Personnel and Employee Relations Series, 1881-1966, (bulk 1915-1966).

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Clifton Mills (S.C.). Personnel and Employee Relations Series, 1881-1966, (bulk 1915-1966).

Personnel and Employee Relations Series, 1881-1966, (bulk 1915-1966).

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Clifton Manufacturing Company provided medical care for employees hurt on the job and these accidents were reported in the nurse's daily and monthly reports. When outside care was needed, there were several doctors that provided care in the Spartanburg area. Included in these records are children's and families' special clinic reports, nurse's daily and monthly reports and correspondence with several area doctors concerning employees. Textile unions played an important part in the history of the Clifton Manufacturing Company. From its starting date of 1881, unions tried to organize the mills. However, it was not until the General Strike of 1934 that some unionization of Clifton Mills occurred. Records are fragmentary concerning the 1934 strike. The first agreement with the Textile Workers Unions of America is 1941. Correspondence indicates that there was a possible strike in 1940 at the #2 Mill. There was a small strike in June 1942 at #1 but the bulk of the records concern the loom fixers strike of 1949-1950. Included in these records are correspondence with the unions, negotiating committees meeting records, grievance data, personal grievances, internal correspondence and reports, notes and reports on striking employees, correspondence to the company and stock reports at the beginning of the strike. Also included are union agreements with other textile mills in the state, Textile Labor and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) publications.

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