Miners -- Labor unions -- United States

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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.

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Records of the U.S. National War Labor Board in the matter of the Operators Negotiating Committee, Appalachin Joint Conference, Southern Appalachin Joint Wage Conference and the United Mineworkers of America.

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Included are all of the Commission's records housed in the National Archives; these are, however, incomplete and officially described as fragmentary. This collection consists mainly of testimony of witnesses before the Commission in hearings held in Globe, Clifton, and Bisbee, Arizona and in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are reports, correspondence, and other general materials of the Commission.

Abstract Consist of documents collected by Professor Vernon H. Jensen for his work on the non-ferrous metals industry, specifically, relating to the WFM, the IUMMSW, and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Includes constitutions, collective bargaining agreements, proceedings of concentions and minutes chiefly of the WFM and IUMMSW (1893-1943). Also, documentation relating to the rank and file orevolt of Butte, Montana, Local 1 (1955) and to the rivalry between the IUMMSW and the IWW...