Mergers: Pennsylvania, Hazelton Opposition, 1987

File — Box: 12, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Petition signed by members of Local 225, Hazelton, opposing closing and merger with office in Pittston; letters opposing closing: from Greater Wilkes-Barre Labor Council district manager to Pres. Mazur, opposing mergers as politically harmful to the labor movement, July 24, 1987; from member of Local 225 to Pres. Mazur, April 29, 1987; from president of Alliance to Revitalize Center-City Hazelton, Inc., to vice president Sol Hoffman, April 29, 1989; from president of United Labor Council of Lower Luzerne and Carbon Counties, April 30, 1987; from Local 14, Office & Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, April 30, 1987; from Local 1648, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, May 1, 1987; from member in Hazelton, April 30, 1987, with reply from Hoffman explaining rationale for merger, May 12, 1987; question & answer sheet outlining rationale for closing Hazelton; letter from Hazelton district manager to Sol Hoffman listing manufacturing shops in Schuylkill County, April 27, 1987; list of Hazelton District Council officers and members; resolutions approving merger; newspaper clippings

Dates

1987

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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