Records, 1941-1961.

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Records, 1941-1961.

The collection includes correspondence, handwritten and typed notes, constitutions and by-laws, contracts, minutes, job and wage classifications, membership cards, legal and financial records, grievance slips, announcements, bulletins, radio interviews, statistical reports and miscellaneous published material pertaining to the growth and internal operation of the United Service Employees Union; disputes within the union's international organization; organizational drives in Chicago's food and other industries; and the association of the local with various activist groups.

9.75 linear ft.

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United Service Employees Union.

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The United Service Employees Union, Local 329 Building Service Employees Union, AFL-CIO, is a Chicago union of workers in food manufacturing and retailing businesses, department store clerks, factory employees in various light industries, and others. The local had a turbulent history in the 1940s, beginning with a revolt against the leadership of the Retail Clerks International Protective Association, AFL, and continuing through several shifts between AFL and CIO affiliation until the merger of ...

Building Service Employees' International Union

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