ILGWU. Organizing Departmentrecords, 1979-1989.

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ILGWU. Organizing Departmentrecords, 1979-1989.

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Arranged alphabetically, these records includecorrespondence, memoranda, reports, printed material created or collected by theOrganizing Department Department of Organization and Field Services, and othermaterial relating to its activities dating from between 1961 and 1989.In addition todocumenting routine operations of the department, these records also includedocumentation of efforts to roll back imports, including reports on congressionalvisits on a resolution on the subject. Also included are monthly reports onorganizing activities from joint boards and regional departments, as well asperiodic reports submitted by local unions', joint boards', and regionaldepartments' organizing departments to the central organizing department; thesereports include names of organizers and shops organized, and descriptions ofcurrent, future, and abandoned campaigns that were to be included in the OrganizingDepartment's reports to the General Executive Board.

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