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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

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

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

Ron Elliott PATCO collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2011-02
Abstract: Ron Elliott was a member of PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization) and worked as an air traffic controller for 11 years. Elliott served as a Choir Boy for Local 101 and the Atlanta cluster, organizing all striking controllers in the Metro Atlanta area. When PATCO went on strike in 1981, Elliott and many other PATCO members were prosecuted for participating in and claiming the right to strike against the U.S. Government. Legal files, grievances, reference files,...
Dates: 1978-1995; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1982

Scripto strike records

 Collection
Identifier: L2003-01
Abstract:

The collection documents the strike (1964-1965) at Atlanta's Scripto Corporation manufacturing plant. The records of the Scripto strike, 1963-1968, 1996, 1999 consist of contemporary legal and union documents, newspaper articles, and photographs. Transcripts of interviews conducted in 1996 and a published article round out the collection.

Dates: 1963-1968, 1996-1999

United Auto Workers, Local 882 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-29
Abstract: Chartered in July 1941, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local No. 882 is located in Atlanta, Georgia. It represented workers at Ford Motor Company's Atlanta Assembly Plant in Hapeville, Georgia, during its operation (1947-2006). The records include minutes and resolutions, correspondence, financial material, strike material, grievances, arbitration, agreements, and education materials, 1940s-1980s. Topics include the...
Dates: 1940s-1980s

United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-15
Abstract: The collection consists of records of District 35 of the United Steelworkers of America from 1940-1987. Contains mainly correspondence (1943-1987) between district directors William Crawford, Lorne Nelles, and M.C. Weston and various USA officers and departments, including USA President David McDonald, field representatives, and local unions mainly discussing organizing activities, contract negotiation, and strike activities. The company files (1943-1987) concern negotiations and...
Dates: 1945-1987

William "Bill" Roberts collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-12
Abstract:

The collection of William "Bill" Roberts contains telegrams, bulletins and letters relating to a strike of the Fisher Body Employees in 1936.

Dates: 1936, 1948

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Names
AFSCME. District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 732 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
General Electric Company 2
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union Local 527 (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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J.P. Stevens & Co. 2
Meers, Ralph 2
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (Washington, D.C.) 2
Southern Railway (U.S.) 2
AFL-CIO. Atlanta Labor Council 1
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 1
AFL-CIO. Region 5 1
AFL-CIO. Region 6 1
AFSCME 1
AFSCME. Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AFSCME. Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) 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 Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America 1
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local 442 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
American Federation of Labor 1
American Flint Glass Workers' Union 1
American Transit Association 1
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union 1
Atlanta Fire Fighters Union, Independent (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Transit System 1
Atlantic Steel Company 1
Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees 1
Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932 1
Cagle (Firm : Camilla, Ga.) 1
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.) 1
Cordery, Joseph C. (Joseph Carl) 1
Creative Loafing (Firm) 1
Democratic Socialists of America 1
Elliott, Ron, 1947- 1
Foote and Davies Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Ford Motor Company 1
Ford Motor Company. Atlanta Assembly Plant (Hapeville, Ga.) 1
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills 1
General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division 1
Georgia Federation of Labor 1
Georgia Power Company 1
Glass Bottle Blowers Association of the United States and Canada. Local 101 (East Point, Ga.) 1
Glass Container Manufacturers Institute 1
Graphic Communications International Union 1
Graphic Communications International Union. Local 527-S (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Harrison, Edwin D., 1916-2001 1
Hochuli, Jim 1
Hoffa, James P., 1941- 1
International Association of Fire Fighters. Local 1460 (Marietta, Ga.) 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Local Lodge 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 1946 (Augusta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Graphic Communications Conference 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 528 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 728 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Chemical Workers Union 1
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America 1
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Printing Specialities and Paper Products Union Local 8 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Typographical Union 1
International Typographical Union. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Union of Operating Engineers 1
International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 329 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America 1
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 882 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
Jacobs and Langford (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 1
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Kuettner, Alfred G. 1
Langford, James T. 1
Levinson, Marc R. 1
Link-Belt Company 1
McDonald, David J. (David John), 1902-1979 1
Mead Corporation 1
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018 1
Nabisco, Inc. 1
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. District 1199 1
Nelson, Joseph 1
October League (M-L) 1
Order of Railway Telegraphers of North America 1
Overnite Transportation Company 1
Owens-Illinois Glass Company 1
Parks Printing Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Pitts, Joseph C. (Joseph Clifton), 1937- 1
Poli, Robert 1
Ray, Richard, 1941- 1
Regency Hyatt House (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 1
Richards, Jimi (James E.) 1
Roberts, William (Bill) (Labor union member) 1
Scripto (Firm : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Shanker, Albert 1
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