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L. Southern Labor Archives

 Record Group
Identifier: L

Found in 552 Collections and/or Records:

Sue Doro collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2013-14
Abstract Sue Doro was born in Wisconsin on April 17, 1937, and began writing at the age of twelve. Doro has been a machinist for over 35 years and is an active and retired member of several unions including the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). The Sue Doro collection includes several published anthologies of poetry written by Sue Doro, an article in Today's Machining World featuring Sue Doro. The collection also includes several...
Dates: 1986-2012

Tallahassee Labor Temple (Tallahassee, Fla.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-22
Abstract:

The records of the Tallahassee Labor Temple, 1955-1971, include records of the Tallahassee Building Trades Council, 1957-1967; the Tallahassee Joint Apprenticeship Committee, 1955-1971; and the Tallahassee Central Labor Union, 1964-1965.

Dates: 1955-1971

Tennessee State Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1981-11
Abstract:

The Records, 1937-1979, of the Tennessee State Labor Council consist of correspondence, literature on pending state legislation affecting labor, "state of the state" addresses of the Tennessee governors, and legislative bulletins and newsletters.

Dates: 1937-1979

Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1978-03
Abstract:

Organized in 1937 from a Tennessee Valley Authority employee relations committee. Composed of international representatives of 16 craft unions, the TVTLC represents employees of TVA in Tennessee and Alabama. The records, 1941-1974, consist of correspondence, committee files, grievances and documents pertaining to matters brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO).

Dates: 1941-1974

Terry Koupas collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-12
Abstract:

This collection consists of an anonymous 55-page typescript titled Brief History of the United States Department of Labor (circa 1962) and a sheet reproducing 3 unidentified photographs.

Dates: 1976

Textile Workers Union of America contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_TWUA
Abstract:

The collection consists of 175 agreements, 1939-1976, between various local unions of the Textile Workers Union of America and manufacturers.

Dates: 1939-1976

Textile Workers Union of America, Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Joint Board records

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-10
Abstract:

The Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Area Joint Board of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA-GTA) provides support and leadership to the several TWUA local unions in northwest Georgia, northeast Alabama, and the Chattanooga area of Tennessee. Its records, 1952-1980, consist of correspondence, minutes, contract negotiation papers, grievance cases and printed items of the six TWUA Local unions in the area.

Dates: 1952-1980

Textile Workers Union of America, Local 185 (Dalton, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-19
Abstract:

This collection consists of union documentation regarding the foundation and management of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Local 185 and its relationship with the Crown Cotton Mill, both of Dalton, Georgia. The collection concerns the operation and management ACTWUA Local 185 from its establishment in the 1940s through the 1960s.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Textile Workers Union of America, Local 202 (Covington, Va.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-36B
Abstract: The Textile Workers Union of America, Local 202 represented textile workers in Covington, Virginia. Its records, 1938-1976, include administrative files and correspondence of Local 202 elected officials; minutes; contract agreements and negotiation materials; Virginia CIO (later Virginia AFL-CIO) updates; wage rates and job descriptions; legislative materials; Shop Steward training materials; memos from TWUA Washington representative John Edelman; Labor Day celebration materials; convention...
Dates: 1938-1976

Textile Workers Union of America, Northwest Georgia Joint Board records

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-22
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the Northwest Georgia Joint Board of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) from 1949-1976. The records primarily document the activities of the TWUA Locals 689 and 789 located in Rome, Georgia, and include correspondence, minutes, subject files, financial records, grievances, arbitration cases, photographs, and printed materials. Officials in both locals corresponded with TWUA officers including presidents Emil Rieve and William Pollock,...
Dates: 1949-1976

The Uprising of '34 collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-13
Abstract

The collection consists of oral history interviews and transcripts, production footage and publicity materials related to the creation of the "Uprising of '34" documentary. Veterans or their descendants were interviewed about mill life, work conditions, southern culture, as well as the strike itself. These interviews were incorporated into the production itself.

Dates: 1987-1995

The Uprising of '34 collection interviews

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-13-OH
Abstract

In 1934, Southern textile workers took the lead in a nationwide strike that saw half a million workers walk off their jobs in the largest single-industry strike in the history of the United States. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.

Dates: 1987-1995

Thomas D. Archer collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-37
Abstract:

Mr. Thomas D. Archer joined The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 926 in 1946 and was elected the Business Manager of the local in 1950. The Thomas D. Archer Collection includes correspondence, photographs, Archer's IUOE membership booklet (1943-1947) and a brief history of his life and achievements.

Dates: 1946, 1968, 1973

Thomas Pesnicak PATCO collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2011-11
Abstract:

Thomas Pesnicak was a member of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) and served as president of Local 204 in Leesburg, Virginia. In August of 1981, Pesnicak was fired alongside approximately 11,000 other PATCO members for participating in an illegal strike against the federal government. The Thomas Pesnicak collection consist primarily of photographs, artifacts, and one periodical.

Dates: 1974-2008; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1983

Tobacco Workers International Union contract collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_TWIU
Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains seven contracts dated 1948-1968.

Dates: 1948-1968

Tom Backus papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-16
Abstract:

The papers of Tom Backus, 1966-1981, contain both personal and professional information regarding his affiliation with the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union, Local 72, and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry.

Dates: 1966-1981

Tom Ducy collection of International Association of Machinists material

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-12
Abstract:

Tom Ducy served as General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), 1987-1993. Collection includes an IAM constitution, 1913; and minutes of IAM Lodge 47, also know as the Pioneer Lodge (Commerce City, Colo.),1889-1891; and a jurisdictional agreement that was part of a collective bargaining agreement with the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airplane Division, St. Louis Plant, 1942.

Dates: 1889-1891, 1913, 1942

Tommy Kersey collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1991-04
Abstract

Tommy Kersey was a leader in the American Agriculture Movement in Georgia. His collection consists of legal documents in State Bank & Trust Company vs. C. T. Kersey, Jr. and Jack V. Brannon, 2 audiocassettes with transcript of oral history interview of Kersey (1 February 1986) by Michelle Kilbourne-Minor, and printed material. This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: 1986

Transport Workers Union and Association of Flight Attendants collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2001-01
Abstract: The collection consists of organizing materials from the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), and counter-organizing materials from Delta Airlines. These materials include mailings, correspondence (letters and e-mail), computer printouts, newspaper articles, and artifacts (stickers, lapel pins, etc.) There are also a number of TWU and AFA publications (e.g., magazines, newsletters) as well as Delta Airlines publications (both employee and customer...
Dates: 1973-2001; Majority of material found within 1991 - 2001

UNITE HERE/Workers United Southern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L2019-13
Abstract

UNITE HERE/Workers United Southern Region records consist of contracts, negotiations, grievances, videotapes, photographs, charters, periodicals, and t-shirts. The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) merged in 2004 with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE.

Dates: 1980s-2000s