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Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

IWW Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5210
Abstract

Includes pamphlets, correspondence, clippings and memorabilia relating to IWW strikes, legal cases and mob action against the IWW, and the activities of prominent IWW leaders, including William Haywood, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Joe Hill, and Ralph Chaplin.

Dates: 1905-1960

Local 1199 Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: 5680 OH
Abstract

The unedited oral history interviews of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees discuss the evolution of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union drugstore local (known as Local 1199 and District 1199), representing pharmacists and drug clerks in New York City, into an international union of professional and non-professional workers in voluntary and non-profit health institutions, including hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as well as drug stores.

Dates: 1975-2008

Southern Tenant Farmers Union Records on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5204 mf
Abstract Consist of correspondence, reports, ledgers, legal documents, leaflets, printed material, photographs, and newspapers published by the union. These document the activities of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union from its origins through its transformations into the National Farm Labor Union in 1946 and the National Agriculture Workers Union in 1952, and through its merger with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1960. The records also contain selected materials from the Socialist Party...
Dates: 1932-1971

Vern Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5172
Abstract

Fragment of the files of an editor of The Industrial Pioneer. Includes reports, manuscripts and clippings concerning the I.W.W. and labor unrest, particularly in the 1920s.

Dates: 1890-1934