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NAME: Merlin Luce
BORN: 1912, Paulding County, Ohio
DIED:

JOB TITLE; DEPT.; COMPANY; PLANT
Engineer; Misc.; USS; Ohio Works

UNION:
SWOC 1942
Assistant Grievance Committeeman
Assistant Editor of Ohio Works
Organizer (union newspaper)
Civil Rights Committee
Welfare Committee
USWA Local 1330

YEARS OF SERVICE: 1942-?

TIME PERIOD(S) OF INTEREST:
SWOC Era
USWA Formation
McCarthy Era
1949 Strike
1959 Strike

INDEXING TERMS:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Blooming Mill
Civil Rights
Consent Decree
Discrimination
Ecumenical Coalition
Engineering
Engines
LMPT
Labor-Management Relations
McCarthyism
Minority Workers
Organized Labor
Race Relations
Racism
Rank And File
Red Baiting
Safety
Shutdowns
Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC)
Unionization
United States Steel Corporation (USS)
United Steel Workers of America (USWA)
1949 Strike
1959 Strike

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