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Box 88

 Container

Contains 45 Results:

Wolfsohn, Leo (Milwaukee Leader) 1935 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sidney Hillman and the ACWA played crucial roles in founding the CIO. Hillman's correspondence with Walter Reuther and George Addes of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee reflects that effort. The Roosevelt era brought both increased visibility and power to Hillman and the union. In 1933, Hillman was chosen to serve on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board. The materials from this NRA period...
Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Woll, Matthew (A.F.of L.) 1935-37 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 22
Abstract

Includes Henry Ford's discussion of a high wage policy and its relation to recovery.

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Wolman, Samuel, 1935 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sidney Hillman and the ACWA played crucial roles in founding the CIO. Hillman's correspondence with Walter Reuther and George Addes of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee reflects that effort. The Roosevelt era brought both increased visibility and power to Hillman and the union. In 1933, Hillman was chosen to serve on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board. The materials from this NRA period...
Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Wolpe, Della, 1936 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sidney Hillman and the ACWA played crucial roles in founding the CIO. Hillman's correspondence with Walter Reuther and George Addes of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee reflects that effort. The Roosevelt era brought both increased visibility and power to Hillman and the union. In 1933, Hillman was chosen to serve on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board. The materials from this NRA period...
Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1935-37 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 25
Abstract

Hillman's speech at a dinner honoring Jane Addams; Peoples' Mandate to Governments; the Sheppard-Hill Bill.

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Women's Trade Union League, 1930-37 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sidney Hillman and the ACWA played crucial roles in founding the CIO. Hillman's correspondence with Walter Reuther and George Addes of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee reflects that effort. The Roosevelt era brought both increased visibility and power to Hillman and the union. In 1933, Hillman was chosen to serve on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board. The materials from this NRA period...
Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Woodworkers of America (International) 1938 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 27
Abstract

Harold J. Pritchett's (President, International Woodworkers of America, and citizen of Canada) difficulty obtaining admission to the United States.

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Workers Alliance, 1936-37 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 28
Abstract

Includes Call to the National Conference on Unemployment and Relief Needs.

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Workers Defense League, 1938-40 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 29
Abstract

Exploitation of women and girls at the Smith-Johnson Company, Inc. (Clearview, Florida).

Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)

Workers Education Bureau of America, 1936-40 Request Item

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sidney Hillman and the ACWA played crucial roles in founding the CIO. Hillman's correspondence with Walter Reuther and George Addes of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Emil Rieve of the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee reflects that effort. The Roosevelt era brought both increased visibility and power to Hillman and the union. In 1933, Hillman was chosen to serve on the National Recovery Administration's Labor Advisory Board. The materials from this NRA period...
Dates: 1914-1980; 1920-1950 (bulk)