Lloyd McBride (March 16, 1916 - November 6, 1983) was an American labor leader and president of the United Steelworkers of America from 1977 to 1983. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
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Early life and union work
McBride was born in Farmington, Missouri, in 1916. Farmington is a city in St Francois County, Missouri, United States located 60 miles south of St His father was a painter at a St. Louis steel fabricating mill. When he was 14 years old, he quit school to support his family at a 25-cents-an-hour job in the same plant.
In 1936, he became a member of Steel Workers Organizing Committee Local 1295. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee was one of two precursor labor organizations to the United Steelworkers. The local struck in 1937. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McBride organized a sitdown strike which was broken by police after only seven days. A sit-down strike is a form of Civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers usually employed at a factory or other centralized location take possession of The broader strike continued for seven more weeks, and the workers were successful in winning a contract on their terms. McBride was elected president of his local by acclamation afterward.
McBride married Delores Neihaus in 1937. They had a son and a daughter.
McBride was elected president of the St. Louis Industrial Union Council in 1940, and president of the CIO Council for Missouri in 1942. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
McBride served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
After World War II, McBride returned to Missouri and his union position. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In 1958, the Steelworkers hired him to be director of the USW Sub-District based in Granite City, Illinois. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, part of the Greater St In 1965, he was elected director of District 34. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
USW presidency
McBride became a protege of I.W. Abel, the Steelworker president. Iorwith Wilbur Abel also known as IW Abel, ( August 11, 1908 – August 10, 1987) was an American labor leader
In 1977, Abel retired and McBride ran for the union presidency. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays McBride's opponent was Edward Sadlowski, the young president of USW District 31. Edward Sadlowski is a United States labor activist and a past Director of United Steelworkers of America, District 31 Sadlowski contended that McBride was too close to employers and not in touch with steelworkers. The campaign was a bitter one. McBride received the support of Abel and AFL-CIO president George Meany, while Sadlowski won the backing of Ralph Nader, Victor Reuther, John Kenneth Galbraith and General Motors heir Stewart Rawlings Mott. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a National trade union center, the largest federation of George Meany ( August 16, 1894 &ndash January 10, 1980) was an American labor leader, who served as President of the American Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Victor G Reuther ( January 1, 1912 &ndash June 3, 2004) was a prominent international labor organizer Stewart Rawlings Mott ( December 4, 1937 – June 12, 2008) Born in Flint Michigan was a Philanthropist who founded the Stewart McBride filed a lawsuit alleging that Sadlowski had received illegal campaign contributions, and Sadlowski filed a libel suit against McBride. McBride went so far as to imply that Sadlowski was a communist: "I don't really know whether he is or isn't a Communist. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based But I do know he's in bed with left-wingers," McBride told supporters. [1]
In the end, McBride defeated Sadlowski 3-to-2 (328,000 to 249,000).
McBride strongly supported the Experimental Negotiations Agreement (ENA), a contract negotiated with steelmakers by President Abel which included a provision preventing the union from striking over economic terms—whether the contract was in force or had expired. But high inflation drove wages much higher under the ENA, and steelmakers unilaterally canceled the agreement (as was their right) as the 1980 contract talks approached. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)
McBride was unable to negotiate strong national contracts for his members. He had a difficult time convincing steelworkers that the contracts reaches were the best he could achieve, and restive union members twice rejected contracts in 1983. Under McBride, the union agreed to cut wages and benefits for the first time since 1936. The average wage of $14. 33 an hour was cut 8. 7 percent in the first year, although a provision in the 1983 contract would restore that cut over the term of the 41-month agreement. He did not participate in the negotiations for either the 1980 or 1983 contract renewals. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
McBride also presided over the union at a time of greatly diminishing membership. During his presidency, the Steelworkers lost nearly half its 1. 4 million members due to offshoring and plant closings. McBride was a moderate who successfully resisted members' calls for militancy in the face of widespread steel industry unemployment and sharply increased pressure on wages and benefits. He also refused to collude with employers and implement a "business unionism" policy in order to secure high wages and job security for a limited number of members.
McBride had a history of heart disease. He was hospitalized three times from 1980 to 1983 for heart disease. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A pacemaker was installed in February 1983. McBride underwent heart bypass surgery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 18, 1983. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid He was discharged from the hospital on November 1, and died in his sleep sometime during the night of November 5 or early on November 6 at his home in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Whitehall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Notes
- ^ "U. S. W. Brawls, U. A. W Harmony," Time, January 17, 1977.
References
- Fowler, Glenn. "Lloyd McBride, Steelworkers' Chief, Dies at 67 After Heart Surgery. " New York Times. November 7, 1983.
- Hoerr, John P. And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. ISBN 0822935724
- Mangum, Garth L. and McNabb, R. Scott. The Rise, Fall, and Replacement of Industrywide Bargaining in the Basic Steel Industry. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. ISBN 1563249820
- "No Go for Oilcan Eddie. " Time. February 21, 1977.
- "U. S. W. Brawls, U. A. W Harmony. " Time. January 17, 1977.
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| Preceded by I.W. Abel |
President, United Steelworkers 1977 - 1983 |
Succeeded by Lynn R. Williams |
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