Steel Workers Organizing Committee Timeline of Events

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Steel Workers Organizing Committee

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee was one of two precursor labor organizations to the United Steelworkers. It was formed by the CIO in 1936. It disbanded in 1942 to become the United Steel Workers of America....

Timeline of Events

1936

6.7.1936

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray is elected its first president.

1937

3.2.1937

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.

1942

5.22.1942

The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.