Box 17

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6 p. letter to Chaikin from Irving Brown, Director of Dept. of International Affairs outlining results of the ICFTU Executive Board Meeting (1982); and related routine.

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Includes telegram to Chaikin from Robert Poli, President, Air Traffic Controllers re strike, 1981; 30 p. statement of Glenn Watts, President, Communications Workers of America, Before the Subcommittee on Communications, 7/78, re his concerns of the proposed re-write of the Communications Act of 1934; and related routine.

Scope and Contents Letter from Gene Upshaw, President, Federation of Professional Athletes, thanking Chaikin for his support; correspondence between Chaikin and Joseph Pollack, President, Insurance Workers International Union, re possible merger (1981); from Thomas W. Gleason, President, International Longshoremen's Association re Soviet dominance of the seas; from Gleason re jurisdictional problems between International Longshoremen's Association and Seafarers International Union; re International Association...

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From Paul Hall, President, Maritime Trades Department, re oil imports and support of legislation to increase number of U.S. vessels carrying oil and other legislative matters concerning the U.S. maritime industry.

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Related routine.

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With Seafarers International Union re legislation; from Seafarers re jurisdiction dispute with ILA; with Textile Workers Union of America re struggle with J.P. Stevens and strike at Roselon Industries (Tennessee); and related routine.

Scope and Contents With United Farm Workers re working conditions, support for California lettuce strikers, Farm Bureau's anti-labor tactics, Tenneco union election, 16 p. "Report of the Special Committee of AFL-CIO Executive Council Appointed to Investigate the Operation of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act," 1975; between Chaikin and Albert Shanker, President, United Federation of Teachers re strike support and related routine; with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union re...

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With United Rubber Workers strikers in need of financial assistance; United Steelworkers re strikes against Tenneco and Phelps Dodge; correspondence and related documents re proposed merger between United Steelworkers and Insurance Workers International Union; and related routine.

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re boycott of Shell Oil Company, national economy, funds for victims of earthquake in Mexico City and related routine.

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Related routine.