Box 1

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INSIDE A MANILA ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO LETHENIAL McCLAM: --copy of “Strike at Olin: Test Case for Labor—As Reported in the People’s Daily World and Bulls Eye” Booklet from Communist Party of Connecticut, 1980 --Numerous color photographs, n.d., but many are of Local 609 in a parade with signs about “Say No to Reagan’s Raw Deal” and “obs Not Bombs” --Membership book belonging to Louis A. Romano, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE Local 282), initiated 9/30/46

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

Scope and Contents INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS AFL-CIO FOLDER/PACKET with newspaper articles pasted to the front from New Haven REGISTER: “Bush Presented Winchester Rifle,” 7-10-86 and “City Lost Winchester But Kept G & O,” 1980 containing photographs of 1979 strike at Olin/ Winchester, including arrests, demonstrations, helmeted police; also photos of unidentified union officials (?) around a table; xerox NYT article September 1985, by Paul Bass, about the company, “Arms...

Scope and Contents PACKET containing Xeroxes of letters to employees in August of 1979 re: “misconduct” on the picket line that July; Xerox of photo of Officers of NCSC (?) [National Council of Senior Citizens] presenting a plaque of recognition to Victory Lodge 609 recognizing their support both moral and financial since 1982; accepted by LOUIS ROMANO, then President of the Local; New Haven REGISTER articles from June 1985, “Arms Company No Stranger to Adversity: Fiscal Ups and Downs Mark Company’s 125 Years”...

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Manila envelope containing Xeroxes of REGISTER and JOURBAL COURIER articles from 1985 and 1986 concerning the company’s fiscal woes and attempted solutions

Scope and Contents Notebook containing a copy of THE MACHINIS, IAM newsletter, July, 1994; Xeroxes and originals of JOURNAL COURIER and REGISTER articles re: company’s financial woes and layoffs, and “questionable practices,” 1985, 1986 April 21, 1982 ADVOCATE with lead story, “Good Vibes at Winchester—The new owners of the Winchester gun plant are forging a better relationship with the workers, and productivity has improved”; New York TEACHER magazine article on A. Philip Randolph, 1979; DAILY WORLD from...

Scope and Contents Manila Envelope addressed to LouisRomano as IAM Lodge 609 President from Yale University Department of Administrative Services, c/o Professor Lewicki, postmarked April 30, 1971, contains black and white and color photos of African American workers at USRAC (including Craig Gauthier); a parade in which USRAC participated; Governor O’Neill signing something as officials look on; a large postcard/photograph from the 1964 Grand Lodge Convention in Miami Beach Florida, signed by “Alvin-Tom—Lou”;...

Scope and Contents Manila Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J. Carmon from the Olin Corporate headquarters in Stamford, Ct., postmark unreadable, contains “I Was There—Solidarity Day, Machinists Union, September 19, 1981” button; New Haven ADVOCATE article “Business Moves to Tighten ‘Quits and Fires’ Law, January 31, 1979; miscellaneous articles about labor an about the Olin strike, 1979, including about police misconduct; LOCAL 609 Official Notice of Nominations Election, September, 1977, by Corinne Carmon,...

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“From Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, New Haven, Conn.,containing one black and white 8 X 10 of unidentified men sitting around a table, two smaller unidentified black and white photos

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New Haven REGISTER from November 9, 1969, with banner head, “Agreement Reached in Olin Strike—Union to Set Vote Date” (Romano was President)

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

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“Olin Strike News—Strike in 12th Week” newsletter published by AIM (American Independent Movement); October 1, 1969 memo. to all Olin New Haven Hourly Employees from W.H. Withers, Manager of New Haven Administrative Services, announcing that the strike is in its two and a half month, and their Blue Cross and CMS insurance is being stopped for the duration of the strike effective immediately; somebody’s hand notes

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.

Scope and Contents News Releases; miscellaneous news clippings; memo. from Carl Johnson, Local 609 president, re: a Stewards’ Meeting on September 13, 1962;1978 afidavits from the local certifying that X is a member and is on strike (multiple copies) signed by Arthur Bosley, President; multiples of letter to New Haven Department of Welfare certifying that the “above named person is currently on strike against____ and is “without sufficient resources for meeting present subsistence needs”; miscellaneous...

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“The 1979-80 Olin Strike: A Symbol of Decline, A Tragedy of Escalation” by Joe Dobrow, “PPM 523, Negotiation, Prof. Cramton, March 30, 1992”

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Xeroxes of 1969 JOURNAL COURIER and NEW HAVEN REGISTER articles about 1969 Olin strike

Scope and Contents of the Records From the Collection:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 609 (New Haven, Conn.) records, 1956-2006, consist of meeting minutes, correspondence, charters, collective bargaining materials, and financial records. The records consist of office files generated mostly by the union leadership or by various employers. In addition there are some materials from the New Haven Central Labor Union and the Connecticut State Council of Machinists.