July and August, 1955, 1955

The papers for July are filled with official forms from the NLRB having to do with elections held in various Louisiana rice mills, all lost by the NAWU. On the rice workers campaign, see also the correspondence between Mitchell and NAWU organizer Joe Guidry (July 5,11,15,20). The UPWA strike against two Louisiana sugar companies went into its fourteenth week at the beginning of August; the papers include a seven-page UPWA statement (Aug. 1), a report by Mitchell (n.d. [August]), and a letter from Mitchell to Galarza on the strike (Aug. 15). There is a 14-page memorandum by Mitchell proposing a campaign to organize corporation farm employees once the AFL-CIO merger is completed (July 6) and a NAWU statement to the Louisiana Sugar Cane Wage Hearings held at Thibadeaux, Louisiana (July 29)