| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Service Employees International Union, Natural Gas Workers Union Local 555
| | | | Creator: | Natural Gas Workers' Union, Local 555 | | | | Dates: | 1963-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Local 555 of the Service Employees International Union, Natural Gas Workers' Union, was a trade-union organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937 to represent employees of East Ohio Gas Company and led initially by Francis O'Rourke, and later, by John Nagle and William J. McCarthy. It became affiliated with the Building Service Employees' International Union in 1962, now known as the Service Employees International Union. In 1990 the local had a membership of 1,850. The collection consists of correspondence, constitutions, labor agreements, annual reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and publications. The collection primarily relates to the East Ohio Gas Company, including Ohio Public Utilities Commission hearings on rate increase requests and service cutbacks during the 1970s energy crisis. There is minimal material dealing directly with union business, but the collection does include some items on organizing tactics and strike procedures issued by the international union. | | | | Call #: | MS 4524 | | | | Extent: | 0.75 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Service Employees International Union. Natural Gas Workers Union Local 555 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | East Ohio Gas Company. | Consolidated Natural Gas Company. | Gas industry -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio. | Gas companies -- Ohio. | Gas companies -- Ohio -- Rates. | Gas companies -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Collective labor agreements -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Collective bargaining -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Strikes and lockouts -- Public utilities -- Ohio. | Energy policy -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Judson Paul Lamb Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lamb, Judson Paul | | | | Dates: | 1911-1936 | | | | Abstract: | Judson Paul Lamb was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who served as Law Director of the city of Cleveland during the administration of Mayor Fred Kohler, 1922-1923. He also served as chairman of a statewide committee that drafted the first uniform traffic code for Ohio. In his private law practice, he was involved in several important litigations, including the Cleveland Clinic fire disaster of 1929, in which he represented the victim's families. The collection consists of six scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and correspondence. Most of the clippings relate to litigation against the East Ohio Gas Company rate increases, a recall effort against Mayor Fred Kohler, and the resignation of Lamb and other cabinet officials. Also included are clippings regarding Lamb's private law cases, especially suits regarding the 1929 Cleveland Clinic disaster. | | | | Call #: | MS 4535 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Lamb, Judson Paul, 1885-1965. | Kohler, Fred, 1864-1934. | Cleveland (Ohio). Law Dept. | Cleveland (Ohio). Mayor. | East Ohio Gas Company. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation -- Fire, 1929. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | City attorneys -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gas companies -- Rates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Actions and defenses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Political corruption -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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