Papers, 1909-1957.

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Papers, 1909-1957.

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Correspondence and printed materials. Correspondence is chiefly that of William J. Smith, North Carolina director for the C.I.O. Organizing Committee, 1946-1950, and of Franz E. Daniel, North Carolina director, 1950-1953. Printed material relates principally to the C.I.O. Organizing Committee campaign to unionize unorganized workers in North Carolina, 1946-1953. Other material pertains to the United Furniture Workers of America, including correspondence of U.F.W.A. state and national officials and information on companies the U.F.W.A. was trying to organize. Materials concerning the Textile Workers Union of America include information on the various mills and manufacturing companies the T.W.U.A. was attempting to organize; grievances against Marshall Field and Company; the organizing drive in the Cabarrus County (N.C.) area, particularly the campaign directed at the Cannon Mills Company; medical care in North Carolina; and North Carolina labor laws. General information includes membership records of unions at various companies in the state, as well as initiation fees paid.

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Smith, William Clifford, 1906-

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Textile Workers' Union of America

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Located in Boston, the TWUA began in 1937 as the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee of the CIO. By 1939, its success in organizing workers led to its becoming an independent CIO-affiliated union. One of the first victories was a contract with the American Woolen Co. in Lawrence, Mass. By 1942, mills in a number of New England cities were unionized. After World War II, the TWUA faced serious problems from national anti-labor legislation such as the Taft-Hartley Act, and the slump in the textil...

Marshall Field & Company

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United Furniture Workers of America

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The United Furniture Workers of America was organized in 1937 by seceding factions of the Upholsterers' International Union of North America; the Furniture, Carpet, Linoleum and Awning Workers International Union of North America, and by independent organizations. From the description of United Furniture Workers of America records, 1943-1973. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477513 Former members of the Upholsterers' International Union and others formed the...

Cannon Mills Company

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C.I.O. Organizing Committee. North Carolina.

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Daniel, Franz E., 1904-1976

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Organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Organized workers in the steel, auto, and rubber industries. Served as assistant director of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee in the South from 1936 to 1943. From June 1943 to 1945, Mr. Daniel served as a representative on the United Labor Committee, and was active in a number of political campaigns on behalf of the Political Action Committee of the CIO. In 1945, he acted as Washington representative of the Industri...