Button, Promotional
Object number2016.114.7
Date1987
MediumSteel; Plastic; Paper; Ink
Credit LineGift of Sherry Murray
DescriptionCircular pinback button promoting steel industry.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 2.188 × 0.25 in. (5.6 × 0.6 cm)InscriptionsFront has red text at top "KEEP HAZELWOOD / COKING" and red text at bottom "USWA" with Union label below.
MarksWhite text in along bottom "[illegible] ©1987 Ti[illegible] Design Inc. Versailles, Oh 45380 ... USWA"; text is difficult to decipher due to button's edge crimping.
Historical NotesSherry 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
United Steelworkers of America
Related institution
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Related person
Roy Murray Jr.
Related person
Sherry Murray
Related person
Roy Murray Sr.
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