Collection Summary

Creator: McCulloch, Frank W.
Title: Addendum to the Papers of Frank W. McCulloch [a]
Accession: MSS 85-13a
Parent Collection: The Papers of Frank W. McCulloch, 1971-1988
Description: 8 boxes; 3 linear feet
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Collection Description & Arrangement

This collection documents McCulloch's extracurricular work in the field of labor law. It is comprised of case files he accumulated as a member of the Public Review Board of the United Auto Workers from the years 1985 - 1987.

Biographical & Historical Information

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Frank Waugh McCulloch was the son of two lawyers, both of whom were active in civic and social causes. He attended Williams College, where he received his A.B. degree in 1926, and Harvard University, where he received his LL.B. in 1929. From 1930 to 1935 McCulloch worked by day for the Chicago firm of Sonnenschein, Berkson, Lautmann, Levinson & Morse, and in the evenings he did social settlement work in the Chicago Commons. From 1935 to 1946, he was the Industrial Relations Secretary for the Council for Social Action of the Congregational Christian Churches of America at its Chicago office. In 1940 was appointed director of the James Mullenbach Industrial Institute, a joint project of the Chicago Congregational Union and the Council for Social Action for which he worked until 1946. In addition, McCulloch was active in a great variety of organizations such as the Chicago Chapter of the League For Industrial Democracy, the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, the Union for Democratic Action, the Executive Committee of Americans for Democratic Action, the Conscientious Objector's Information and Service Bureau, the Chicago Workers Committee on Unemployment, the American Society for Cultural Relations with Russia, and the Mid-West Institute of International Relations.

In 1946 he became director of the Labor Education Division of Roosevelt University, a position he resigned in 1949 in order to become an administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois. He held this post until President John F. Kennedy appointed him Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1961, and Lyndon B. Johnson reappointed him to a second term. A firm believer in industrial democracy, McCulloch remained in his position at the NLRB for ten years and then joined the law faculty at the University of Virginia. His courses included Labor Law and Labor Law in Action. From 1971 to 1988 he served on the Public Review Board of the United Auto Workers. In 1972 he became a member of the Virginia Commission on Public Employee Rights, serving for four years. In 1974 he was appointed to succeed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren on the Committee of Experts of the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, where he served until 1985. For ten years, starting in 1977, he was a member of the Albemarle County Industrial Development Authority. He died in 1996.

Acquisition Information

Date Received 1987
Donor Information This collection was given to the Law School by Frank W. McCulloch in the fall of 1987.

Content List

Box 63:

  • 1985, Case #709: Scott--claims that local presidential election should be rerun by reason of "allegedly false" propaganda
  • 1985, Case #712:  Weston--whether charges against the Local 1070 bargaining committee satisfy the requirements of Article 31, 3 of the International Constitution
  • 1985, Case #713:  Scarlett--whether his appeals were effectively withdrawn as a result of his failure to appear at hearings schedule by the Appeals Committee of the International Executive Board
  • 1985-86, Case #714:  Benton--appeals the handling and ultimate disposition by Local Union of her grievances
  • 1985, Case #715:  Reynolds--whether an agreement made by an International representative in settlement of grievances filed by crib attendants at General Dynamics had a rational basis
  • 1985, Case #716:  Lawson--whether the settlement of his grievances was devoid of any rational basis
  • 1985-86, Case #717:  Obenauf et al--whether they were improperly removed from their positions

 Box 64:

  • 1985-86, Case #718 and 719:  Sands and Quinn--whether the Local 652 shop committeeperson's decision to withdraw various line of demarcation grievances was without rational basis
  • 1985-86, Case #720:  McKellery--whether the decision to withdraw his grievances was without rational basis
  • 1985-86, Case #722:  Henderson--claims that improprieties affected the outcome of the election of the G.M.W.D.D. Unit of Local 659
  • 1986, Case #723:  Newton--whether the settlement of his his grievance protesting a disciplinary layoff was devoid af any rational basis
  • 1985-86, Case #725 and 726:  Dennis and Price [3 folders]--concern whether Dennis was improperly assigned to District #1 following the negotiation of a redistricting agreement;  whether a committeeperson-at-large should have been designated for the first shift;  and whether charges filed by them against Local Union President and committee Chairman satisfy the requirements of Article 31, 3 of the International Constitution
  • 1986, Case #728:  Roger T. Smith--appeals Local Union's decision to withdraw his grievance
  • 1986, Case #731:  Acker--appeals the withdrawals of his grievances
  • 1986, Case #734:  Brove--whether his appeal from a decision of the IEB ruling that charges against him were proper and should proceed to trial has been rendered moot of his acquittal

Box 65:

