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The Uprising of '34 collection interviews

 Collection
Identifier: L1995-13-OH
Abstract

In 1934, Southern textile workers took the lead in a nationwide strike that saw half a million workers walk off their jobs in the largest single-industry strike in the history of the United States. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.

Dates: 1987-1995
Found in: Special Collections

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: 1962-2005
Found in: Special Collections

United Garment Workers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: L1992-17
Abstract: The United Garment Workers Union (UGWA) was established in 1891. UGWA lost membership when a group of dissatisfied members broke away to form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1914. Membership levels were steady until the 1950s, when they began a slow decline. In 1994, the UGWA became part of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. This collection consists of the records of the United Garment Workers of America from 1893-1994. Its eight series contain time study/ time and...
Dates: 1893-1994
Found in: Special Collections

United Textile Workers of America contracts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_UTWA
Abstract

The collection consists of 1,613 agreements, 1937-1976, between various local unions of the United Textile Workers of America and manufacturers or other employers.

Dates: 1937-1976
Found in: Special Collections

United Textile Workers of America, Local 257 (Erwin, N.C.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-36
Abstract:

United Textile Workers of America, Local 257 represented textile workers at various Erwin Cotton Mills plants in North Carolina and Mississippi. The local's records, 1900-1986 (bulk 1940-1960), consist primarily of grievances and arbitration cases. Other records include constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, union membership rosters, office files, photographic materials, financial ledgers, printed materials, and artifacts.

Dates: 1900-1986; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1960
Found in: Special Collections

United Textile Workers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-54
Abstract:

The collection consists of the records of the United Textile Workers of America from 1936-1995. This collection contains documentation about the local unions in the UTWA, both in the United States and Canada. Information on mergers, strikes, finances and conventions is included in these papers. These records were from the UTWA, Southern Region.

Dates: 1930-1996
Found in: Special Collections

United Textile Workers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: L1997-04
Abstract:

United Textile Workers of America records (1906-1995) consist of convention proceedings and materials, periodicals, photographs, meeting minutes, and offce files.

Dates: 1906-1995
Found in: Special Collections

United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area A records

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-11
Abstract:

The collection consists of the records of the United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area A from 1956-1975. Correspondence (1957-1972) comprises the bulk of the collection. The company files (1957-1967) contain NLRB case material, minutes of negotiation meetings, contract proposals, and financial statements. The collection also includes activity reports, printed material, financial documents, and photographs.

Dates: 1956-1972
Found in: Special Collections

United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area B records

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-01
Abstract:

The Records, 1972-1973, of the United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region Area B, consist of correspondence and various printed material created by Roy Whitmire as regional codirector. Correspondents include Everrett (also Southern Codirector) and the International officers and representatives of the TWUA. Topics discussed include NLRB elections, UTWA and TWUA organizing efforts, labor education.

Dates: 1972-1973
Found in: Special Collections

Workers United, Southern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L2019-03
Abstract

The Workers United, Southern Region Records consist of contracts, grievances, negotiation materials, correspondence, constitutions and videotapes, 1980-2013. Workers United grew out of a series of older textile workers unions including ILGWU, UNITE!, UNITE HERE, ACTWU, ACWU, and TWUA.

Dates: 1980-2013
Found in: Special Collections

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Textile workers -- Labor unions 29
Textile industry 25
Southern States 12
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Rome (Ga.) 3
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Virginia 2
case files 2
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Asheville (N.C.) 1
Athens (Ga.) 1
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Boycotts 1
Calhoun (Ga.) 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
Chattanooga (Tenn.) 1
Clothing workers 1
Clothing workers -- Labor unions 1
Columbia (Tenn.) 1
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Covington (Va.) 1
Hattiesburg (Miss.) 1
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Memphis (Tenn.) 1
Morristown (Tenn.) 1
Race relations 1
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Steam engineers -- Labor unions 1
Textile factories 1
Textile industry -- Labor productivity 1
West Virginia 1
Westmoreland (Tenn.) 1
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Working class -- Songs and music 1
administrative records 1
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black-and-white photographs 1
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documentaries (motion picture genre) 1
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 7
United Textile Workers of America 7
Textile Workers Union of America 5
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Southeast Region 3
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J.P. Stevens & Co. 3
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 3
United States. National Labor Relations Board 3
Whitmire, Roy 3
American Enka Company 2
American Federation of Hosiery Workers 2
Baldanzi, George 2
Bonanno, Nicholas S. 2
Celanese Fibers Company (Rome, Ga.) 2
General Electric Company 2
Helfand, Judith 2
Stoney, George C. 2
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union 2
AFL-CIO. Region 5 1
Aberle Hosiery Company (Columbia, Tenn.) 1
Alton Box Board Company 1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Southern Region 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Central North Carolina Joint Board 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama Joint Board 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Local 1716 (Rome, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Local 1836 (North Charleston, S.C.) 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Memphis-Jackson Joint Board 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Southern Region 1
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Tennessee Joint Board (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
American Federation of Labor 1
American Viscose Corporation 1
Bemis Company 1
Brewton Fashions 1
Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932 1
Columbian Rope Company 1
Dean, Everett 1
Georgia Federation of Labor 1
Handler, Jack G. 1
Hard Times Productions, Inc. 1
Harriet Cotton Mills (Henderson, N.C.) 1
Henderson Cotton Mills (Henderson, N.C.) 1
Highland Cotton Mills (High Point, N.C.) 1
Hollander Home Fashions 1
Holston Manufacturing Company (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
Industrial Rayon Corporation 1
International Union of Operating Engineers 1
International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 329 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 1
Jervis, John E. (John Elwood), 1909-1984 1
Kehrer, E. T. 1
Kenyon Southern (Rossville, Ga.) 1
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 1
Kuettner, Alfred G. 1
Loray Corporation 1
Lord, Homer, 1914-2005 1
Marlene Industries Corporation 1
McGill, Eula, 1911-2003 1
Morand, Martin J. 1
Munsingwear, Inc. (U.S.) 1
Oneita Knitting Mills (Andrews, S.C.) 1
Rainbow Processing Company (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1
Research Consortium for the Southwide Textile Strike of 1934 1
Ridge Textile Company (Athens, Tenn.) 1
Rieve, Emil, 1892-1975 1
Ross, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1914-1984 1
Roxbury Southern Mills (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1
Schaufenbil, Frances 1
Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931 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 202 (Covington, Va.) 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
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 319 (High Point, N.C.) 1
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 578 (Henderson, N.C.) 1
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 584 (Henderson, N.C.) 1
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 789 (Rome, Ga.) 1
Textile Workers Union of America. Northwest Georgia Joint Board 1
UNITE HERE (Organization) 1
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees 1
United Construction Workers 1
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 2598T (Enka, N.C.) 1
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local 815T (Morristown, Tenn.) 1
United Garment Workers of America 1
United States. National Recovery Administration 1
United Textile Workers of America. Local 257 (Erwin, N.C.) 1
United Textile Workers of America. Local 2598 (Enka, N.C.) 1
United Textile Workers of America. Local 815 (Morristown, Tenn.) 1
United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area A 1
United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area B 1
Venture Carpets (Calhoun, Ga.) 1
Workers United. Southern Region 1
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