Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Meyer Papers
Collection
Identifier: 5252
Abstract
Include speeches and articles by Meyer (1941-1950); his correspondence while on the U.S. National War Labor Board (1942-1945); and excerpts from letters written by Meyer (1942-1955). Also materials on the Fact-Finding Committee of the Board of Education, City of New York (1951); transcripts and accompanying documentation regarding the National War Labor Board case of the Electrical Transcription Manufacturing Company vs. the American Federation of Musicians (1942-1943); and miscellaneous...
Dates:
1918-1950
CIO Files of John L. Lewis, Pt. II: CIO General Files on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 5831 mf
Abstract
This collection documents the origins and early history of the CIO as well as the dynamics of working-class militancy in the era of the Great Depression. The collection also provides a substantial amount of information concerning workers and trade unionism before the creation of the CIO and also after the UMWA's separation from the CIO in 1942.
Dates:
1922-1962
Committee for Industrial Organizations Minutes on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 5418 mf
Abstract
Consist of minutes, reports, correspondence, statements, and manuscripts relating to the early history of the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) and to certain aspects of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, its successor.
Dates:
1935-1936
The CIO Files of John L. Lewis, Pt. I: Correspondence with CIO Unions on Microfilm.
Collection
Identifier: 5830 mf
Abstract
Microfilm copies of Correspondence and eclosures : 1935-1939 -- not in chronological order
Dates:
0000-2999
William Standard Papers
Collection
Identifier: 5258
Abstract
This collection consists of William L. Standard's files as General Counsel for the National Maritime Union [NMU]. It documents public policy toward the NMU during World War II; the status of the Merchant Marine under the U.S. War Shipping Administration; the politics of Joseph E. Curran (president, NMU); collective negotiations between the NMU and various railroads and shipping companies; and work stoppages conducted by the NMU. This collection also documents Standard's duties as the union's...
Dates:
1934-1950