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Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 732 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-02
Abstract: Division 732 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (Atlanta, Georgia) was recognized by the Georgia Railway and Power Company as a union in 1918. The relationship between Division 732 and the Atlanta Transit System, which lasted from 1950 to 1971, was relatively peaceful. After the purchase of the ATS by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in 1971, the relationship between the union and management gradually deteriorated and led to the six day strike in 1973. The first...
Dates: 1919-1981
Found in: Special Collections

Atlanta Transit System records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-43
Abstract:

The collection consists of labor relation files of the various companies that have operated Atlanta's public transit system.

Dates: 1920-1973
Found in: Special Collections

Augusta Federation of Trades records

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-21
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the Augusta Federation of Trade (AFT) from 1958-1974 and its predecessor, the Augusta Central Labor Union (ACLU), from 1943-1957. Includes minutes of the ACLU (1943-1957) outlining concerns of the organization, efforts to protect a local labor newspaper from advertising encroachment, and support for the Augusta bus drivers strike (1953-1955). Also contains minutes of the AFT (1965-1969), correspondence (1965-1974), financial documents (1963-1974),...
Dates: 1943-1974
Found in: Special Collections

David Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-02
Abstract:

The David Williams collection contains correspondence and minutes between the Georgia Railway and Power Company and a committee representing the company's employees as well as agreements between the company and the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Local 732 and other documents including newspaper clippings, memoranda, bulletins and President Wilson's proclamation creating the National War Labor Board.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Special Collections

Henry W. Chandler papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1974-46
Abstract:

The collection consists of papers of Henry W. Chandler, secretary, Georgia Federation of Labor and president, Atlanta Federation of Trades, from 1918-1973. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed materials relating to Chandler's work for those and other organizations.

Dates: 1918-1973
Found in: Special Collections

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
Found in: Special Collections

National City Lines, Southern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L1976-09
Abstract: The Southern Region of National City Lines, Inc., located in Jackson, Mississippi, operates public transportation in Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Wichita Falls, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Jackson, Mississippi; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its records, 1942-1956, which originated in the regional office and the local braches, contain War Labor Board case files, company bulletins, payrolls, maintenance reports, union contracts, arbitration case material, accident and safety...
Dates: 1942-1956
Found in: Special Collections

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Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Division 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Georgia Power Company 2
AFL-CIO. Augusta Federation of Trades. (Augusta, Ga.) 1
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America 1
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Arkwright, Preston S. (Preston Stanley), 1871-1947 1
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Augusta Central Labor Union (Augusta, Ga.) 1
Chandler, Henry W. 1
Georgia Federation of Labor 1
Georgia Railway & Power Company 1
National City Lines. Southern Region 1
Southern Railway (U.S.) 1
United States. National War Labor Board (1918-1919) 1
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945) 1
Walton, Jesse L. 1
Williams, David (donor) 1
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