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Box 8

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

Landrum-Griffin Act, 1958-1970

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

"Government Regulation of Internal Union Affairs Affecting the Rights of Members," 102 page manuscript prepared by the Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, May 1, 1958; brochures

Dates: 1958-1970

Landrum-Griffin Material, 1965-1970

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Court cases, correspondence, notes, esp. re elections

Dates: 1965-1970

Legislative Activity, 1882-1935

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents "Legislative Committee," 7 page manuscript by W. C. Roberts, December 1922; "Memo: for President Green," 7 page outline of pending Congressional legislation, February 18, 1926; "Instructions as to Legislation," 5 page summary of resolutions passed at AFL convention re pending Congressional legislation forwarded to AFL Legislative Committee for action, 1926; "Bills in Which Labor Was Interested that Became Law During 70th Congress," 1 page, c. 1927; letter to Chicago Tribune reporter from AFL...
Dates: 1882-1935

Legislative Activity, 1936-1955

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Letter to Speaker of the House from AFL President Green, opposing Frazier- Lemke Act as inflationary, May 13, 1936; meeting of the Legislative Conference of the AFL, minutes, 4 pages, November 17, 1937, and 3 pages, February 17, 1938; minutes of meeting on Wages and Hours Conference, November 20, 1937, 4 pages; "Memo for Mr. Green: Republican Assignments for House Committee on Rules," 2 pages, January 19, 1939, re laws passed of interest to labor, 2 pages, June 28, 1939; minutes of the...
Dates: 1936-1955

Loggers and Lumbermen, 1917-1950

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

"Loggers and Lumbermen," unsigned typescript, c. 1950, 13 pages

Dates: 1917-1950

Machinists, 1917-1951

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents "The Machinists," 8 page typescript with hand notation "Paid 12/29/51 Taft"; letter from AFL President Gompers to U.S. Secretary of War re manufacturers' use of military exemption status to force workers to accept lower wages, November 16, 1917; correspondence between AFL President Green and Hamilton (Canada) Trades and Labor Council re refusal to recognize IAM delegates, March and July 1938; correspondence re various jurisdictional disputes, especially with CIO Maritime Federation of the...
Dates: 1917-1951

Machinists - Publications and Notes, 1898-1968

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

IAM publications: Speed Facts, April 3, 15, 22 and 29, 1968; Aero Facts, March 22, April 12 and 26, 1968; Machinists Monthly Journal, "Machinists on the March, 1888-1950," May 1950; many notes

Dates: 1898-1968

Maritime - Clippings, 1939-1961

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 10-11