Finding Aid
United Steelworkers of America. Local 1005 (Hamilton, Ont.) Bill Burniston sous-fonds. - 1940-1973. - 1.3 m of textual records and graphic materials.
Series 1:
Correspondence. - 1940-1973. - 28 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series. - Note: Includes letters to and from the Canadian Congress of Labour, USWA District 6, the Steel Company of Canada, Unemployment Insurance Commission, and the Workmen's Compensation Board.
Box 1:
F.1 Personal correspondence 1940-1944, 1959. File contains letters to Burniston and his mother from his foster brother who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and from friends with the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy; Burniston's correspondence with the National Selective Service with postponement orders, Victory Loan coupons and certificates, beer and gasoline ration coupons, wartime industrial transit permit, list of wedding donations. Also in the file is a 1959 letter purportedly from an Irish cousin, but more likely written as a parody of the Irish.
F.2 1949-1950
F.3 1950. Burniston and E. Dalrymple spent time in Sudbury, Ont. on union business. File includes bank statements and cancelled cheques for an account that was set up during their visit.
F.4 1952
F.5 1953
F.6 1954
F.7 1955
F.8 1956
F.9 1957
F.10 1958
F.11 1958, brief to the Ontario Federation of Labour
F.12 1959
F.13 1959, Ron Tipler fund
F.14 1960
F.15 1961
F.16 1962
F.17 1963
F.18 1964
F.19 1965
F.20 1966
F.21 1967. Note: A letter dated 18 October 1967 outlines the various positions held by Burniston within Local 1005.
F.22 1968
F.23 1969
F.24 1973
Series 2:
Appointment calendars and diaries. - 1952-1968. - 2 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series.
F.25 1952
F.26 1953
F.27 1960
F.28 1962
F.29 1965
F.30 1966
F.31 1967
F.32 1968
Series 3:
Labour negotiations. - 1958-1969. - 2 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series.
F.33-4 1958
F.35 1965-1966
F.36 1968-1969
Series 4:
Committees. - 1951-1971. - 60 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series.
Box 2:
F.1 Executive membership lists, 1964-1970
F.2 Executive committee, scattered notes, minutes, and reports, 1959-1971; includes by-laws
F.3 Compensation, Safety and Health Committee, bound and loose minutes, membership lists, 1955-1959
F.4-6 Accident reports and minutes of safety meetings at specific plant locations, 1958-1959
F.7 Compensation, Safety and Health Committee, bound and loose minutes, 1959-1961
F.8 Health survey, 1960
F.9 Compensation, Safety and Health Committee, scattered loose minutes, 1960-1965
F.10 Education Committee, budget, annual reports, 1958, 1960-1961, n.d.
F.11 Entertainment Committee, report and correspondence, 1964
Social activities, presumably falling under the jurisdiction of the Entertainment Committee. Files contain score sheets, schedules, rules, programs, correspondence, tickets.
F.12 Bowling, 1952-1955
F.13 Darts (Hamilton Veterans and District Dart League), 1951-1958
F.14 Fishing, notes, n.d.
F.15 Golf, 1954
F.16 Picnics (annual), 1948, 1957-1959
F.17 Picnic, 1953
F.18 Picnic, 1954
F.19 Picnic, 1955
F.20 Picnics, n.d.
F.21 Softball, 1954
F.22 Stewards' Supper and Dance, 1960, 1964-1966
F.23 Stewards' Supper and Dance, 1967
F.24 Stewards' Supper and Dance, 1968
F.25 Grape Boycott Committee, circular letter and sign-up sheet, 1968
Grievance Committees and reports. Note: The Grievance Committee consisted of the chairmen of the four divisions, the plant chairman, and the secretary.
F.26 Individual grievance reports, 1951, 1954, n.d.
