Fred Munson Collection of Amalgamated Lithographers of America Publications

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6462 PUBS

Abstract

This collection includes convention proceedings, conference information, handbooks, lithography samples and correspondence.

Dates

undated

Creator

Amalgamated Lithographers of America (creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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

Biographical / Historical

Fred C. Munson is the author of "History of the Lithographers Union: Amalgamated Lithographers of America from 1882". Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1963.

Biographical / Historical

The Amalgamated Lithographers of America (ALA) is a labor union formed in 1915 to conduct collective bargaining on behalf of workers in the craft of lithography. The ALA was established through the amalgamation of several small unions already existing in the lithographic industry, one of which dated back to 1886. The union remained in independent existence for nearly half a century as part of the American Federation of Labor and its successor federation, the AFL-CIO, until combining with the International Photo-Engravers Union (IPEU) to establish the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union (LPIU) in 1964. After a series of subsequent organizational mergers, the core of the ALA remains in existence in the 21st Century as Local One-L of the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Headquarters of the organization are located in New York City.