Box 146
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Contains 5 Results:
Correspondence relating to NLRB cases and impact of Taft-Hartley Act (1947), 1938-1947.
File — Box: 146, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This correspondence covers a wide variety of topics, including the struggles of the union after its break from the United Garment Workers; its organizing campaigns in the major clothing manufacturing centers in the U.S. and Canada; locals and joint boards of the ACWU; charitable organizations; the depression and its impact on the clothing industry; the New Deal; politics and political organizations, including the American Labor Party; strikes and lockouts in the men's garment industry; union...
Correspondence documents his experiences organizing Italian clothing workers, his activities on behalf of the ACWA's Italian local and his work with the CIO's Textile Workers' Organizing Committee - some letters are written in Italian. 1914-1953.
File — Box: 146, Folder: 3-15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This correspondence covers a wide variety of topics, including the struggles of the union after its break from the United Garment Workers; its organizing campaigns in the major clothing manufacturing centers in the U.S. and Canada; locals and joint boards of the ACWU; charitable organizations; the depression and its impact on the clothing industry; the New Deal; politics and political organizations, including the American Labor Party; strikes and lockouts in the men's garment industry; union...
Files, 1965-1966.
File — Box: 146, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This correspondence covers a wide variety of topics, including the struggles of the union after its break from the United Garment Workers; its organizing campaigns in the major clothing manufacturing centers in the U.S. and Canada; locals and joint boards of the ACWU; charitable organizations; the depression and its impact on the clothing industry; the New Deal; politics and political organizations, including the American Labor Party; strikes and lockouts in the men's garment industry; union...
Correspondence with Jacob Potofsky and managers of various joint boards documenting organizing drives in Philadelphia and Buffalo. 1920-1927.
File — Box: 146, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This correspondence covers a wide variety of topics, including the struggles of the union after its break from the United Garment Workers; its organizing campaigns in the major clothing manufacturing centers in the U.S. and Canada; locals and joint boards of the ACWU; charitable organizations; the depression and its impact on the clothing industry; the New Deal; politics and political organizations, including the American Labor Party; strikes and lockouts in the men's garment industry; union...
F. August Bellanca. General Organizer's correspondence, 1914-1953.
Sub-Series — Box: 146
Abstract
Correspondence of August Bellanca from the founding of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)in 1914 through the early 1950s. These letters document Bellanca's organizing efforts in the U.S. and Canada, especially among Italian workers, from the union's earliest days. Also covered are Bellanca's work with the ACWA's Italian locals and with the CIO's Textile Workers' Organizing Committee. In addition, the correspondence contains many personal appeals from Bellanca to friends and...