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Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

United Mine Workers of America, District 6, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2819
Overview

20 items relating to union organizing in District 6, UMWA (eastern Ohio). Includes court injunctions against UMWA, 1951; affidavits with complaints against UMWA organizers, 1951; list of loyal UMWA members; a letter, 20 February 1951, transmitting this material from George Waters to Steve Kubic; also two credentials for UMWA conventions, 1949 and 1952.

Dates: 1942-1952

United Mine Workers of America Inventory

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Collection Number: A&M 2982
Overview Preliminary inventory of the archives of the United Mine Workers of America conducted circa 1985. Inventory was conducted by the West Virginia Collection at the request of the UMWA, in order to help the labor organization prepare to send the materials to an archival repository. Collection contains a three-page explanation of the inventory process and the twenty-seven page inventory. Inventory notes types of materials (correspondence, subject files, financial reports, meeting minutes,...
Dates: circa 1985

United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 6046, Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 2680
Overview Minutes, correspondence, grievance case files, and union campaign material of union locals in the New River field. The correspondence concerns implementation of national bituminous coal mine contracts, local 6046's members' benefits, safety and working conditions in the Lochgelly mine, and state and federal legislation sought by the UMW. The minutes of Local 6046 meetings summarize all matters discussed and acted on, including reports from the local's mine and safety committees, expenses,...
Dates: ca. 1933-1974

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers and Union President Election Material Regarding Elijah Wolford

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Collection Number: A&M 2126
Overview

Material and campaign literature from the campaign of Elijah Wolford for the presidency of the union, 1969. Includes a letter from a campaign committee, the campaign platform, reprint of remarks by Congressman Ken Hechler in the United States House of Representatives, and a report on "Conspiracy in Coal" by T.N. Bethell.

Dates: 1969

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers, Certificate of Membership in Local No. 90

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Collection Number: A&M 2102
Overview

Certificate of membership in Local No. 90 of the United Mine Workers at Watson.

Dates: 1899

United Mine Workers of America, Miscellaneous Papers, Charter for Union Local No. 3934

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Collection Number: A&M 2261
Overview

Charter issued to Local 3934 by the United Mine Workers of America, May 13, 1920. M.B. Johnson of Hoard, West Virginia is listed as President of the Local and Loyd Downey of Point Marion, Pennsylvania is listed as Secretary. John L. Lewis, national President, signed the charter.

Dates: 1920

United Steel Workers of America, Union Button

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Collection Number: A&M 4485
Content Description

A metal pin-back button signifying membership in the United Steel Workers of America labor union. The artifact is pinned to its original paper mount. The paper mount is printed with the text "Here is Your Union Button" above the pinned button and "Wear this Badge of Honor Proudly" below. The paper also bears the Allied Label mark, certifying that the button was manufactured by Union affliated workers.

Dates: ca. 1942-1980

United Toy Workers Union, Local 149, Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 2428
Overview

This collection contains the archives of Local 149 of the United Toy Workers Union, organized in 1934 at the Louis Marx & Company toy factory in Glen Dale, West Virginia. Among the records are constitutions, bylaws, contracts, minutes, correspondence, clippings, grievance committee materials, job postings, rate schedules, seniority lists, information on insurance and pension plans.

Dates: 1941-1966

West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0160
Overview

Executive council minutes and proceedings, correspondence, and printed material of the state organization of the American Federation of Labor founded in 1903. Papers include congressional correspondence, 1950-1957; correspondence of President E. A. Carter, 1949-1957; a few papers of H. M. Rogers, 1905-1959, and Frank W. Snyder, 1906-1911; records of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council, 1924-1942; and a typescript copy of the minutes of the Wheeling Typographical Union.

Dates: 1905-1959

West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1658
Overview The West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO, which was formed in 1958, includes the records of those organizations which preceded it: the West Virginia Industrial Union Council (CIO) and the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, unofficially and more commonly known as the West Virginia Federation of Labor (AFL). There is from the AFL affiliate Congressional correspondence; officers' files (president and secretary-treasurer); delegate convention files; financial records; auditors' reports;...
Dates: 1897-1972