Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 13 of 13

AFL-CIO Region 6 (Atlanta office) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-01
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, office memoranda and printed material maintained by the regional director’s office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1961-1969

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-43
Abstract: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1951-1974, consist of correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal files and printed material. Included are minutes of Greater Atlanta Public Employees District Council 14, 1966-1967, 1972. The records illuminate the local's daily concern with group insurance policies, membership maintenance, pensions, organizing in greater Atlanta area (particularly DeKalb County), legislative...
Dates: 1951-1974

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-44
Abstract: The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees(AFSCME), Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) represents public sector workers in the metropolitan Atlanta area, including hospital, sanitation, and other municipal workers. The records of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.), 1949-2001, include correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, petitions, constitutions, policy and procedures manuals, grievances, newspaper...
Dates: 1949-2001

Atlanta Labor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1990-21
Abstract:

The Atlanta Labor Council was formed in 1958 by the merger of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, AFL, and the Atlanta Industrial Union Council, CIO. Its records are composed of proceedings, constitutions, contracts, convention materials, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed material of the Atlanta Labor Council and affiliated organizations, 1965-1990 (bulk 1967-1980).

Dates: 1965-1990; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1980

Charles L. Ross papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1985-09
Abstract: Charles "Lewis" Ross (1914-1984) worked as a textile mechanic and was very active in the organization efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) at the Celanese (before 1947, the Tubize) Corporation in Rome, Georgia. The papers consist of: union constitutions (CIO, Georgia State Industrial Union Council, TWUA local 689), contracts, grievances and memoranda from TWUA Washington Representative, John W. Edelman, to all Union Members, 1948-1950; pamphlets pertaining to racial and...
Dates: 1943-1953

David Herman papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-20
Abstract:

The David Herman Papers, 1954-1967, contains scrapbook materials, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and printed materials relating to his presidency of the Hotel Employee's and Bartenders International Union, Local 6 (New York, NY); his work as an organizer of the Hotel Employees' Union, Local 255 (Miami, FL); the hotel employees' strike, 1955-1959, and his campaign for Miami City Council in 1967.

Dates: 1954-1967

Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers Union records

 Collection
Identifier: L1994-01
Abstract The Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers Union (GMP) formed with the merger of the International Molders and Allied Workers Union (IMAWU) and the the Glass, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union in 1988. IMAWU had originated in 1859 as the Iron Molders' Union of North America, which was established in 1859. A series of mergers led the union to change its name to the. In 1988, the Molders and Allied Workers merged with (GPPA) to create the...
Dates: circa 1979-circa 1988; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1988

International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-62
Abstract:

International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) received its charter on January 9, 1963. Its records, 1962-1973, are composed of general subject files, correspondence and financial documents.

Dates: 1962-1973

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 480 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2011-13
Abstract: The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 480 of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, also known as the Atomic Local 480, was chartered in 1946. The community of Oak Ridge was developed in 1942 and managed by the Army of the United States to facilitate production of the Atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project during World War II. The Oak Ridge community was kept secret until WWII was over; the union was then formed under the AFL-CIO. The Atomic Local 480 dealt with issues...
Dates: 1938-2010; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1987

International Association of Machinists, Local 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-29
Abstract:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 2 is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its records consist of correspondence between employers and the local, administrative files and various records, financial records and statements, artifacts, speeches and speech materials, newspaper clippings, strike information, and various subject files.

Dates: 1946-1986

Jimi Richards collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2004-09
Abstract:

Jimi Richards served as the Secretary-Treasurer and Manager of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 728, Atlanta (Ga.). The Jimi Richards collection, 1988-2003, contains correspondence, organizing materials, agreements, bylaws, local newsletters, election materials, printed materials, videocassette tapes, and case documents of Locals 728, 528, and 928 (Atlanta, Ga.)

Dates: 1988-2003

Marc R. Levinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-01
Abstract: Marc R. Levinson was a journalist and news editor of Creative Loafing, an Atlanta weekly. His papers, 1975-1979, contain three series. The AFSCME Local 1644/City of Atlanta series includes correspondence, news clippings, news releases, and printed materials relating to a strike by Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) against the City of Atlanta in 1977. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile...
Dates: 1975-1978

United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-30
Abstract:

Alcoa, Tennessee was incorporated in 1919 as a company town for the Aluminum Company of America. Workers there first organized an independent union in 1933. The United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection, 1971-1983, consists of printed material recounting the history of Alcoa, Tennessee, its aluminum industry, and African American workers in the town.

Dates: 1971-1983

Filtered By

  • Subject: Labor union locals X
  • Subject: Labor unions -- Organizing X
  • Subject: Strikes and lockouts X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Strikes and lockouts 11
Atlanta (Ga.) 8
Boycotts 3
Municipal officials and employees -- Labor unions 3
African American labor union members 2
∨ more  
Names
AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 2
General Electric Company 2
AFL-CIO 1
∨ more
AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 1
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 1
AFL-CIO. Region 6 1
AFSCME 1
AFSCME. Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) 1
Aluminum Workers International Union 1
American Flint Glass Workers' Union 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union 1
Atomic Trades and Labor Council 1
Baldanzi, George 1
Cagle (Firm : Camilla, Ga.) 1
Celanese Fibers Company (Rome, Ga.) 1
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 1
Creative Loafing (Firm) 1
Democratic Socialists of America 1
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union 1
Herman, David (Labor leader) 1
Hoffa, James P., 1941- 1
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 255 (Miami, Fla.) 1
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.) 1
International Association of Fire Fighters. Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 480 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Women's Auxilliary 404 Atomettes (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 528 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 728 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Molders and Allied Workers Union 1
International Molders and Allied Workers Union. Local 48 (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1
J.P. Stevens & Co. 1
Levinson, Marc R. 1
Magic Chef, inc. 1
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. District 1199 1
Overnite Transportation Company 1
Ray, Richard, 1941- 1
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 1
Richards, Jimi (James E.) 1
Rieve, Emil, 1892-1975 1
Ross, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1914-1984 1
Shanker, Albert 1
Singleton, Oliver W., 1908-1989 1
Textile Workers Union of America 1
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 1
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee 1
United Parcel Service 1
United Steelworkers of America 1
United Steelworkers of America. Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) 1
Wurf, Jerry, 1919-1981 1
+ ∧ less