Records, 1978-1981.

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Records, 1978-1981.

The records include organizing leaflets, union cards, NLRB documents, undated manuscript by organizer Michael Tatham on the history of the UTWOC, with much background on previous organizing efforts in the Boston Taxi industry.

5 linear in. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7585813

Churchill County Museum

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 74 (Minot, N.D.)

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Minot, North Dakota. From the description of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffers, Warehousement, and Helpers of America, Local 74 records, 1936-1960; 1985. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17799391 ...

Boston Taxi Cab Company.

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Tatham, Michael.

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United Taxi Workers Organizing Committee (Boston, Mass.)

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The United Taxi Workers Organizing Committee was formed in 1979 in response to Boston Taxi Cab's attempt to "voluntarily" lease cabs, thus depriving employee drivers of any control of work hours, gas charges and lease agreements. Existing cab drivers' unions in Boston were Back Bay Taxi Drivers and International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 496, but neither organization acted to protect the drivers. A Fall 1979 organizing campaign was impeded by the high employment turnover of drivers. During ...

Back Bay Taxi Drivers (Boston, Mass.)

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