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The Maritime Industry Strike Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5330

Scope and Contents

The materials deal chiefly with MEBA and include news releases concerning negotiation efforts of Ralph E. Casey (president, AMMI) and Jesse M. Calhoon (president, MEBA); also news releases conerning various contract proposal rejections and statements made on strike issues. Additionally, reports to MEBA membership; memoranda; and miscellaneous materials. Maritime Trades Department (MTD) items include news releases regarding statements on the strike by Peter M. McGavin (executive secretary and treasurer, MTD), and Paul Hall (president, MTD).



Documents relating to the MMP include a joint statement by Lloyd W. Sheldon (president, MMP), and William R. Steinberg (president, American Radio Association); news releases regarding the MMP agreement with the Tanker Service Committee, ending the tanker industry's 23-day shut-down; and issues of the newspaper THE MASTER, MATE AND PILOT. A National Maritime Union of America (NMU) file includes an NMU proposal for a merger of unions of unlicensed seamen; a joint statement on the amalgamation of the NMU, American Radio Association, MMP, United Marine Division, and Brotherhood of Marine Officers; and clippings. Materials of the American Merchant Marine Institute (AMMI) include news releases and statements by Ralph E. Casey on behalf of the steamship companies which he represented in contract negotiations; and clippings.

Dates

  • 1965

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

This maritime strike lasted seventy-five days and ivolved three unions and eight companies.



The unions involved were the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA); the international Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots (MMP); and the American Radio Association. The companies involved included the United States Line Company; Lykes Brothers Steamship Company; Grace Lines, Inc.; Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.; the Gulf and South American Steamship Company, Inc.; Farrell Lines, Inc.; Prudential Steamship Lines, Inc.; and Broomfield Steamship Company. The American Merchant Marine Institute (AMMI), as bargaining agent, represented the eight government subsidized lines. The negotiations involved pensions, manning problems on automated ships, and the demand by the companies for new grievance-arbitration machinery.

Extent

1 cubic feet

Abstract

Includes miscellaneous union-produced documents having to do with the Maritime Industry Strike of 1965 and related matters.

Quantity:

1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Case files, records (documents) .

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, July 03, 2014
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 11, 2019
Title
The Maritime Industry Strike Files
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 11, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853