Scope and Content of the Series From the Series:

The Jacobs's photographs document his work related to the Workmen's Circle and the labor movement, especially images from local union functions and national conferences. Most of the photographs are in black and white. Some of the photographs have preservation negatives. Includes 445 images.

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The United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 815T (Morristown, Tenn.) records, 1970s-1990s, consist of 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.

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In Subseries A: Constitutions and bylaws, the majority of the materials span almost ten years, from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Constitution of the International Union of Textile Workers and Rules for Local Unions Under it's Jurisdiction is one of the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA)'s earliest constitutions. Sub-subseries 1: UTWA/TWUA is arranged alphabetically and Sub-subseries 2: Other unions is arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note of the Subseries The series of Presidential correspondence spans the administrations of three United Textile Workers of America presidents: Francis Gorman, 1937-1939, 1941-1944; C.M. Fox, 1939-1941; and Anthony Valente, 1944-1957. The series contains only a small number of letters from 1937 to 1941, and none form the years 1947-1949.This correspondence series documents UTWA's vast organizing efforts in New England, particularly New Bedford and Lawrence, as TWOC-CIO in 1937-1938 and as the...

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Subseries B: Handbooks includes an assortment of publications by various authors, including: the American Arbitration Association, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA), the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), the International Association of Machinists (IAM), and the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Folders are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content of the Series This first and largest series consists of sequentially numbered (from 499 to 5163, with gaps) legal case files reflecting Shine's representation of the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) locals and joint boards; Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW); teachers'unions; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and other public employee unions; Retail Clerks; Communications Workers of America (CWA); and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW); and other...

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Barkin discusses union organizing in the South done by the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA), the impact of paternalism on textile workers willingness to organize, the role of women in the textile workers strike of 1934, the pressures the strikers faced and how that affected their ability to strike, the reason the UTWA chose to strike and other topics.

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Jacobs, Wade, Don Rodgers and Angie Rodgers discuss United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) activity after the textile workers' strike of 1934, how the union did not leave various Southern towns, and the legal struggles that the UTWA faced.

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Jacobs, Wade, Don Rodgers and Angie Rodgers discuss United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) activity after the textile workers' strike 1934, how the union did not leave various Southern towns,and the legal struggles that the UTWA faced.

Scope and Content of the Series This series is comprised of legal cases and related matters of labor unions and labor-related organizations. The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA), 1939-1973 constitutes the largest series of the records, but there are also case files pertaining to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in several Southern cities; Laundry Workers Local 218 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee; Atlanta's Painter & Allied Trades District Council No. 38; Plumber Local No....

Scope and Content of the Series The administrative files of the United Textile Workers of America-Local 257 include constitutions and bylaws, union and non-union handbooks, correspondence, union membership rosters, minutes, ledgers and payroll books. Series I is divided into 5 subseries: A. Constitutions and bylaws; B. Handbooks; C. Correspondence; D. Union membership rosters; E. Minutes, and F. Ledgers and payroll books. Subseries A: Constitutions and bylaws, is further divided into two sub-subseries: 1....

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Donahue discusses how he became involved with United Textile Workers of America (UTWA), his work as an organizer, the organization of African American locals, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.

Scope and Contents note International: Merger Agreement Between Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America and United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, June 6, 1968. District of Columbia: Laborers' International Union Local 1211, Nov. 1, 1971. Georgia:...