[Minutes]. 1963-1964.

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[Minutes]. 1963-1964.

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Contains minutes of meetings of the Executive Council, Sept. 24, 1963 and Apr. 3-4, 1964; and minutes of a special meeting of the International Executive Council, Sept. 23, 1963. Also contains a transcript of a meeting held March 24, 1977, at a J.P. Stevens plant in Aberdeen, N.C. Vivian Greene and Kenneth Burnett, speaking for J.P. Stevens, first discuss with workers in attendance some upcoming changes in the payroll system due to computerization. They then discuss efforts of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union to organize the workers and give reasons why they should not join the union. Comments and questions by workers are also transcribed.

2 boxes ; 27 x 6 x 32 cm.

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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union

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