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NAME: Sam Camens
BORN:
DIED:
JOB TITLE; DEPT.; COMPANY; PLANT
1. Laborer; USS; Ohio Works
2. Boiler Operator; Utilities; USS; Ohio Works
3. Turbine Engineer; Utilities; USS; Ohio Works
UNION:
Involved during Steel Worker's Organizing Committee (SWOC) years, 1942
United Steel Workers of America (USWA) formation, throughout to present
President of Local #1330;
Eventually elected to USWA International office in Pittsburgh, 1968
Became International representative
Assistant to the USWA President
YEARS OF SERVICE: approx. 1937 - present
TIME PERIOD(S) OF INTEREST:
SWOC Era
Little Steel Strike
USWA History
INDEXING TERMS:
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Taft-Hartley
United States Steel (USS)
United Steel Workers of America (USWA)
USWA District 26
USWA International
1937 Little Steel Strike
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