The Organizer's Official Bulletin, later renamed the UE Organizer's Bulletin, was a report on the organizational efforts of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) and a means of informing the union's organizers of issues concerning the union. These bulletins include a combination of articles, leaflets, editorials, and letters that dealt with information regarding the UE. This subgroup contains bulletins from 1937 to 1962, in addition to organizational and political action reports concerning the UE.
The Organizer's Official Bulletin began in 1937 as a report on the organizational efforts of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE) and a means of informing the union's organizers of issues concerning the union. In 1949, the report was renamed the UE Organizer's Bulletin. These bulletins include a combination of articles, leaflets, editorials, and letters that dealt with information regarding the UE. This information included articles on such topics as McCarthyism and UE plant closings. The reports were created to inform UE organizers of current events and conditions affecting the workplace as they set out to coordinate the organizing and stability of locals.
This subgroup contains Organizer's Official Bulletins and UE Organizer's Bulletins from 1937 to 1962. These bulletins include information on union organizing, war production, McCarthyism, and the creation of the rival International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE). Also included are UE Organizational Reports, initially called Quarterly Reports, which include information on UE collective bargaining, changes in union staff, company profits, and unemployment or strike notices. Legislative and Political Action Bulletins from 1951 to 1967 are also present. These reports were used to inform union members about government policies affecting the workplace, such as taxes, wage freezes, prices, and the passage of new laws or acts.
These files are arranged chronologically by document type.
Gift of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America in 1997.
This collection was processed by Daniel Carthew in November 2008.