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Jesse Walton collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-30
Abstract:

The collection of Jesse Walton, 1949-1950, consists of clippings and correspondence describing the railway workers strikes, 1949-1950 and Walton's political contest against Hoke Smith in 1950.

Dates: 1949-1950

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

Joseph Jacobs papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1998-07
Abstract:

The collection contains materials related to attorney and union organizer Joseph Jacobs's work in the labor and civic community. Specifically, the papers cover his activities in the fields of labor, the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), the Georgia Humanities Council and the Georgia Democratic Party.

Dates: 1929-1998

Joseph Nelson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-45
Abstract: The collection consists of papers collected by Joseph Nelson from 1970-1974 documenting a wildcat strike in 1972 against the Mead Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia by the "Mead Caucus of Rank and File Workers" as well as similar unsuccessful efforts by Atlanta, Georgia workers at Nabisco, Inc. and the Regency Hyatt House Hotel. Also contained in the collection are materials pertaining to the Printing Specialists and Paper Products Union, Local 527 (Atlanta, Ga.), the official representatives...
Dates: 1970-1974

Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_LaundryW
Abstract:

The collection consists of 14 agreements, 1964-1968, 1979-1977, between various local unions of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union and employers.

Dates: 1964-1968, 1976-1977

Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union, Local 218 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-11
Abstract:

Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Dye House Workers Union, Local 218 was based in Atlanta. The records of Local 218 contain correspondence, legal documents, minutes and printed material. The correspondence describes Local 218's disaffiliation from and re-affiliation with, the International Union.

Dates: 1950-1971

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

Mary Lynn Walker American Federation of Government Employees collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-03
Abstract:

Mary Lynn Walker, a Georgia native, became very active in the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) in the late 1960s and rose to executive positons never before held by a female. The Mary Lynn Walker collection contains documents and newspaper articles chronicling labor employment issues such as unfair labor practices, age discrimination, and improper loans of government employment.

Dates: 1974-1975, 1979

Melvin Leon Jones collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-44
Abstract:

This collection consists of transcripts of interviews Melvin Jones conducted with former employees of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in Atlanta, Ga. regarding working conditions and union activity.

Dates: 1974

North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-13-A
Abstract

The North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council records consist of correspondence, legal files, financial records, contractor files, and minutes. Most of the materials date from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

Dates: 1957-1984

North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-13
Abstract The North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council (NGBCTC) represents the legal interests of building and trades unions throughout North Georgia, as well as promoting the livelihood of local building trades and settling jurisdictional disputes between unions. These records (circa 1950s-2000s) consist of periodicals, political materials, correspondence, collective bargaining materials, contracts, minutes, charity and event organization materials, directories, project materials,...
Dates: 1950s-2000s

Office and Professional Employees International Union contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-Contracts_OPEIU
Abstract:

The collection consists of 80 agreements, 1953-1978, between various local unions of the Office and Professional Employees International Union and other labor organizations.

Dates: 1953-1978

Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 21 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-14
Abstract:

The Office and Professional Employees International Union was formed in 1965 from the Office Employees International Union (1945-1965). Local 21's (Atlanta, Ga.) membership is comprised mainly of clerical workers employed in the offices of trade unions. The records of Local 21, 1958-1979, consist of correspondence, financial records, minutes, grievances, organizing files, contracts, pamphlets, and periodicals.

Dates: 1958-1979

Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada, Local 148 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-06
Abstract:

The four ledgers and few supplementary records contain information on the membership of the Plasterers and Cement Masons Union, Local 148, of Atlanta.

Dates: 1927-1967

Order of Railway Telegraphers (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1979-39
Abstract:

The records of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, 1899-1900, consist of five bulletins on a strike in Atlanta.

Dates: 1899-1900

Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, District Council 38 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-25
Abstract:

The Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, District Council 38, records include minutes, financial and legal documents, and correspondence that describe internal disciplinary actions and external jurisdictional disputes.

