Pin, Membership
Object number2016.114.8 a,b
Date1942
MediumBrass; Enamel
Credit LineGift of Sherry Murray
DescriptionShield-shaped brass pin with black enamel on front and disk-shaped backer.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a,b together): 0.625 × 0.625 × 0.313 in. (1.6 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm)Height x Width x Depth (a): 0.625 × 0.625 × 0.313 in. (1.6 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm)
Diameter x Depth (b): 0.5 × 0.125 in. (1.3 × 0.3 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front has gold text "STEEL WORKERS / ORGANIZING / COMMITTEE / C.I.O. / PAID UP MEMBER / FOR / 1942".
Marks(a)
Maker's mark is illegible.
Historical NotesSteel Workers Organizing Committee membership pin belonged to Roy Murray, Sr. 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
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Related institution
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Previous owner
Roy Murray Sr.
Related person
Roy Murray Jr.
Related person
Sherry Murray
On View
Not on view
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