Labor unions -- Organizing
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
E. Leon Stamey papers
Collection
Identifier: L1980-03
Abstract:
E. Leon Stamey was Field Representative for the Organizing Department of the AFL-CIO, of Atlanta, Georgia. His papers, 1971-1975, include AFL-CIO organizing campaign files, subject files on other organizing campaigns, general files, correspondence, and printed material. The papers include some personal materials.
Dates:
1951-1975
Found in:
Special Collections
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 480 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) records
Collection
Identifier: L2011-13
Abstract:
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 480 of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, also known as the Atomic Local 480, was chartered in 1946. The community of Oak Ridge was developed in 1942 and managed by the Army of the United States to facilitate production of the Atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project during World War II. The Oak Ridge community was kept secret until WWII was over; the union was then formed under the AFL-CIO. The Atomic Local 480 dealt with issues...
Dates:
1938-2010; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1987
Found in:
Special Collections
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers records
Collection
Identifier: L1992-14
Abstract:
The United Machinists and Mechanical Engineers of America was founded in 1888. In 1889, the name changed to the National Association of Machinists. Two years later, it became known as the International Association of Machinists and in 1965, this was changed to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Collection documents the growth of a machinists union, founded in Atlanta, into an international...
Dates:
1891-2002; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1989
Found in:
Special Collections
John G. Ramsay papers
Collection
Identifier: L1980-05
Abstract:
John Gates Ramsay, born 1902, was a steelworker early in his career, serving as a vice-president and president of local unions. He joined the new Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the CIO in 1936. From 1940 he was a member of the organizing staff of the USWA, serving in their Southern organizing drive in 1946-1953. He then worked in the national CIO office in Washington. Ramsay's unique emphasis was to develop contacts with religious leaders and groups that might be useful in the labor...
Dates:
1928-1979
Found in:
Special Collections
South Carolina Labor Council records
Collection
Identifier: L1976-24
Abstract
The records, 1950-1972, of the South Carolina Labor Council, AFL-CIO, consist mainly of correspondence.
Dates:
1950-1972
Found in:
Special Collections
Stewart Acuff papers
Collection
Identifier: L2012-19
Abstract
Former president of the Atlanta Labor Council, Stewart Acuff later served as Director of Organizing for the AFL-CIO. his papers consist of speeches, agendas, manuscripts and drafts, and notes from 1998-2011.
Dates:
1998-2011
Found in:
Special Collections