Battle of Homestead Foundation - Mike Stout Collection

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About This Collection

The Mike Stout collection spans from 1937 to 2020. The collection contains a variety of materials from political marching banners, to local union newspapers, to clothing, to paper material, to CDs, and more. The bulk of the collection covers labor history, with a particular interest in union activities in Homestead, Pennsylvania and around the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region. Much of the material has to do with the steel industry in the region as well. The collection also contains a good sampling of music in relation to unionism and big business. The collection was donated by Mike Stout in 2020 and digitized in 2023.
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1397 Rank and File Timeline, 1976-1986
1397 Rank and File Timeline, 1976-1986
Labor History, Labor, Steel, Steel History, United Steelworkers of America, USWA
This five page document is a timeline of the United Steelworkers of America Local 1397 Rank and File union from 1976 to 1986.
Bankruptcy Memorandum Opinion Concerning Local Union 1397
Bankruptcy Memorandum Opinion Concerning Local Union 1397
Labor History, Labor, United Steelworkers of America, USWA
This document is a memorandum opinion via the United States Bankruptcy Court for the western district of Pennsylvania. The letter concerns Local Union 1397 of the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC. The memorandum overviews the overruling of the objections made by the union in regard to severance pay for terminated office secretaries.
Board of Arbitration Report Concerning USS, USS-POSCO, USWA, and IJOP
Board of Arbitration Report Concerning USS, USS-POSCO, USWA, and IJOP
USWA, Labor History, Labor, United Steelworkers of America
This is a board of arbitration report concerning United States Steel, USS-POSCO Industries, United Steelworkers of America, and IJOP grievances.
Board of Arbitration Report Concerning USS, USWA, and IJOP
Board of Arbitration Report Concerning USS, USWA, and IJOP
Labor History, Labor, Steel, Steel History, United Steelworkers of America, USWA
This supplemental arbitration award from the board of arbitration case number USS-23, 612 is between United States Steel and United Steelworkers of America Local Union 1397 and IJOP Grievances. The IJOP grievances are in relation to the hiring of people at the USS-Pittsburgh Works that violated Union rights. The company then complied.
Chronology of Events Leading to Feasibility Study
Chronology of Events Leading to Feasibility Study
Steel, Steel History, Labor, Labor History, United Steelworkers of America, USWA
The document is a chronological list of events that lead up to the feasibility study at the Duquesne Works plat of United States Steel. The events begin in September of 1984 and last until February of 1985.
Disciplinary Write Up Given to Mike Stout, 1978
Disciplinary Write Up Given to Mike Stout, 1978
Labor History, Pittsburgh History, Labor, USWA, United Steelworkers of America, Steel
This document is a disciplinary notice given to Mike Stout at his place of employment, United States Steel Corporation's Homestead works. The notice was given on July 10, 1978 as a result of Stout distributing and "open letter" by the Local 1397 union to all Slab and Plate employees regarding overtime. The company addresses this as impeding work under Basic Labor Agreement. This is given as a warning before more severe disciplinary action.
Handbook for Volunteer Organizing Committee for USWA
Handbook for Volunteer Organizing Committee for USWA
Labor History, Labor, Steel, Steel History, United Steelworkers of America, USWA
This handbook is for the volunteer organizing committee under the United Steelworkers of America. The handbook overviews the organizing campaign, the history of the USWA, diversity within the union, as well as other topics.
Pension Agreement Between Allegheny Ludlum Steel and United Steelworkers of America
Pension Agreement Between Allegheny Ludlum Steel and United Steelworkers of America
Labor History, Labor, Steel, Steel History, United Steelworkers of America, USWA
This booklet is a pension agreement between Allegheny Ludlum Steel, a division of Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, and United Steelworkers of America. This was amended on February 12, 1990.
Recharge South Side Steel Fact Sheet
Recharge South Side Steel Fact Sheet
Labor History, Labor, Steel, Steel History
This document is a fact sheet regarding the recharge South Side Steel proposal made by Tri-State Conference on Steel. The document overviews the want to start production once again at the South Side facility based on a study done by The Inter Provincial Steel Company of Canada.
Summary of the Torres-Tumazos Marketing Study and Implications for the Duquesne Works
Summary of the Torres-Tumazos Marketing Study and Implications for the Duquesne Works
Labor, Labor History, Steel, Steel History
The Summary of the Torres-Tumazos Marketing Study and Implications for the Duquesne Works was published on May 8, 1985. The summary overviews the demand for semi-finished continuous cast steel in the United States, plans to meet that demand, and the implications if that need is not met. The piece is written by Rosa Torres-Tumazos.