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Brophy, John (Director CIO) 1935-38

 File — Box: 68, Folder: 40-41

Abstract

"Correspondence relating to an AFL resolution regarding the organization of black workers; the formation of the CIO; church support for labor unions; SWOC; the LaFollette Committee; possible transfer of laundry workers to ACWA urisdiction; cut in National Labor Relations Board appropriations; Harold Prichett's case; ""CIO proposal for settling controversy in United Automobile Workers of America""; the suspension of Homer Martin; the CIO and the Sub-Committee of the AFL; SWOC's statement of policy; American Radio Telegraphists' Association (ARTA) members' discussion of CIO organizing the communications industry; support for Roosevelt's judiciary reform; discrimination against engineers of Triest Construction Company after they pulled out of a local; International Woodworkers of America CIO, Red River Lumber Mills (Westwood, CA) strike due to wage cut - vigilante mob and violence; the Southern organizational campaign; labor protests a $700,000 damage verdict against a union in the Apex Hosiery case; the farm implement situation in Wisconsin.

Dates

  • 1914-1980
  • 1920-1950 (bulk)

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

208.33 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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