F.27 Individual grievance reports, 1960; Committee report, 1962
F.28-9 Grievance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, 1964
F.30-1 Grievance Committee, individual and committee reports, 1965
Box 3:
F.1 Div. 2 Grievance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, 1965
F.2 Grievance Committee minutes, 1966
F.3 Div. 2 Grievance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, discharge list, 1966
F.4 Grievance Committee, Burniston's notebook, 1967
F.5 Div. 2 Grievance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, 1967
F.6 Grievance arbitration awards, 1961-1968
F.7 Pensions, Welfare and Insurance Committee, 1964, n.d. Burniston's notebook, mimeo. Note: This committee dealt with employee pensions and unemployment insurance claims
F.8 Insurance benefits, 1965
F.9 Pensions, Welfare and Insurance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, 1966
F.10 Pensions, Welfare and Insurance Committee, notes about individual cases, some outside of Local 1005, 1967
F.11 Pensions, Welfare and Insurance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, 1967-1968
F.12-3 Pensions, Welfare and Insurance Committee, Burniston's notebooks, 1968
F.14 Pensioners, lists of
F.15 Picket committee, 1958
F.16 Picket committee, 1969
F.17 Rod Mill Centennial Committee, 1967
F.18 Trial Committee for F. Stewart Cooke, 1966
Series 5:
Steelworkers Social Club of Hamilton. - 1947-1962. - 4 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series. Note: The club was located at 493 King William Street.
F.19 Province of Ontario, letters patent, incorporating the Steelworkers Social Club of Hamilton, 22 October 1947
F.20 Correspondence, 1956-1962
F.21 Financial statements, 1959, 1961
F.22 Financial, receipts, 1950-1961
F.23 Financial record book, n.d.
F.24 Liquor licenses, 1950-1954
F.25 By-laws and membership card
F.26 Labour negotiations with Hamilton Waiters and Service Workers Union
Series 6:
Finances. - 1953-1972. - 2 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series.
Box 4:
F.1 Financial appeals for assistance for fellow employees, bereavement, etc.
F.2 Ontario Works Gift Fund meeting, 1953
F.3 Financial statements, 1957-1961
F.4 Financial statements, 1962-1972
Series 7:
Conferences. - 1952-1968. - 10 cm of textual records. - Title based on content of series.
F.5 Unemployment Insurance training, 1952
F.6 Accident Prevention, 1953
F.7 Workmen's Compensation, 1956
F.8-9 National Policy, 1960
F.10 National Policy, 1963
F.11 National Policy, 1965
F.12 Religion-Labour Council of Canada, 1968
F.13 National Policy, 1968
F.14 Conference notes, n.d.
Series 8:
Photographs, job descriptions, personal documents, articles and notes, printed materials and realia. - 1940-1972. - 20 cm of textual records and graphic materials. - Title based on content of series.
F.15 10 b&w photographs of Burniston with others, n.d.
F.16 5 b&w photographs taken in Northern Ontario, one of Burniston, one is captioned "Bear killed by E.W. Hackenberg, 1947, near Blind River"; 1 b&w photograph of Burniston at a beach resort, 1956; 1 b&w photograph of his driveway in Dundas, Ont., negatives
F.17 2 b&w photographs, Dundas Little League Team, 1959-1960
F.18 5 col slides, Labour Day Parade, 1967
F.19 Job descriptions, 1955-1963
F.20 Job classification notes, 1950-1951
F.21 Work schedules, 1955-1968
F.22 Personal documents, record of Burniston's birth issued in letter form 5 June 1940
F.23 Personal documents: course certificates from Canadian Congress of Labour, 1949, 1969; USWA convention credentials, 1960-1968; membership dues books, 1946-1957; benefit and insurance forms
F.24 Personal documents, expense vouchers, 1965-1968
F.25 Personal documents, garnishee wages form, 1965
F.26 Articles, tss. presumably written for Steel Shots, 1953?-1968
F.27 Articles, deadline notices from Steel Shots, notes 1951-1966
F.28 Notes, 1958
F.29 Notes, 1968
F.30 Notes about unemployment, 1970-1972
F.31 Printed, Collective Bargaining Agreements, 1950-1966
F.32 Printed, Ontario Federation of Labour constitution, 1953
F.33 Printed, Local 1005 Stewards Newsletters, scattered issues, 1962-1968
F.34 Printed, Stewards handbooks, 1961, 1963
F.35 Printed, Local 1005 Newsletters, scattered issues and notices, 1951-1971
F.36 Printed, Conciliation Board reports, 1955, 1956
F.37 Printed, Local 1005 President's report, 1960
F.38 Printed, Brief to Royal Commission Inquiring into Statues and Regulations Administered by the Department of Labour That Govern the Safety of Workers, 1960
F.39 Printed, Ballot election form, 1950; international convention delegates form with results, n.d.
F.40-1 Misc. printed materials
F.42 Realia: Trades and Labour Congress of Canada guest convention delegate medal, 1947; two felt patches from the H.G. & C.C.
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