Verle Hemeke fonds. 1986-1987.

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Verle Hemeke fonds. 1986-1987.

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The fonds consists of typed manuscript copies of two works written by Hemeke. "The Expulsion of Verle F. Hemeke from Local No. 562, The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, A.F.L., 1954", which forms the eighth chapter of his unpublished book "Some Political and Historical Events in the Life of Verle F. Hemeke, 1935-1955". The second manuscript is a typed address to the Pacific Northwest Labour History Association Meeting in Vancouver (1987).

2 cm of textual records.

University of British Columbia Library

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United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

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Founded in 1881, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) represents and offers training to carpenters, cabinetmakers, millwrights, piledrivers, lathers, framers, floor layers, roofers, drywallers, and workers in forest-products and related industries. From the guide to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Records Unprocessed mss. 2011-116., 1953-2002, (Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library) The Unite...

Hemeke, Verle F.

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Verle Hemeke was raised in the United States in the early 1900s. His father established the Shingle Weaver's Union. Hemeke became active in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America until he was expelled in 1954 because of government suspicions of political subversion. He was nominated for the Progressive Party ticket in 1948 to run for State Senator under Roosevelt. Later as a democrat running against Henry Jackson in 1950, Hemeke received radio coverage and publicity for the ...