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United Food and Commercial Workers 2598T (Enka, N.C.) records
Collection
Identifier: L2012-31
Abstract
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 2598T (Enka, N.C.) represents workers who first organized as rayon workers of American Enka Corporation. The mill has chiefly produced Rayon and Nylon, although currently produces only carpeting. Although organized by the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) for most of its existence, the local is now a textile peripheral of UFCW. At its height, the local had 1500 members which has since dwindled to approximately 200. This collection...
Dates:
1939-2012
Found in:
Special Collections
United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 815T (Morristown, Tenn.) records
Collection
Identifier: L2007-04
Abstract:
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 815T represented textile workers employed by the America Enka Company in Morristown, Tennessee. The records include meeting minutes, strike and protest organization materials, union membership and leadership rosters, member resignation records, union election records, business contracts, grievances, arbitration, and negotiations, benefits information, trial records, and records of the union local’s history with both the UFCW and the UTWA.
Dates:
1970s-1990s
Found in:
Special Collections