Reminiscence on unionizing Iowa Electric Light and Power Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa : holograph. [1977?]

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Reminiscence on unionizing Iowa Electric Light and Power Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa : holograph. [1977?]

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Handwritten reminiscence on the New Deal and unionization of Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the 1930s. Includes discussion of electricians' wages, the IBEW organizing drive, the company union, union meetings with company officers for recognition, and negotiation of the first closed shop contract. Billings also mentions corporate officers, including Frank C. Chambers; John L. Lewis and the creation of the CIO; the CIO and its effects in Linn County, Iowa; the local Civilian Conservation Corps; and the $7.5 million loan given to the company by Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago in the 1930s.

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Iowa State Historical Society

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