Union minute book, 1917-1932.

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Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association of the United States and Canada. Local No. 20 (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn.). Union minute book, 1917-1932.

Title

Union minute book, 1917-1932.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508554

Abstract

The minutes give information on elections of officers, finances, moonlighting and other labor practices, wage scales, membership policies and penalties, arbitration, relations with other labor organizations, union labels, the closed shop, political activities and donations, financial aid to striking street railway workers in St. Paul and Minneapolis (1917), support for Thomas J. Mooney (1918-1919), a labor activist imprisoned in connection with a 1916 bombing incident in San Francisco, and funds to investigate election frauds in St. Paul (1918-1919).

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1 v.

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6741439

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Minneapolis Building Trades Council.

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Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association of the United States and Canada. Local No. 20 (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Saint Paul Building and Construction Trades Council.

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Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...