Louisiana

Abstract

Anti-Right-To-Work campaign sound recording, 1979, is an AFL-CIO-produced presentation about political campaigns in Louisiana, 1979, and efforts to repeal the state's "right-to-work" law. Its narrator, Walter Davis, headed the AFL-CIO's Department of Communication.

Abstract: The Communications Workers of America (CIO) was formed in 1947; the former Southern Federation of Telephone Workers (independent) became CWA Division 49. In 1950, through a reorganization of the structure of CWA, the nine southern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee became District 3 of the CWA. The records consist primarily of more than 5500 non-precedent grievances filed by the union against its principal...

Abstract:

The Elijah H. Williams papers, 1921-1973, consist of clippings, correspondence, membership cards, certificates, and biographical sketch of Williams (1895-1972), who served as President, Louisiana State Federation of Labor, and Director, AFL-CIO Region 7.

Scope and Content of the Collection

The collection contains eight contracts dated 1946-1978.

Abstract:

The Roma Heaney Collection consists of a 17 page paper, "Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: The Introduction of Industrial Work Discipline in the Southern Pine Region, 1900-1920."

Abstract:

The Southeastern Building Trade Conference is an umbrella organization uniting building trade unions from the southeastern states: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. The Southeastern Building Trade Conference records include financial records, correspondence, minutes, and resolutions.