ILGWU. Pennsylvania records, 1951-1995.

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ILGWU. Pennsylvania records, 1951-1995.

Contains files on several local unions, district councils, and district departments in Pennsylvania. Especially well-documented are the organizing efforts of Northeastern Pennsylvania's Stakeholder Alliance and the 1994 strike of Leslie Fay in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Records relating to the ILGWU chorus may be found in the files on local union 295 and the Wyoming Valley District. Also contains meeting minutes of local union 295, local 249 and 327, and the Hazleton District Council.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8075057

Cornell University Library

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