Don McKee papers, 1939-1999.

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Don McKee papers, 1939-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51462737

The collection consists of organizer reports from 1939 to 1949, organizing campaign publicity materials, union literature and a copy of his manuscript, "Organizing Southern Textile Workers: Early Days with the CIO."

5.5 linear ft.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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McKee, Don, 1916-

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Don McKee, born in 1916, was a union organizer for the Textile Workers Union of America and a professor at Upsala College. From the description of Don McKee papers, 1939-1999. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 51462737 ...

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...