International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union fonds. 1910-1979.

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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union fonds. 1910-1979.

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The fonds consists of correspondence, agreements, subject files, work records, press releases, printed material and minutes pertaining to the activities of the union. Minutes of the Prince Rupert local and Great Northern Railway Section of Dock Employees for locals 501 and 507 are included. Subject files contain information on foremen's disputes and other strikes. The tapes consist of Canadian Area convention proceedings and caucus meetings. The cassette tapes were generated by an oral history project carried out by members of the ILWU Local 500 which led to a publication entitled "Man Along the Shore".

4 m of textual records.33 sound cassettes.109 sound tape reels.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781890

University of British Columbia Library

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