Material relating to the California State Federation of Labor unions, ca. 1938-1958.

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Material relating to the California State Federation of Labor unions, ca. 1938-1958.

Research material, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, pamphlets, leaflets, and miscellaneous printed material. Includes Taft's working notes, apparently for his 1968 book, Labor politics American style; the California State Federation of Labor.

4 boxes, 1 oversize volume (1.8 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083817

UC Berkeley Libraries

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California Labor League for Political Education.

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Taft, Philip, 1902-1976

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Labor historian, economist, and professor of economics at Brown University; d. 1979. From the description of Papers, 1960-1972. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28417257 Philip Taft, Professor of Economics at Brown University, was a leading historian on the American labor movement. He died in 1976. From the description of Articles, 1939-1976. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22940204 Labor historian. From t...

Taft, Philip, 1902-1976

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Labor historian, economist, and professor of economics at Brown University; d. 1979. From the description of Papers, 1960-1972. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28417257 Philip Taft, Professor of Economics at Brown University, was a leading historian on the American labor movement. He died in 1976. From the description of Articles, 1939-1976. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22940204 Labor historian. From t...

California State Federation of Labor

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History Representatives of sixty-one unions and five central bodies convened in San Francisco, January 1901, and organized the State Federation of Labor. The only group of workers which refused to affiliate was the building trades unions. They, in turn, formed the State Building Trades Council later that same year. This situation was reversed however in 1910 when P. H. McCarthy, President of the Building Trades Council, permitted building tra...