United Textile Workers of America local union records, 1940-1969 (bulk 1946-1956).

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United Textile Workers of America local union records, 1940-1969 (bulk 1946-1956).

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The collection consists of records of local unions of the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) from 1940-1969 with the bulk of records between 1946-1956. Includes correspondence, membership rosters, contract proposals, financial and legal documents, and industry data. The correspondence constitutes the largest segment and includes correspondence with New England and Middle Atlantic local officers and Southern Director Joseph Jacobs. Materials pertain to dues payment; per-capita taxes; defense fund contributions; local news for the union newspaper the TEXTILE CHALLENGER; contract negotiation, interpretation, and recognition; activities of the TWUA-CIO; local unions' political activity; factional feuding between local unions; grievance settlements; arbitration hearings; the textile industry; and National Labor Relations Board cases.

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

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Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-

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United Textile Workers of America

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