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Strikes and lockouts

 Subject
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Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

International Association of Machinists, Local 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1987-29
Abstract:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 2 is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its records consist of correspondence between employers and the local, administrative files and various records, financial records and statements, artifacts, speeches and speech materials, newspaper clippings, strike information, and various subject files.

Dates: 1946-1986
Found in: Special Collections / International Association of Machinists, Local 2 (Atlanta, Ga.) records

International Typographical Union, Local 90 (Richmond, Va.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-12
Abstract: The Richmond Typographical Union Local 90 was chartered in 1866 by the National Typographical Union and in 1872 by the International Typographical Union. The local was affiliated with the AFL until 1937 and then re-affiliated in 1943, and also with the Virginia-Carolinas Typographical Conference, the Virginia Allied Printing Trades Council and the Central Trades and Labor Council. In 1971, the union broke up. The Records, 1886-1974, of the Richmond Typographical Union Local 90 consist of...
Dates: 1886-1971
Found in: Special Collections / International Typographical Union, Local 90 (Richmond, Va.) records

International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, Local 191 (Rome, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: L1998-11
Abstract:

International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, Local 191 of Rome, Georgia, originated the significant 1969 strike against GE that led to an eventual federal lawsuit. Its records, 1953-1997, include documentation covering the daily operations, communications, and organization of the union.

Dates: 1953-1997
Found in: Special Collections / International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, Local 191 (Rome, Ga.) records

Jacobs and Langford law firm records

 Collection
Identifier: L1984-12
Abstract:

Jacobs and Langford, law firm of partners Joseph Jacobs and James T. Langford, in Atlanta, Georgia. The records consist of case files.

Dates: 1945-1984
Found in: Special Collections / Jacobs and Langford law firm records

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 / Jesse Walton collection

Jimi Richards collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2004-09
Abstract:

Jimi Richards served as the Secretary-Treasurer and Manager of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 728, Atlanta (Ga.). The Jimi Richards collection, 1988-2003, contains correspondence, organizing materials, agreements, bylaws, local newsletters, election materials, printed materials, videocassette tapes, and case documents of Locals 728, 528, and 928 (Atlanta, Ga.)

Dates: 1988-2003
Found in: Special Collections / Jimi Richards collection

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
Found in: Special Collections / Joseph Nelson collection

Kingsport (Tennessee) Press Strike Collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1980-37
Abstract: The strike against Kingsport Press began March 11, 1963 and included local bodies of the bookbinders, electrotypers, machinists, printing pressmen and assistants, and typographical unions. Naming themselves the Allied Kingsport Press Unions, the unions managed the strike through the unity committee. The collection, 1961-1967, includes correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newsclippings, printed material, and photographs. Materials document the activities of the bookbinders,...
Dates: 1961-1967
Found in: Special Collections / Kingsport (Tennessee) Press Strike Collection

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 / Marc R. Levinson papers

Mississippi State AFL-CIO records

 Collection
Identifier: L1986-26
Abstract: The Mississippi State Federation of Labor was organized in 1918 and held its annual conventions until 1957, when it became known as the Mississippi AFL-CIO. The collection consists of the records of the Mississippi AFL-CIO and its predecessor, the Mississippi State Federation of Labor from 1947-1986. Records include President Claude Ramsay's correspondence (1959-1986); files relating to affiliated unions (1957-1983); records relating to the Congress of Industrial Organization and the AFL-CIO...
Dates: 1947-1986
Found in: Special Collections / Mississippi State AFL-CIO records

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
Found in: Special Collections / Scripto strike records

Standard Allied Trade Council (Louisville, Ky.) collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-32
Abstract:

This collection contains newspaper clippings, contracts, and strike bulletins from the Standard Allied Trade Council (Louisville, Ky.). The collection ranges from 1966-1975, with a few materials from 1946 and 1956.

Dates: 1946, 1956, 1966-1975
Found in: Special Collections / Standard Allied Trade Council (Louisville, Ky.) collection

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
Found in: Special Collections / United Steelworkers of America, District 35 records

United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-30
Abstract:

Alcoa, Tennessee was incorporated in 1919 as a company town for the Aluminum Company of America. Workers there first organized an independent union in 1933. The United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection, 1971-1983, consists of printed material recounting the history of Alcoa, Tennessee, its aluminum industry, and African American workers in the town.

Dates: 1971-1983
Found in: Special Collections / United Steelworkers of America, Local 309 (Alcoa, Tenn.) collection

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
Found in: Special Collections / William "Bill" Roberts collection

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