Fighting Fund 1952

Fighting Fund 1952 Cause Button Museum
Category
Cause
Event
Additional Images
Fighting Fund 1952 button back Cause Button Museum
Text on Button FIGHTING FUND U.E. 107 1952
Image Description

Blue text on a white background
Curl Text BASTIAN BROS. CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Back Style
Brass locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
Year / Decade Made
1952
1950s
The Manufacturer
Bastian Bros. Co.
Additional Information

Union Fighting Funds support union members involved in labor disputes with employers. The fighting funds are financed by union employees who contribute portions of their pay to the fund. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of American (UE) Local 107 operated from 1936 to 1986 at the South Philadelphia Works of the Westinghouse Company in Lester, Pennsylvania. Westinghouse employees threatened to strike in 1952, and breakdown in labor talks culminated in a major walk-out in 1955 involving 45,560 employees shutting down half the company’s production.
Catalog ID CA0088