Kohler Company strike collection, 1934-1983.

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Kohler Company strike collection, 1934-1983.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, criminal warrants and complaints, periodical articles, newsletters, newspapers, notes, and other materials, chiefly relating to the strike by Kohler Company (plumbing fixtures), Kohler, Wis., employees from 1954 to 1960; together with minor materials concerning strikes in 1934 and 1983.

6 boxes.

Sheboygan County Historical Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8048734

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Kohler Company

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Evans, Wilford

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Kohler, Herbert V. (Herbert Vollrath), 1891-1968

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The Kohler family opposed unionization in a 1934 strike during which two workers were killed and forty wounded; and a second bitterly fought strike (1954-1960) which pitted the AFL-CIO against company president Herbert V. Kohler. From the description of Herbert V. Kohler anti-unionism speeches, and related publications, 1955-1961. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 644157319 ...

Billman, Henry

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