Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1951-1974.

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Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) records, 1951-1974.

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The collection consists of records of Local 3 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the AFSCME from 1951-1974. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal files, and printed material. The records illuminate the local's concern with group insurance policies, membership maintenance, pensions, organizing in the Atlanta, Georgia area (particularly in DeKalb County), legislative interests, the boycott of General Electric products (1969-1970), and support of strikes by the United Steel Workers (1959); AFSCME, Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) (1960); and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (1968-1969). Also included in the collection are minutes of District Council 14 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the AFSCME (1966-1967, 1972).

1.75 linear ft.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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