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AFL-CIO Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Region 5 records
Collection
Identifier: L1985-38
Abstract:
In 1955 when the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merged, it created AFL-CIO Region 8 encompassing Tennessee and Kentucky with Paul Christopher as Director. North and South Carolina became part of Region 5 directed by Carey Haigler. The 1964 reorganization of the AFL-CIO placed Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina in Region 8 with Christopher as Director and Haigler as Assistant Director. After Christopher's death in 1974, Region...
Dates:
1940-1974; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1974
Found in:
Special Collections
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Tennessee Joint Board records
Collection
Identifier: L1982-24
Abstract:
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), which represented textile workers throughout the United States, was formed in 1976 out of the merger of The Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). The Joint Board served as an administrative support unit for locals in Tennessee and the southeastern United States. The records of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Tennessee Joint Board (Knoxville, Tenn.),...
Dates:
1940s-1970s
Found in:
Special Collections
Textile Workers Union of America, Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Joint Board records
Collection
Identifier: L1985-10
Abstract:
The Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Area Joint Board of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA-GTA) provides support and leadership to the several TWUA local unions in northwest Georgia, northeast Alabama, and the Chattanooga area of Tennessee. Its records, 1952-1980, consist of correspondence, minutes, contract negotiation papers, grievance cases and printed items of the six TWUA Local unions in the area.
Dates:
1952-1980
Found in:
Special Collections
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- AFL-CIO. Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
- Aberle Hosiery Company (Columbia, Tenn.) 1
- Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Tennessee Joint Board (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
- American Federation of Hosiery Workers 1
- Christopher, Paul R. 1
- Haigler, Carey 1
- Holston Manufacturing Company (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
- Kenyon Southern (Rossville, Ga.) 1
- Kirkland, Lane 1
- Meany, George, 1894-1980 1
- Rainbow Processing Company (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1
- Ridge Textile Company (Athens, Tenn.) 1
- Roxbury Southern Mills (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1
- Schnitzler, F. William (Frank William), 1904- 1
- Textile Workers Union of America 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Area Joint Board 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 1592 (Calhoun, Ga.) 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 1672 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 1829 (Columbia, Tenn.) 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 2094 (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 2202 (Athens, Tenn.) 1
- Textile Workers Union of America. Local 2303 (Rossville, Ga.) 1
- Venture Carpets (Calhoun, Ga.) 1 ∧ less
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