June to August, 1960, 1960

On August 2, 1960, the NAWU ended its existence as an AFL-CIO International Union and became a department of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. Important items relating to the merger include: a long letter from Mitchell to Harry R. Poole (June 3); the minutes and report of the NAWU Executive Board (June 26); a letter from Mitchell to all NAWU locals announcing the final tally of the membership vote on the merger (July 18); Mitchell's memorandum to the AMC on an organizing campaign among agricultural and allied workers (July 19); and the final merger agreement (Aug 2). On the continuing dispute with the AWOC and UPWA, see Mitchell's letters to Galarza and Fay Bennett (June 1, 2), the rather bitter exchange between UPWA President Ralph Helstein and Mitchell (June 6, 10, 17), the correspondence from AWOC Director Norman Smith (June 2; July 9; Aug 3), and Gorman to Mitchell on his conversation with Meany on securing eventual AMC jurisdiction over the field workers organized by AWOC (July 21). There is a copy of "Workers in Our Fields", an illustrated booklet published by the NAWU on its 25th anniversary (n.d. [June])