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Labor unions and communism -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

CIO Files of John L. Lewis, Pt. II: CIO General Files on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5831 mf
Abstract

This collection documents the origins and early history of the CIO as well as the dynamics of working-class militancy in the era of the Great Depression. The collection also provides a substantial amount of information concerning workers and trade unionism before the creation of the CIO and also after the UMWA's separation from the CIO in 1942.

Dates: 1922-1962

National Broadcasting Company Radio Recordings

 Collection
Identifier: 5146 AV
Abstract

Recordings of speeches, debates, discussions, reports and analyses aired on NBC radio.

Dates: 1936-1949

United Steelworkers of America, Local 2601 Minute Books and Roster Book on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 5009 mf
Abstract

Include discussions on wages and benefits, workers' education, job safety, union solidarity, the AFL-CIO merger, the purge of communist members, and various strikes.

Dates: 1942-1961