Disability insurance -- United States

Abstract

Records document the League's research and lobbying activities for federal and state legislation and various social action programs. Consist of routine business records, published and unpublished reports, correspondence, and research documents pertaining to equal pay, equal rights, minimum wage, child labor, women workers, migrant workers, and fair labor standards.

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...