International Longshoremen's Association: Reference Files Compiled by the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Bulk, 1950-1979 1921-1984, (Bulk 1950s-1970s)

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International Longshoremen's Association: Reference Files Compiled by the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Bulk, 1950-1979 1921-1984, (Bulk 1950s-1970s)

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In 1986, the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) de-accessioned reference files from its Anne Rand Research Library pertaining to its rival, the New York-based International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), and donated them to the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. The militant ILWU, representing West Coast longshoremen, had once been part of the ILA, but broke away during the bitter labor and political struggles of the mid-1930s. This contentious history forms the backdrop to the ILWU’s amassing of extensive reference files on the ILA and its travails. The reference files include handbills, contracts, proceedings, internal documents, and newspaper clippings from the , the , the and other trade and labor papers – many of them documenting charges of fraud and racketeering on the New York City waterfront. New York Times Wall Street Journal Journal of Commerce

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