E. Leon Stamey papers, 1952-1973.

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E. Leon Stamey papers, 1952-1973.

The collection consists of the papers of E. Leon Stamey, as Field Representative of the Organizing Dept. of the AFL-CIO, from 1952-1973. The AFL-CIO organizing campaign files (1952-1973) consist of activity reports and related materials relating to organizing drives involving the Hotel and Restauraunt Employees and Bartenders International Union (Atlanta, Ga. and Little Rock, Ark.), the Textile Workers Union of America (Atlanta, Ga. and Tampa, Fla.); the Laborers' International Union of North America (Columbia, S.C.); and the Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union and the Office and Professional Employees International Union (Milwaulkee, Wis.). The collection also includes general files (1954-1972), activity and expense reports (1969-1972), correspondence (1956-1972), and printed material (1954-1972).

2.25 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404851

Georgia State University

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Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union.

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Textile Workers' Union of America

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Located in Boston, the TWUA began in 1937 as the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee of the CIO. By 1939, its success in organizing workers led to its becoming an independent CIO-affiliated union. One of the first victories was a contract with the American Woolen Co. in Lawrence, Mass. By 1942, mills in a number of New England cities were unionized. After World War II, the TWUA faced serious problems from national anti-labor legislation such as the Taft-Hartley Act, and the slump in the textil...

Office and Professional Employees' International Union

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AFL Federal Locals of the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union have organized the clerical trades since the early decades of the twentieth century; but it wasn't until the charter convention of the Office Employees International Union in Cincinnati in January, 1945 that a national AFL jurisdiction was created for all private sector clerical and office employees. Charter membership was 22,500. During the war years, OEIU growth was slow, while the rival CIO uni...

Laborers' International Union of North America

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Stamey, E. Leon.

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E. Leon Stamey, Field Representative for the Organizing Dept. of the AFL-CIO, of Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of E. Leon Stamey papers, 1952-1973. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38478242 ...

Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union.

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