ILGWU. Legal Department records, 1958-1980

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ILGWU. Legal Department records, 1958-1980

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Contains files relating to the ILGWU's organizing and legalactivities surrounding the Kellwood Company at several of its divisions throughoutthe southern United States (Little Rock, Arkansas; Lonoke, Arkansas; Brownsville,Kentucky; and Greenfield, Tennessee). In addition to court documents andcorrespondence and memoranda relating to the ILGWU's legal cases, these recordscontain documentation of the Kellwood strike, including surveys of strikers,organizing leaflets and newsletters (from both the union and the company), andnewspaper clippings on the strike. Also includes Steve Honeyman's draft accounts ofthe strike, transcripts of his interviews with ILGWU members and staff whoparticipated in the strike, as well as working materials from the negotiationsbetween the ILGWU and Kellwood. Organizing leaflets from other shops in Arkansas,Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas are also included.

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Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

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