Labor general files--Consumers' Research strike records, 1933-1953.

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Labor general files--Consumers' Research strike records, 1933-1953.

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The records include correspondence, union and CR reports, newspaper and magazine clippings, legal documents, notes, and photographs. Subjects include negotiations, background and events of the strike, arbitration by Baldwin and others, strike publicity, CR personnel involved in the strike, labor turnover at CR, left wing connections of the union, subscriber support or cancellations, photographs of picketing, and riot damage to cars and buildings. The records also include legal documents and correspondence of William Consodine, Shelton Pitney, Edward Garfield and others along with notes for several criminal and civil cases related to the strike. Material also includes the NLRB case brought by the union, transcript of the 1937 NLRB appeal, and a 1978 memoir of the proceedings by Edward Garfield, Consumers' Research counsel.

8.5 cubic ft.

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