Progressive Mine Workers of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Ozanic, Labor Leader, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2482
Overview
Joe Ozanic went to work in the coal mines of Mt. Olive, joining in 1909, UMW Local 728. After serving briefly in the army during World War I, Ozanic returned to work in the mines at Mt. Olive. In 1932, Ozanic joined the Progressive Mine Workers of America, a rival organization to the United Mine Workers, serving both as president of PMWA District 1 and as national president. During the 1940s, Ozanic was an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. These papers reflect Ozanic's...
Dates:
1932-1974
Progressive Mine Workers of America, Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2609
Scope and Contents
Records of the Progressive Mine Workers of America.Boxes 1-36 include: convention proceedings, minutes, contracts and agreements, financial records, correspondence, mine inspectors' reports, and grievance files which make up the bulk of the records. In addition there are printed National Industrial Recovery Administration and National Recovery Administration documents on the coal industry and a microfilm copy of the union's newspaper, THE PROGRESSIVE MINER, 1932-53....
Dates:
1932-1965
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- Broadsides. 1
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- Labor unions - grievance cases. 1
- Labor unions - pension plans. 1
- Mount Olive (Ill.) 1
- Pension plans - labor unions. 1
- The Progressive Miner 1
- Unions -- Coal 1
- United States Bureau of Mines - Inspectors' reports. 1
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