  • 1986, Case #735:  Local Union 677 v. UAW Mack Truck Dept.--claims that Article 19, 2 of the Constitution requires that a committee from Local 677 should have been permited to participate in settlement of negotiations of grievances;  and that article 19,3 of the Constitution requires that a grievance settlemnt awarding laid off Local 229 members' rights to the plant represented by Local 677 should have been  submitted to the membership of Local 677 for ratification
  • 1986-87, Case #736:  Schriber--whether improprieties affected the outcome of the Local election for shop committee person
  • 1986, Case #737:  Appeal of Clapp in matter of Tomczak--whether charges filed by Clapp against Tomczak satisfied the requirements of Article 31, 3 of the International Constitution
  • 1986, Case #738:  Meisinger--appeals settlement of overtime distribution grievance
  • 1986-87, Case #739:  Welch--appeals to have been improperly deprived of overtime opportunity
  • 1986, Case #740:  Foster--appeals disposition of his grievance

Box 66:

  • 1986-87, Case #741:  Taylor et al--claim they were improperly displaced by skilled tradesmen
  • 1986, Case #742:  Englund--whether the requirements of Local Union 699 bylaws were satisfied by the nomination procedure followed prior to the 1985 general elections
  • 1986-87, Case #743:   Woodward--appeals the disposition of her grievance and challenges the disposition of certain other grievances filed on her behalf
  • 1986, Case #744:  Dennis--whether he was improperly assigned following the negotiation of a redistricting agreement;  whether the redistricting agreement violated Article 10 of the Local Union bylaws by its failure to provide for a committeeperson-at-large position on the first shift

Box 67:

  • 1986, Case #745:  Snider--claims his grievance protesting his layoff was withdrawn without any rational basis
  • 1986, Case #746:  Hein--appeals the settlement of his grievance
  • 1986, Case #747:  Green--appeals a decision to withdraw his grievance challenging his termination
  • 1986, Case #748:  Patterson--appeals decision to withdraw his termination grievance
  • 1986-87, Case #749:  Bradley et al--whether charges filed sufficiently satisfy requirements of Article 31, 3 of the International Constitution so as to require their submission to a Local Trial committee
  • 1986, Case #751:  Tarrence--appeals the settlement of his grievance challeging the failure of his employer to assign him work
  • 1986-87, Case #752:  Collins--appeals the withdrawal of her grievance submitted in protest of her termination
  • 1986, Case #753:  Garza--appeals the withdrawal of his grievance over his discharge

Box 68:

  • 1986, Case #754:  Sawitski--whether charges filed against Joseph LeMay were proper
  • 1986, Case #755  Keliipo--whether charges filed against the Local shop committee Chairman satisfy the requirements of Article 31, 3 of the International Constitution
  • 1986-87, Case #756:  George--challenges the disposition of her grievance, filed in protest of her discharge
  • 1986-87, Case #757:  Eutsey--challenges the withdrawal of his grievance submitted in protest of his accepting a voluntary quit in connection with a theft investigation
  • 1986, Case #758:  Paladino--appeals the withdrawal of his grievance over General Motors' refusal to place him in its Employee-in Training program
  • 1986, Case #759:  Gettings and Fazio--appeal the  decision to withdraw their grievances protesting and adjustment of the seniority date of fellow employee
  • 1986, Case #760:  Layton--appeals the withdrawal of her grievance in protest of her termination
  • 1987, Case #762 and 793: Tucker--appeals the decisions of the IEB to dismiss his appeals on the basis of their having been considered withdrawn by reason of his failure to appear at hearings

Box 69:

  • 1986, Case #763:  Dwyer and Erro--claim they are entitled to have a "red circled" rate restored to them
  • 1986, Case #764:  Ulmer--appeals the withdrawal of his grievance submitted in protest of his discharge
  • 1986-87, Case #765:  Vermett--appeals the decision to withdraw his grievance
  • 1986, Case #767:  Steltenpohl--appeals the decision to withdraw his grievance
  • 1986-87, Case #768:  Gomez--appeals the decision to withdraw his grievance
  • 1986-87, Case #769:  Copeland--appeals the settlement of his grievance submitted in protest of his termination, pursuant to which he was reinstated.
  • 1986, Case #770:  King--seeks to challenge a ruling of International President Owen Bieber that Local funds could be spent to send distinguished guests to the 28th UAW Convention
  • 1986-87, Case #771:  Toth--appeals whether charges filed against Les Burnett were improper

Box 70:

  • 1986-87, Case #772:  Fiolek--appeals the decision to withdraw his grievance in protest of his discharge
  • 1986-87, Case #773:  Chakonis--argues that he was improperly removed from office
  • 1986-87, Case #774:  Zajaczkowski--whether Local Union violated its Local Union bylaws and the International Constitution in the conduct of special elections
  • 1986-87, Case #775:  Humphrey--appeals withdrawal of grievance submitted in protest of her termination
  • 1986-87, Case #776:  Torres--challenges the settlement of her disciplinary penalty
  • 1987, Case #777:  Buscher--appeals decision to withdraw his grievance
  • 1987, Case #779:  Bailey--appeals decision to withdraw his grievance protesting his termination

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