1950 1st Ed, HISTORY OF THE OIL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION , CIO by H. O'Connor
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1950 1st Ed, HISTORY OF THE OIL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION , CIO by H. O'Connor. Hardcover +DJ. Illustrated, 442 pp., O'Connor, Harvey. Published by the Oil Workers International Union, CIO, Denver, CO. Craft union raids on OFGWRWA locals, as well as industrial union sympathies, led the union to support the Committee on Industrial Organization. Hardcover +DJ. Illustrated, 442 pp., O'Connor, Harvey. Published by the Oil Workers International Union, CIO, Denver, CO. Sold as is. Shipped USPS Media Mail w/ tracking. Insurance added at cost if requested. In 1918 the AFL chartered the International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well, and Refinery Workers of America as a 'craft' union despite oil workers representatives requesting an industrial union charter. Craft union raids on OFGWRWA locals, as well as industrial union sympathies, led the union to support the Committee on Industrial Organization. In 1937 the union changed its name to the Oil Workers International Union and affiliated with the Congress on Industrial Organization. In 1955, the OWIU merged with the Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers to form the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW). OCAW merged with the United Paperworkers to form PACE in 1999 and in 2005, PACE merged into the United Steelworkers (USW). Harvey O'Connor Obituary (from the NYT, September 1, 1987) "Harvey O'Connor, an author of scathing biographies on the Mellons, the Guggenheims and the Astors, died Saturday of heart failure after a long illness at his home in Little Compton, R.I. He was 90 years old. Mr. O'Connor was born in Minneapolis in 1897, the son of a railway cook. He worked in logging camps from 1915 to 1918, when he became the editor of The Seattle Daily Call, a Socialist newspaper. In the 1920's, he was an editor for several trade union newspapers. His first book, ''Mellon's Millions,'' was published in 1933. He later wrote ''Steel-Dictator'' in 1935; ''The Guggenheims'' in 1937; ''The Astors'' in 1941; ''History of the Oil Workers International Union'' in 1950; ''The Empire of Oil'' in 1955; ''World Crisis in Oil'' in 1962 and ''Revolution in Seattle'' in 1964. Mr. O'Connor, who was publicity director of the Oil Workers International Union from 1945 to 1948, was subpoenaed by Senator Joseph McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 1953. Mr. O'Connor refused to tell the panel whether he had been a Communist when he wrote his biographies, which had been placed in libraries maintained by the United States Information Service abroad. ... Mr. O'Connor was subsequently convicted of contempt for refusing to answer Senator McCarthy's questions, and was given a one-year suspended sentence that was reversed on appeal. Later Mr. O'Connor said he was proud that McCarthy called him ''the most contumacious witness ever to appear'' before the committee."
