Southern Region records, 1939-1976.

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Southern Region records, 1939-1976.

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The collection consists of records of the Southern Region of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) from 1939-1976. Includes correspondence, National War Labor Board and National Labor Relations Board case files, employer case files, financial documents, minutes, and printed materials relating to the union's organizing efforts in the South and Southwest. Correspondence is primarily among four southern region directors: Clyde Mills (1939), Bernard Borah (1939-1940), Harry Haberthear (1946-1955), Edward Blair (1956-1974) and ACWA vice-president Gladys Dickason. A significant portion of the employer case files concern the Farah Corporation (El Paso, Tx.), the T.I.L. Sportswear Co. (Aberdeen, Ms.), and the Dixie Manufacturing Co.

3.5 linear ft.

Georgia State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403797

Georgia State University

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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

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English. From the description of ACWA's Sidney Hillman Foundation Records. 1955-1974. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 520925303 From the description of ACTWU's National Textile Recruitment and Training Program Records. 1975-1981. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 520924922 Sidney Hillman, labor organizer, leader, and president, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Sidney Hillman was born in Russian-contr...

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...

Dixie Manufacturing Company.

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United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

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The National War Labor Board, a tri-partite body established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was charged with acting as an arbitration tribunal in labor-management dispute cases, thereby preventing work stoppages which might hinder the war effort. It was also responsible for determining wage adjustments in accordance with anti-inflationary wage stabilization criteria and policies. From the description of Series 1. General case files, 1913-1946, bulk 1942-1946. (Cornell Un...

Dickason, Gladys, 1903-1971.

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Mills, Clyde.

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Blair, Edward A.

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Haberthear, Harry.

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Borah, Bernard.

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T.I.L. Sportswear Company (Aberdeen, Miss.)

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Farah Manufacturing Company

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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Southern Region.

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The Southern Region administrative unit of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was founded in 1914. From the description of Southern Region records, 1939-1976. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477045 ...