Mike Solski collection. 1958-1995.

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Mike Solski collection. 1958-1995.

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The collection consists of photocopied correspondence, class lists and course outlines from the Northern Workers' Education Association and the University of Sudbury Extension Department, and photographs and interviews with Western Canadian leaders of the IUMMSW. The material was used in the preparation of his 1985 history of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Canada). Fonds includes sound cassettes of interviews regarding union history.

8.5 cm of textual records.3 sound cassettes.

University of British Columbia Library

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University of British Columbia Library

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University of Sudbury. Extension Dept.

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Northern Workers' Adult Education Association.

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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers

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The International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) emerged in 1916 from the more radical Western Federation of Miners (WFM) which organized mine and copper industry workers. IUMMSW reasserted its presence in the western mines, most successfully during the five-month strike in Butte and Anaconda (Montana) in 1934. A founding member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the IUMMSW was expelled in 1950 because of the Union's perceived Communist ties. In 1967, the IUMMS...

Solski, Michael, 1918-

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Mike Solski wrote a history of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Canada), which included the history of the Northern Workers' Education Association. From the description of Mike Solski collection. 1958-1995. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606462616 ...