International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union papers, [ca. 1936-1976]

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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union papers, [ca. 1936-1976]

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Subject files relating to seamen and maritime unions include miscellaneous publications (union, industry, government, etc.), clippings, reports and studies, press releases of various unions and organizations, statistical data, copies of legislative bills, reports on and minutes of various conferences, copies of union constitutions and by-laws, copies of collective bargaining agreements, occasional copies of ILWU memoranda and letters, etc.

Number of containers: 21 cartons; Linear feet: 26.25

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Bancroft Library

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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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In the years following World War II, rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen's Association became increasingly restive as a result of dissatisfaction with union contracts. Finally, in the fall of 1951, a series of unauthorized strikes was climaxed by a twenty-one day wildcat strike in the Port of New York. The strikers included several high-ranking ILA officials and a future president, Thomas Gleason. The strike ended when a board of inquiry to investigate the strike...