Region 6 records, 1961-1970.

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Region 6 records, 1961-1970.

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The collection consists of records of Region 6 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the AFL-CIO from 1961-1970. Includes correspondence, office memoranda, and printed materials. The collection documents the union's organizing efforts, particularly campaigns in Atlanta, Ga. (1964-1965) and Cullman, Ala. (1966); the Georgia Organizing Conference (1969); the grape boycott (1969-1970); the strike against General Electric (GE) and the boycott of GE products (1969); and jurisdictional disputes with the Teamsters. Correspondents include Region Directors Charles Gillman (1961-1967) and Oliver Singleton (1967); AFL-CIO Director of Organization William Kircher, and George Craig, Alan Kistler, and J.W. Livingston.

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International brotherhood of teamsters, chauffeurs, stablemen, and helpers of America

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Gillman, Charles.

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General Electric Company

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Craig, George, 1926-

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AFL-CIO. Region 6.

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Kircher, William

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Livingston, John W. (John William), 1932-

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Kistler, Alan L., 1920-2008

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Alan Kistler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1920. He graduated from high school in Pittsburgh, attended the University of Pittsburgh, and graduated from the University of Chicago with an M.S. degree in 1951. He joined the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' and Bartenders' International Union local in Pittsburgh and was a volunteer organizer in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before serving as a master sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946. After the war, Kistler work...

Singleton, Oliver.

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