Records, 1891-1951.

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Records, 1891-1951.

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Minutes, 1891-1922, include reports on activities, elections, political activities, problems and social activities. Numerous references to Belleville businesses and the different locals in the city. Correspondence, 1899-1920, includes much related to the Belleville Shoe Company and includes letters from John Tobin, president of the International Boot and Shoe Workers Union and Samuel Gompers. Letters regarding Bell Telephone strike in 1913. There is correspondence regarding the Prohibition Bill of 1914, the Clayton Bill and in 1915 and 1916 a number of letters re: the restriction of immigration, Illinois workman's compensation and the woman's nine hour day. Letters re: problems in locals in Belleville and around the state. There are letters from J.H. Walker, Agnes Nestor and Anna Fitzgerald. Newsletters and correspondence regarding strikes in Calumet, Michigan, Ludlow, Colorado and the murder trial of Carl E. Persons. Numerous newsletters for Samuel Gompers. Also includes the minutes of the Belleville Union Label League, 1921-1951.

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Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924

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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was President of the American Federation of Labor and a member of the President's First Industrial Conference in 1919. He was a member of the President's Unemployment Conference in 1921. ...

Illinois State Federation of Labor

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The Illinois State Federation of Labor (now known as the Illinois AFL-CIO) met for its first annual convention in Chicago in 1884. The Illinois State Federation of Labor was the state-wide federation of labor unions and an arm of the American Federation of Labor. As such, the Illinois State Federation of Labor both sought to organize workers and worked for labor legislation at the state level. From the description of Illinois Federation of Labor collection, 1914-1964. (University of ...

Belleville Shoe Company (Belleville, Ill.)

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Tobin, John R.

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Fitzgerald, Annamary

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Nestor, Agnes

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Belleville Union Label League.

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Person, Carl E., 1936-

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Striker against Illinois and Harriman Lines, 1911-1915. From the description of Carl E. Person papers, 1910-1920. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321121 ...

Belleville Trades and Labor Asssembly.

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Founded in Belleville, Illinois in 1891 as an organization within the union structure to represent the numerous small locals and to facilitate their working together for their common benefit. It dealt with the problems of the unions with employers, union members or other unions, kept the locals apprised of legislation they should write their lawmakers about and maintained relations with other organizations in the labor movement. From the description of Records, 1891-1951. (Abraham Li...