Foreign workers -- United States

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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.

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The Terence Vincent Powderly Papers, 1864-1937 (reels 1-94) [5503A mf] ; John William Hayes Papers, 1880-1921 (reels 1-15) [5503b mf]

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Union governance documents (constitutions and collective agreements) and publications, correspondence, tapes of radio broadcasts, reports and other documents regarding the history of the non-ferrous metals industry

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Trial proceedings from the case of Western Federation of Miners vs. Parker

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...