Series 1. Joint conventions and conference proceedings, 1899-1927. [microform]

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United Mine Workers of America. District 12. Series 1. Joint conventions and conference proceedings, 1899-1927. [microform]

Series 1. Joint conventions and conference proceedings, 1899-1927. [microform]

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Contains transcripts of joint conventions and conferences between mine operators and union officials of the Central Competitive Fields (CCF) and agreements between these parties (1899-1919). Also proceedings of a District 12 union conference (1918) and a report on union elections (1926-1927). Issues discussed in convention and conference transcripts include matters of collective bargaining and industrial relations within the District, such as methods of wage determination, frequency of pay, fringe benefits, checkoff, grievance procedures, work rules, strikes, safety, productivity, and the impact of technological change. Also discussed are industry specific issues such as differential pricing and wages paid miners in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; the cost of equipment, supplies, and housing sold to miners; ethnic and racial discrimination in the industry; the 1919 strike; the call by Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson for nationwide agreements in the coal mining industry; and the need to organize West Virginia miners if District 12 coal prices were to remain competitive. Also proceedings of the 1918 conference of international officers and district representatives largely having to do with wages and prices in the industry and the report of election tellers on the UMW presidential elections (1926-1927).

3 microfilm reels : negative.

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