nos.17-22
Other agreements and Regulations kept by Local 2868
Miscellaneous pamphlets received by Local 2868

International Harvester Co. of Canada, Ltd. Hamilton Works. (2 Black Binders)
Occupational Classifications.
6-1-58. Day Work-Book I and II.
Loose Insert, Book II-Notice of Job
Description and Classification Change

Occupational Classifications and Job Descriptions and Classification Changes (Red Binder)

USWA
Industrial Machinery Conference Nov. 21-22, 1974
Contract Analysis by Research Contract Dept.

A. Rushton, Negotiation 1971 (Black Binder)

Minute Books
1949-1959
1959-1965
1965-1971

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