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Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 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

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Miscellaneous Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5005
Abstract

Consists chiefly of working agreements, protective agreements, mediation agreements and legislative materials from the labor organization, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.

Dates: 1925-1969

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5149
Abstract

These records deal chiefly with the union during the presidential terms of office of A.F. Whitney (1928-1949), W.P. Kennedy (1949-1963), and Charles Luna (1963-1968).

Dates: 1883-1973

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

George Humphreys Tichenor III Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5239
Abstract

The collection consists of part of his personal papers. The union publications he edited will be found in the ILR Library and the Cooperator in Mann Library.

Dates: 1938-1961

Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5254
Abstract

This collection contains the office files of the Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council from its organization in 1937 to their merger with the Buffalo Federation of Labor in 1958. Include general administrative records, materials relating to labor legislation, relations with member organizations, relations with New York State Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the national CIO, relations with international labor organizations and with the public.

Dates: 1939-1964

Insurance Workers of America Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5255
Abstract

Records document efforts of the CIO to unionize the insurance industry.

Dates: 1944-1957

Morris Hillquit Papers on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5430 mf
Abstract

Includes materials pertaining to the following broad subjects: socialist unity, growth and conflict, 1900- 1913; the war years, 1914-1919; Bolshevism and red-baiting, 1918-1921; fusion politics, 1922-1924; reconstruction and decline of the Socialist Party, 1925-1933; and trade unionism, 1909-1933. This is a microfilm edition of the Morris Hillquit papers, the originals are at the Wisconsin State Historical Society.

Dates: 1886-1940

Railway Labor Executives' Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5484
Abstract

This collection consists of the office files of the Railway Labor Executives' Association for the years 1930 through 1967 and select general and subject files for 1926 through 1976. The files include correspondence, court case reports, court decisions, legal filings, executive orders, reports of emergency boards, statistics, copies of legislation, political records, arbitration and mediation records, financial statements and labor agreements.

Dates: 1926-1976