Ozanic, Joseph
Person
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
Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2284
Overview
A scrapbook and personal diary of Volney Andrews, one-time president of Local 175, covering the years 1938-1949. There is material on disputes over the legitimacy of the AFL and the CIO especially as it was reflected in state regional labor councils and jurisdictional struggles in West Virginia between the United Mine Workers of America and the Progressive Mine Workers of America. Also mentioned are political concerns such as elections, congressional investigations of labor and foreign trade...
Dates:
1938-1949
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- Broadsides. 1
- Cemeteries -- Union Miners' Cemetery 1
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- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Elections 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Grafton. 1
- Labor 1
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 1
- Labor unions - Teamsters. 1
- Logan (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Mount Olive (Ill.) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Unions - Teamsters. 1
- Unions - UMWA. 1
- Unions. 1
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