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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:

Socialist Labor Party Records on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5168 mf
Abstract

Consist of the official records of the Socialist Labor Party from its organization in 1877 until 1907. Despite the fragmentation or paucity of some types of records, the collection as a whole documents many facets of the Party's development, organization, thought, and tactics, as well as its contribution to the labor and socialist movements in a turbulent era of industrial change and of social and economic stress in the United States.

Dates: 1877-1906

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 J. Doble Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5182
Abstract

Files of the chairman of the New York Central Railroad (Lines West) of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America, including information regarding labor relations on the Michigan Central, Peoria and Eastern, and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroads.

Dates: 1921-1971

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