Transport Workers Union of America Printed Ephemera Collection 1920-2009

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Transport Workers Union of America Printed Ephemera Collection 1920-2009

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The Transport Workers Union of America Printed Ephemera Collection is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. The collection consists of agreements, contracts and constitutions, as well as printed material such as fliers, leaflets, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other publications. The collection offers a general feel for the types of printed matter put out by the Union as well as a brief introduction to and history of the Union and some of it's locals, particularly Local 100, the union for employees of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York (MTA).

6.0 linear feet; (6 boxes)

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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