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UNITE HERE/Workers United Southern Region records

 Collection
Identifier: L2019-13
Abstract

UNITE HERE/Workers United Southern Region records consist of contracts, negotiations, grievances, videotapes, photographs, charters, periodicals, and t-shirts. The Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) merged in 2004 with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) in 2004 to create a new union known as UNITE HERE.

Dates: 1980s-2000s

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

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

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

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

United Textile Workers of America, Local 163 (Talladega, Ala.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-15
Scope and Content of the Records

Materials created or received by United Textile Workers of America, Local 163 (Talladega, Ala.) during the course of its operations.

Dates: before 1985

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

United Textile Workers of America, Local 2598 (Enka, N.C.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1981-10
Abstract

The Records, 1940-1941, 1949-1950, of Local 2598 of the United Textile Workers of America consist of newsclippings, a financial statement, and a list of workers who signed CIO cards at the Enka, NC, Enka Rayon Corporation. Local 2598 represented workers at the American Enka Company located near Asheville, North Carolina.

Dates: 1940-1941, 1949-1950

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

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

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

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

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-39
Abstract:

The Records, 1945-1975, of United Textile Workers Union, Southern Region, Area B, consist of correspondence, minutes, legal and financial documents, and printed materials.

Dates: 1945-1975

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

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Textile workers -- Labor unions 49
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Atlanta (Ga.) 8
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Industrial relations 7
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Knoxville (Tenn.) 4
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minutes (administrative records) 4
Alabama 3
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Textile Workers' Strike, Southern States, 1934 2
Textile factories 2
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black-and-white photographs 2
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United Textile Workers of America 11
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union 10
Textile Workers Union of America 10
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 6
United States. National Labor Relations Board 4
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Whitmire, Roy 4
Baldanzi, George 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Southeast Region 3
J.P. Stevens & Co. 3
Textile Workers Union of America. Local 689 (Rome, Ga.) 3
American Enka Company 2
American Federation of Hosiery Workers 2
Bonanno, Nicholas S. 2
Celanese Fibers Company (Rome, Ga.) 2
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills 2
General Electric Company 2
Helfand, Judith 2
Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 2
Kehrer, E. T. 2
McGill, Eula, 1911-2003 2
Stoney, George C. 2
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union 2
United Textile Workers of America. Local 2598 (Enka, N.C.) 2
United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area B 2
Workers United. Southern Region 2
AFL-CIO 1
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department 1
AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Department 1
AFL-CIO. Region 8 (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
AFSCME. Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Aberle Hosiery Company (Columbia, Tenn.) 1
Alton Box Board Company 1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 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. Tennessee Joint Board (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1
American Viscose Corporation 1
Atlanta Federation of Trades 1
Bemis Company 1
Brewton Fashions 1
Cagle (Firm : Camilla, Ga.) 1
Cannon Mills Company 1
Columbian Rope Company 1
Creative Loafing (Firm) 1
Crown Cotton Mills Co. (Dalton, Whitfield County, Ga.) 1
Curlee Clothing Company 1
Dean, Everett 1
Democratic Party (Ga.) 1
Dixie Manufacturing Company 1
Farah Manufacturing Company 1
Finley, Murray 1
Georgia Humanities Council 1
Groenert, Roy 1
Haberthear, Harry 1
Halstead, Freddie Elmer 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
Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union 1
Industrial Rayon Corporation 1
International Labor Defense 1
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
Jervis, John E. (John Elwood), 1909-1984 1
Jones, Melvin Leon, 1934- 1
Kenyon Southern (Rossville, Ga.) 1
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 1
Laborers' International Union of North America 1
Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union 1
Lawson United Feldspar and Mineral Company (Spruce Pine, N.C.) 1
Levinson, Marc R. 1
Loray Corporation 1
Lord, Homer, 1914-2005 1
Marlene Industries Corporation 1
Martin, Charles H., 1945- 1
McIver, Harold, 1931-1996 1
McKee, Don, 1916- 1
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018 1
Morand, Martin J. 1
Munsingwear, Inc. (U.S.) 1
Nance, A. Steve, 1895-1938 1
National Planning Association 1
Newberry Mills (Newberry, S.C.) 1
Office and Professional Employees International Union 1
Oneita Knitting Mills (Andrews, S.C.) 1
P. Garvin (Firm : Spartanburg, S.C.) 1
Rainbow Processing Company (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1
Research Consortium for the Southwide Textile Strike of 1934 1
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 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
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