Southern Region, Area A records, 1956-1975.

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Southern Region, Area A records, 1956-1975.

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The collection consists of the records of the United Textile Workers of America, Southern Region, Area A from 1956-1975. Correspondence (1957-1972) comprises the bulk of the collection and includes information on the condition of the textile industry, interpretations of U.S. Congressional legislation, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions, lobbying the proposed merger of the UTWA and the Textile Workers of America, suspension and reinstatement of the UTWA by the AFL-CIO, and organizing activity in Tennessee and Kentucky. Major correspondents include UTWA President George Baldanzi, UTWA Secretary Frances Schaufenbil and UTWA Southern Region Co-Directors Everett Dean and Roy Whitmire. The company files (1957-1967) contain NLRB case material, minutes of negotiation meetings, contract proposals, and financial statements. The collection also includes activity reports, printed material, financial documents, and photographs.

11.25 linear ft.

Georgia State University

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AFL-CIO

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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Textile Workers' Union of America

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Dean, Everett.

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Schaufenbil, Frances.

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Baldanzi, George, 1907-1972

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Whitmire, Roy.

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United Textile Workers of America. Southern Region. Area A.

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The United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) was chartered in 1901 as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The UTWA became a founding union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1937. As part of the CIO, the UTWA was renamed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC) then the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). In 1939, a dissident faction of the TWUA sought for and was allowed to re-affiliate with the AFL under its original name, the United Textile Wo...