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Taken from the Proceedings of the second UOPWA convention, this 1938 chart gives an idea of the unions structure and organization. This is a working list of UOPWA Local unions. Most of this information comes from financial statements to the 1938 Convention. This will be updated regularly as I dig deeper into UOPWA history. 1 - Hartford, CT 2 - Philadelphia, PA 3 - Boston, MA 4 - Akron, OH 5 - Cleveland, OH 6 - Akron, OH 7 - Newark, NJ 8 - Newport??????? 9 - Los Angeles, CA 10 - Pittsburgh, PA 11 - New Haven, CT 12 - Baltimore, MD 13 - ????????????? 14 - Denver, CO 15 - Newark, NJ  16 - New York, NY - General Office 17 - Bayonne, NJ 18 - New York, NY - Publishing 19 - New York, NY - Social Service 20 - New York, NY 21 - Philadelphia, PA 22 - Philadelphia, PA 23 - Phoenix, AZ 24 - Chicago, IL - dual charter? Insurance division 25 - Indianapolis, IN 26 - Detroit, MI 27 - Washington, DC 28 - Chicago, IL 29 - Toledo, OH...

" MEET THE SSEU This is our union - The Social Service Employees Union, more familiarly known as the SSEU. Elevator operators, case workers, group workers, clerks, fund-raisers, janitors, research workers, maids, and others - we are all members of SSEU because we have a common aim in life. We are a division of the United Office & Professional Workers of America. And we have decided that working together in the union is the best way to win job security, higher pay, better working and living conditions, and improved standards of social service to the community. OUR GOALS These are our goals: -To advance and protect the economic interests of the  employees of private social and non-profit agencies. - To further the interests of organized labor. - To promote an adequate welfare program, and to  advance standards of service. IT'S A RANK AND FILE UNION SSEU is a rank-and-file union, run by the membership. The union starts in ...