CARD, UNION
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNITED BREWERY UNION CARD
- Date Range From
- 1975
- Date Range To
- 1978
- Materials
- METAL (BRASS), PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20020004002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNITED BREWERY UNION CARD
- Date Range From
- 1975
- Date Range To
- 1978
- Materials
- METAL (BRASS), PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 0.3
- Length
- 7.5
- Width
- 11.4
- Description
- THE CARD ITSELF IS MADE OUT OF METAL (PROBABLY BRASS). ON THE CARD ITSELF, THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FOUND, "RETIRED MEMBERSHIP CONFIRMED ON GORDON ROBERTS BY LOCAL 245". "IN RECOGNITION OF 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL CONTINUOUS MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF UNITED BREWERY, FLOUR, CEREAL, SOFT DRINK AND DISTILLERY WORKERS OF AMERICA". THE CARD IS CONTAINED INSIDE A BROWN PLASTIC POUCH THAT LOOKS LIKE LEATHER. THERE ARE NO MARKINGS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE POUCH. ON THE INSIDE THERE IS THE FOLLOWING TEXT IN GOLD, "BFCSD" THIS IS IN FRONT OF AN OUTLINE OF CANADA. UNDER THIS, THERE IS THE FOLLOWING WRITING "CANADIAN UNION OF UNITED BREWERY, FLOUR, CEREAL, SOFT DRINK, AND DISTILLERY WORKERS".
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- THIS UNION CARD BELONGED TO THE DONORS FATHER GORDON ROBERTS WHO JOINED THE BREWERY IN APPROXIMATELY 1933 AND WORKED UNTIL 1975 - 1978. HE WORKED IN THE POP SHOP AND BOTTLING DEPARTMENT AND WAS KNOWN AS A MACHINE OPERATOR.
- Catalogue Number
- P20020004002
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-07
- Collection
- Museum
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