Strikes and lockouts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Journeymen Stonecutters Association, Wheeling Branch, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3768
Scope and Contents
Administrative labor union records of the local Wheeling branch of the Journeymen Stonecutters Association. Representing the interests of workers who cut and carve stone to ornament buildings, the Association is the oldest active union in North America, having been founded in 1853. Series in this collection include constitution and by-laws, strike file (1894), correspondence, ephemera, minutes, financial ledgers, roll call ledger, and oversize (including cash ledger and monthly reports). The...
Dates:
circa 1890-1918
Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Glass Industry Towns in West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5170
Overview
Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf for his book "Glass Towns", a work that focuses on the West Virginia towns of Moundsville, Clarksburg, and Fairmont as case studies to illuminate the history of the glass industry in a local as well as transnational context. The collection includes typescript and manuscript research notes, articles and research papers, union newsletters, newspaper clippings, hearing transcripts, photographs, and other material. Most of the...
Dates:
1874-2005
Major W. P. Tams, Jr. Transcript of an Interview
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2584
Overview
Transcript of an interview by Richard Hadsell with Major W.P. Tams, Jr., former mine operator in the Winding Gulf coal mining region. Tams discusses his early days in coal mining, the opening of the Kanawha coal region, and coal operators and union officials such as: E.J. Berwind, Joe Beury, George Collins, Jarius Collins, Justus Collins, John J. Cornwell, Samuel Dixon, Elias Hatfield, Troy Hatfield, Isaac Mann, S.T. Patterson, J.A. Renahan, James O. Watts, and George Wolfe. Other...
Dates:
1825-1934
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, Local 1199, Correspondence, Circulars, and Other Records Regarding
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2691
Overview
Correspondence, circulars, and printed material concerning organization of employees at Cabell-Huntington Hospital into Local 1199 of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, 1975-79. There are statements concerning unionization by the hospital administrator, leaflets and circulars distributed by employees of Cabell-Huntington Hospital, newsletters of Local 1199, and the printed contract between the Hospital's executive director and Local 1199 for the period from Oct. 22,...
Dates:
1975-1979
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