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United Furniture Workers of America

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

A. R. Marshall arbitration records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-07N
Abstract

The A. R. Marshall Arbitration records, 1942-1983, consist of professional files, arbitration case files, publications and contracts between unions and companies.

Dates: 1942-1983

Furniture and Bedding Workers Union (of United Furniture Workers of America), Local 18-B (Chicago, Ill.), contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_Furnitur
Abstract:

The collection consists of 11 agreements, 1948, 1960-1969, between the Furniture & Bedding Workers Union (of United Furniture Workers of America), Local 18-B (Chicago, Ill.), and manufacturers.

Dates: 1948-1969; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969

M. H. Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: L2001-05
Abstract: Myron Howard "Mike" Ross, was born November 9, 1919. Ross worked with a number of unions as an organizer, arbitrator, and advocate in the South. He ran for elective office in North Carolina on the Progressive Party ticket. After receiving public health training, he founded the Fairmont (West Virginia) Clinic, which had the mission of providing high quality medical care for miners and their families. Administering the clinic 1958-1978, Ross developed a longstanding interest in coal miners and...
Dates: 1916-1987

United Furniture Workers of America contracts and agreements collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_UFWA
Abstract:

The Contracts and Agreements Collection of the United Furniture Workers of America (1905-1975) includes agreements and contracts between UFWA locals and companies located throughout the United States.

Dates: 1905-1975

United Furniture Workers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-09
Abstract: In 1937, dissident members of the Upholsterers' International Union of North America formed the new United Furniture Workers of America (UFWA), and affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The UFWA records, 1939-1977, document the Union's relationship with the CIO and later the AFL-CIO, and other unions. The contains includes records relating to the UFWA administrative and operational units, including minutes of the General Executive Branch, International Executive...
Dates: 1939-1977

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Collective labor agreements 2
Furniture industry and trade 2
Labor unions 2
contracts 2
Arbitration, Industrial 1