Gill et al. v. International Paper Company, et al. : records, 1976-1978.

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Gill et al. v. International Paper Company, et al. : records, 1976-1978.

Contains plaintiff's records of an appeal of dismissal of a 1965 federal suit against International Paper Company, which alleged racial discrimination in hiring and wages. It includes briefs, court schedules, memos and attorneys' notes.

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Blacksher, Meneffe, & Stein (Firm)

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Gill v. International Paper Company was subsequently attached to Jessie Stevenson v. IP and became part of a class action settled in 1978. This suit ultimately helped hundreds of IP employees who claimed IP violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, particularly in wages and hiring. Litigation also involved United Paperworkers International Union in area 5 and 6. Horace Gill was an employee in IP's bag production division. Other members of the "affected class" of employees included prod...

United Steelworkers (2005-)

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The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, more commonly called United Steelworkers (USW) is a general trade union with members across North America. USW was established May 22, 1942 in Cleveland, OH with Philip Murray as founder and first president. Between 1944 and 2004, ten other unions would join USW: the Aluminum Workers of America (June 1944); the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (1...

Gill, Horace

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International Paper Company

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The International Paper Company was formed in 1898 by Hugh Chisholm as a result of the merger of 17 pulp and paper mills in the northeastern United States. It currently owns over 8 million acres of land in the U.S. and its primary products are paper and paper distribution, packaging and forest products. From the description of Records, 1873-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 73518022 ...