Labor and radical ephemera, 1974-1984.

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Labor and radical ephemera, 1974-1984.

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Newspaper clippings, newsletters, flyers, some correspondence, and related ephemera compiled by Greg Davis and representing a number of labor and leftist political organizations in Minnesota and other Midwestern states. Significant portions of the collection relate to labor elections and to conflicts and strikes led by the United Auto Workers, Amalgamated Transit Workers, architectural metals workers, the teamsters, and steel and mine workers.

0.5 cu. ft. (1 box)

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6741913

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