Upholsterers' International Union of North America contract collection
Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection contains eleven contracts dated 1950-1972.
Dates
- 1950-1972
Creator
- Upholsterers' International Union of North America (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.
Collection is stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Historical Note
The Upholsterers International Union of North America (called the UIU or UIUNA) was a North American labor union of upholsterers. It was founded in 1892 when eight small met at a conference in Chicago and agreed to combine. It affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1900. In 1929, a convention voted to change the name to Upholsterers, Carpet and Linoleum Mechanics' International Union of North America but the other name remained in common use. Their official organ was the Upholsters' Journal; as of 1936, it was estimated that they had 11,500 members. By 1977, the union (headquartered in Philadelphia) had a membership of 55,000, and was pursuing a policy of aggressively organizing in the Southern United States (where most furniture jobs had gone), in cooperation with other unions such as the United Furniture Workers of America and the International Woodworkers of America. In October 1985, the union voted to merge with the United Steelworkers
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (in 11 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Off-Site Storage
Collection is stored offsite. Allow at least 2 working days for retrieval.
Acquisition Information
These materials were separated from one or more collections in the Southern Labor Archives for inclusion in the Archives’ contracts and agreement collection.
Creator
- Upholsterers' International Union of North America (Organization)
- Title
- Upholsterers' International Union of North America:
- Subtitle
- A Guide to the UIU Contract Collection at Georgia State University Library
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Georgia State University Library
- Date
- June 13, 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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