American Federation of Grain Millers Local 6 records, 1949-1980.

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American Federation of Grain Millers Local 6 records, 1949-1980.

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Contains records of an American Federation of Grain Millers' (AFGM) local in Clinton, Iowa. Members of AFGM Local 6 worked for Clinton Corn Processing Company. Contains minutes from labor-management meetings and local union meetings; contracts, arbitrations, and grievances; strike information; hiring and job classifications; financial, wage, and pension information; membership lists, election results, and correspondence. Also includes material on the Wet Corn Milling Council. Of note are the correspondence, newsclippings, and other documentation of the 1979-80 strike at Clinton Corn Processing Company.

18 linear ft. (45 archives boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7623641

Iowa State Historical Society

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American Federation of Labor. Federal Labor Union No. 20878 (Clinton, Iowa)

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American Federation of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of American Federation of Labor records, 1883-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980267 ...

American Federation of Grain Millers

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American Federation of Grain Millers. Local 6 (Clinton, Iowa)

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Organized as Federal Labor Union No. 20878 in 1937, Local 6 was chartered by the American Federation of Grain Millers in 1949. The Local represented workers at the Clinton Corn Processing Company which made corn starch and other corn products. Relations with the company were always contentious and there were strikes nearly every time the contract came up for renewal. The largest and bitterest strike was in 1979-1980 during which the company tried to break the union and Local 6 was eventually dec...

Clinton Corn Processing Company.

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Wet Corn Milling Council

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