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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union vs. Cannon Mills scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: L1995-09
Abstract:
The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) vs. Cannon Mills Scrapbooks contains three scrapbooks of printed material, 1976-1991, when the union attempted to organize Cannon Mills (Kannapolis, N.C.). The scrapbooks cover textile industry issues such brown lung, the ACTWU's involvement in other mills, and Kannapolis' problems with illiteracy and crumbling infrastructure. The bulk of materials in the ACTWU vs. Cannon Mills Scrapbooks fall between 1976 and 1981.
Dates:
1976-1991; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1981
Found in:
Special Collections
Charles L. Ross papers
Collection
Identifier: L1985-09
Abstract:
Charles "Lewis" Ross (1914-1984) worked as a textile mechanic and was very active in the organization efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) at the Celanese (before 1947, the Tubize) Corporation in Rome, Georgia. The papers consist of: union constitutions (CIO, Georgia State Industrial Union Council, TWUA local 689), contracts, grievances and memoranda from TWUA Washington Representative, John W. Edelman, to all Union Members, 1948-1950; pamphlets pertaining to racial and...
Dates:
1943-1953
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
UNITE: Southern Regional Joint Board Office records
Collection
Identifier: L2003-10
Dates:
1950s-2001
Found in:
Special Collections