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American Seating Company Jurisdictional Dispute

 Collection
Identifier: 5658

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two volume of documentation relating to a jurisdictional dispute over representation between the Upholterers International Union (AFL) and the United Furniture Workers of America (CIO) at the American Seating Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Included are correspondence and notes, contracts, pamphlets and other printed material, and newspaper clippings.

Dates

  • 1949

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

0.33 cubic feet

Abstract

Two volumes of documentation relating to a jurisdictional dispute over representation between the Upholterers International Union (AFL) and the United Furniture Workers of America (CIO) at the American Seating Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Quantity:

0.3 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, April 29, 2014
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 25, 2019
Title
American Seating Company Jurisdictional Dispute
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 25, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853