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Victor Storino papers on United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033

Descriptive Summary

Title
Victor Storino papers on United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033
Dates
1968-2002
Creator
Storino, Victor
Creator
United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033 (Chicago, Ill.)
Size
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Language
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions for Access

As part of our storage renovations, some or all items in this collection are offsite and inaccessible until 2022. Materials in the "Copy/Holdings Information" section with "Lot" or "OS" or "Oversize" in the call number are NOT currently available unless stated otherwise. Please email us at research@chicagohistory.org with any questions you might have.

Conditions Governing Use

All copyrights to this material that were owned by the donor were deeded to Chicago Historical Society.

Preferred Citation

A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.

Custodial History

Gift of Victor Storino (2011.0040.1).

Scope and Content

Union constitutions, union convention materials, collective bargaining agreements, benefit plans, workplace safety, and other job and union related manuals, agendas, meeting minutes, newsletters, and notes of Victor Storino, the last president of United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033. Also included are materials from the Republic Engineered Steels Partnership Committee meetings, which Storino attended in 1997.

Scope and Content

Local 1033, with an office at 11731 South Avenue O on the far Southeast Side, represented workers at the Republic Steel mill located on the east bank of the Calumet River, mainly in the South Deering community area of Chicago. Republic Steel was acquired by the LTV Corporation in the 1980s and became LTV Steel, which filed for bankruptcy in 2000 and closed in Dec. 2001.

Related Material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1033 (Chicago, Ill.) records; the collection known as "United Steelworkers of America, Local 65 and Local 1033 records"; other collections of United Steelworkers records; and photographs and newsletters of Local 1033. Also, a banner of Club Techaluta de Chicago is in the artifact collections of Chicago History Museum.

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