Ecumenical Coalition of Working People records

Collection

Identifier: L1984-45

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Records

The Records, 1973-1984, of the Ecumenical Coalition of Working People consist of correspondence, minutes, financial records, printed material, and photographs.

Dates

1973-1984

Creator

Ecumenical Coalition of Working People (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.

Historical Note

The Ecumenical Coalition of Working People incorporated on March 15, 1979 as a non-profit corporation with a Board of Directors made up of Joe Irwin, coordinator, Bill Jenkins of Retail Clerks International Union, Harold Parker of the Atlanta Presbytery, and Herbert Green of the United Automobile Workers. The Coalition was organized to improve the living and working conditions of workers and their families, and sought to alleviate the historical bias against unions in the South by conducting labor education programs such as workshops, seminars, conferences, newspaper articles, church sermons, a radio broadcast, and by lobbying the Georgia General Assembly. Coordinator Joe Irwin was educated at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and was an ordained Congregationalist minister.

Extent

1.67 Linear Feet (in 4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The Ecumenical Coalition of Working People was incorporated on March 15, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Coalition was organized to improve the living and working conditions of workers and their families, and sought to alleviate the historical bias against trade unions in the South by conducting labor education programs and lobbying the Georgia General Assembly.

Arrangement

The records are arranged into three series:

Series I: Administrative Files, 1975-1984
Series II: Organization Files, 1976-1981
Series III: Subject Files, 1973-1983

Acquisition Information

Donated by Joe Jacobs and Herb Green, July 1984.

Separated Materials

During processing, materials were separated to other Southern Labor Archives Collections. For photographs, see the Southern Labor Archives Photographs Collection finding aid. For periodicals, see the Southern Labor Archives Periodicals Collection finding aid or catalog. For pamphlets, see the Southern Labor Archives Pamphlet Collection finding aid (note that this collection has been weeded over time).

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Photographic Collection

13 negatives with matching proof sheet, and 3 enlargements of the Bell Telephone building under construction beside All Saints Episcopal Church, one line-shot negative of the Bell Telephone building and All Saints Episcopal Church, two lithoprinted half-tones of Zell Miller, and country and western singers Dolly Parton and Don Williams

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Periodicals Collection

Highlander Reports (Highlander Research and Education Center), March 1977-December 1978
Industrial Worker (Industrial Workers of the World), January 1979
Southern Fight - Back (Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice), February 1979
USA (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), July/August, 1979

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Pamphlet Collection

Twelve pamphlets concerning: United Automobile Workers, Day Care Centers,Humphrey - Hawkins Full Employment Bill, League of Women Voters, Religion and Labor, Steel Industry