Dates: 1940-1969

Railroad unions contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_railroad
Abstract:

The collection consists of 206 agreements, 1898-1974, between various system federations or local unions of railroad and transit workers and their employers.

Dates: 1898-1974

Retail Clerks International Association, Local 1063 (College Park, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-19
Abstract:

The records of the Retail Clerks International Association, Local 1063, 1947-1974, 1978, consist of a ledger of membership dues, a cash book of receipts and expenses, a book of minutes, testimony presented in an arbitration proceeding pertaining to a grievance against the Kroger Company and printed materials and photographs.

Dates: 1947-1974, 1985, undated

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 315 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1972-58
Abstract:

The records of The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Local 315 contain letters, agreements, printed material, lists and notes describing the Union's work with nine Atlanta companies during the years 1947-1969.

Dates: 1947-1969

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Southeastern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-18
Abstract: The collection consists of records of the Southeastern Region of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (formed 1954) and its predecessor, the United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees of America, from 1940-1968. Contains primarily company files which include cases brought before the National Labor Relations Board dealing mainly with elections and unfair labor practice charges. Also includes correspondence (1940-1967), minutes (1959-1961), financial documents...
Dates: 1940-1968; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1964

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Labor unions 11
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AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 9
Georgia State AFL-CIO 8
Atlanta Federation of Trades 7
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 4
AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
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Georgia Federation of Labor 4
Graphic Communications International Union 4
Graphic Communications International Union. Local 8-M (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 4
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 4
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union Local 527 (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
J.P. Stevens & Co. 4
North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council 4
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 4
United Steelworkers of America. District 35 4
AFL-CIO 3
AFL-CIO. Region 5 3
Abercrombie, E. L. 3
American Federation of Labor 3
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. District Council 38 3
Ford Motor Company 3
Georgia Power Company 3
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 1 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 3
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialities and Paper Products Union Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
International Typographical Union 3
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 3
Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Dye House Workers' International Union. Local 218 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Meers, Ralph 3
Ray, Richard, 1941- 3
True, Martha, 1924-2008 3
United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada 3
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America 3
United Steelworkers of America 3
AFL-CIO. Region 6 2
AFSCME 2
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Archer, Thomas D. 2
Atlanta Building Trades Council 2
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union, Independent (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Atlantic Steel Company 2
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. Local 193 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Communications Workers of America 2
Communications Workers of America. Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Communications Workers of America. Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills 2
General Electric Company 2
Georgia Labor Management Conference, Inc. 2
Georgia State University. Labor Studies Program 2
Giles, J. W. (James William), 1925- 2
Green, Herb (Herbert C.) 2
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada. Local 225 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 193 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 2
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 2
International Typographical Union. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 926 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 2
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 2
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 882 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 2
Kehrer, E. T. 2
LaPorte, Philip A. 2
Mathias, Charles, 1913- 2
Meany, George, 1894-1980 2
Office and Professional Employees International Union 2
Retail Clerks International Union. Local 1063 (College Park, Ga.) 2
Scripto (Firm : Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Southern Railway (U.S.) 2
United Association of Plumbers and Steam Fitters of the United States and Canada. Local 72 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
United Mine Workers of America 2
Workmen's Circle (U.S.) 2
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department 1
AFL-CIO. Human Resources Development Institute 1
AFSCME. Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 4 (Atlanta Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) 1
Acree, D. S. (Dorsey S.) 1
Acuff, Stewart 1
Adkins, Herman B. 1
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America 1
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Division 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 1
Amalgamated Lithographers of America. Local Union 51 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America 1
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local 442 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
American Federation of Government Employees 1
American Federation of Musicians 1
American Federation of Teachers 1
American Flint Glass Workers' Union 1
American Nurses Association 1
American Postal Workers Union 1
American Postal Workers Union. Atlanta Local 32 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 1
Arkwright, Preston S. (Preston Stanley), 1871-1947 1
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 1
Atlanta Area Technical School 1
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