Sign, Directional
Object number2016.114.1
MediumPlastic
Credit LineGift of Sherry Murray
DescriptionLabor Relations Division sign. Black rectangular plastic sign.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 8 × 23 × 0.313 in. (20.3 × 58.4 × 0.8 cm)InscriptionsFront has raised white text "LABOR RELATIONS / DIVISION".
Historical NotesThe original Labor Relations sign that hung on the door to the Labor Relations offices. The offices were located in the basement of the health center on 29th Street. Sherry Murray was employed as the Director of Industrial Relations for the Pittsburgh Works of J&L/LTV from 1984-1989, where she met her husband, Roy Murray, Jr., a plant employee from 1964-1988 (retired in 2004 as Director of Collective Bargaining Serves, USWA). After it closed, she worked for a time with Alcoa in a similar leadership position. Roy’s dad, J. Roy Murray, Sr., was with the Steelworkers Organizing Committee and Local 1843 of the Steelworkers (who negotiated the first contract between the USWA and J&L Steel).
Related institution
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Related institution
LTV Corporation
Related person
Sherry Murray
Related person
Roy Murray Jr.
Related person
Roy Murray Sr.
On View
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1932-2017
1940-1955
c. 1980
1987-2022
1930-1957
1968-1992
