Textile Workers Union of America, Local 482 Records 1942-1978

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Textile Workers Union of America, Local 482 Records 1942-1978

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Local 482 of the Textile Workers Union of America was chartered in 1942 by the Textile Workers Union of America as the bargaining agent of the workers at the Painesville, Ohio, plant of the Industrial Rayon Corp. The national union was established in 1939 to improve wages, working conditions and security of textile workers. The local's history is one of constant contract negotiations and frequent walkouts. Major strikes occurred in 1953, 1955 and 1957, over wage issues. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, agreements, executive board and membership minutes, records of contract negotiations, grievance reports and hearings, arbitration proceedings and decisions, correspondence, committee reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous pamphlets.

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The Textile Workers Union of America, Local 482, Painesville, Ohio, was chartered on March 2, 1942, by the textile Workers Union of American as the bargaining agent of the workers at the Painesville, Ohio, plant of the Industrial Rayon Corporation. The Textile Workers Union of America was established in 1939 in order to improve the wages, working conditions, and security of textile workers by organizing them into bargaining units that could secure these goals from employers by negot...