Civil rights -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
ILGWU. Local 155 records
Collection
Identifier: 5780/054
Abstract
The Local 155 records consist primarily of the correspondence of Louis Nelson, manager of Local 15. The activities of the local are documented through articles, speeches, and other materials from the depression years through the late 1960s. Also included are minutes of Local 155's Executive Board between 1979 and 1995, issues of the local's publication, Knitgood Workers' Voice, from 1937 to 1995, files on Joe Lombardo and the Local 155's Health and Welfare Fund.
Dates:
1930-1995
National Women's Trade Union League of America Records on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 5709 mf
Abstract
These records include correspondence, reports, speeches, notes, printed matter, minutes of meetings, proceedings of the League and of the International Congress of Working Women, biographical material on the League's officers, and correspondence between the National League and its local branches. Major issues covered include the eight-hour day, minimum wage, establishment of sanitary work areas, federal aid to education, civil rights, price controls and social security. Unpublished guide...
Dates:
1903-1950