Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council records
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Not requestable
Scope and Content of the Records
The Records, 1941-1974, of the Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council (TVLTC), comprise correspondence, committee files, grievances, and documents pertaining to matters brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO). The bulk of the correspondence is between the TVTLC and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Files of joint committees (Central Joint Cooperative Committee, Joint Classification Committee, and Joint Wage Data Committee), indicate the extensive cooperation between the TVTLC and TVA. Some of the grievance and EEO material concerns charges of racial discrimination. Such allegations were filed against TVA in 1969 by the NAACP on behalf of black employees of the Allen Steam Plant in Memphis, and by the Black Vietnam Veterans
in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1972. However, EEO investigations found no discrimination by TVA.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1974
Creator
- Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.
Oversized Materials stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
History of Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council
The Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council (TVTLC) was organized in 1937 from a TVA employee relations committee that had been formed by the TVA in 1935. The TVTLC is composed of International Representatives of sixteen craft unions: Painters; Bricklayers; Iron Workers; Asbestos Workers; Machinists; Boilermakers; Iron Ship Builders and Blacksmiths; Electrical Workers; Laborers; Operating Engineers; Plasterers and Cement Masons; Sheet Metal Workers; Teamsters; Plumbing and Pipefitter Workers; Carpenters; Roofers; and Lathers. The TVTLC represents employees of TVA in Tennessee and Alabama.
Extent
7 Linear Feet (in 17 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
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).
Off-Site Storage
Oversized Materials stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council, courtesy of Edward Harvey, IBEW Local 175, January 1978.
Separated Materials
During processing, materials were separated to other Southern Labor Archives Printed Collections. For pamphlets, see the Southern Labor Archives Pamphlet Collection finding aid (note that this collection has been weeded over time). For periodicals, see the Southern Labor Archives Periodicals Collection finding aid or catalog. For agreements and manuals, consult Special Collections for access.
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Agreements Collection
- Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council, 1974
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Manuals Collection
- TVA - Manual of Safe Practices and Information, undated
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Pamphlets Collection
- Seven (7) pamphlets concerning: TVA, EEOC 1964-1972, undated
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Periodicals Collection
- Teamwork, TVTLC, Vol. 22, No. 7, July, 1964
Processing Information
Processed by Alice Gernazian at the file level, November 1978.
Subject
- United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Organization)
- Tennessee Valley Authority (Organization)
- Title
- Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to Its Records at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgia State University Library
- Date
- May 2001
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
100 Decatur St., S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-413-2880
404-413-2881 (Fax)
archives@gsu.edu