| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 41 | Title: | General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 Records
| | | Creator: | General Motors Corporation, Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1 | | | Dates: | 1920-1983 | | | Abstract: | The Fisher Body Division, Plant No. 1, was a Cleveland, Ohio, automobile plant opened in 1921 as part of the Fisher Body Company, producing automobile bodies. In 1926 it became part of General Motors Corporation. During World War II the plant produced tank and gun parts and engine parts for airplanes, wartime employment totaling 14,000, including a large number of women. After the war the plant produced large stamping dies and upholstery and trim sets rather than auto bodies. GM closed the plant in 1983. The plant was involved in several bitter strikes during the 1930s, including the 1936-1937 sit-down strike to gain union recognition by GM, which began at the plant. The plant was also known as the Coit Road Plant. The collection consists of correspondence and notices, building permits and floor plans, in-house newspapers, union correspondence and notices, and union publications. There is also a large collection of newspaper clippings relating to General Motors products, labor activities, and the closing of the plant. | | | Call #: | MS 4310 | | | Extent: | 1.10 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division. Plant No. 1 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 45 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Automobile industry and trade -- United States. | General Motors automobiles. | Automobile industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Automobile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Plant shutdowns -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | General Motors Corporation Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 42 | Title: | Whiting Williams Papers
| | | Creator: | Williams, Whiting | | | Dates: | 1899-1969 | | | Abstract: | Whiting Williams (1878-1975) was a labor relations consultant and writer in Cleveland, Ohio, who also served as secretary of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, material concerning the Williams family, manuscripts or copies of articles, manuscripts of books and lectures, clippings of stories by and about Williams, and miscellaneous material. | | | Call #: | MS 3580 | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (13 containers) | | | Subjects: | Williams, Whiting, 1878-1975. | Williams family. | Labor unions -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Labor -- United States.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 43 | Title: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 Records
| | | Creator: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 | | | Dates: | 1893-1978 | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 was chartered in 1891 as the Cleveland Printing and Pressmen's Union, Local No. 56. It became the Cleveland Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union, Local No. 56 in 1929, after merging with the Cleveland Pressmen's Assistants Union, Local No. 45. The present name was adopted after a 1973 merger with the Stereotypers and Electrotypers International. Activities of the union have included support of other unions, establishment of a technical school and a tuberculosis sanitarium in Tennessee, and support of the Cleveland Citizen, one of America's oldest labor newspapers. The collection consists of minutes, ledgers, cash and dues books, payment records, tax information, attendance books, subject files, and newsletters. | | | Call #: | MS 3728 | | | Extent: | 11.60 linear feet (12 containers and 9 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union. Local No. 56. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 45 | Title: | International Typographical Union, Local 53 Records
| | | Creator: | International Typographical Union, Local 53 | | | Dates: | 1882-1979 | | | Abstract: | Local 53 is the Cleveland, Ohio, local of the International Typographical Union. It was chartered in 1860, disbanded in 1865, and reorganized in 1868. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, committee and delegate reports, correspondence, publications, contracts, arbitration transcripts, dues books, and other financial records. | | | Call #: | MS 3841 | | | Extent: | 23.80 linear feet (16 containers and 39 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | International Typographical Union. Local No. 53 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- United States. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- United States. | Wages -- Printers -- United States. | Strikes and lockouts -- Printers -- Ohio. | Strikes and lockouts -- Printers -- Illinois. | Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspaper strike, 1947-1948.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 46 | Title: | Howard M. Metzenbaum Congressional Papers, Record Group 1
| | | Creator: | Metzenbaum, Howard M. | | | Dates: | 1972-1976 | | | Abstract: | Howard Morton Metzenbaum (1917-2008) was an Ohio Democrat who served in the United States Senate for one appointed term in 1974 and for three consecutive elected terms from 1976 to 1995. Metzenbaum was born on June 4, 1917, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Howard Metzenbaum attended Ohio State University, where he earned both his B.A. and L.L.D. Soon after graduating from law school, Metzenbaum founded his own law firm, Metzenbaum, Gaines, Finley, and Stern, in Cleveland. Howard Metzenbaum entered politics at the age of 26, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from1943 to 1947 and in the Ohio State Senate from 1947 to 1950. He went on to become Ohio Senator Stephen M. Young's campaign manager in 1958. Meanwhile, he had also founded the Airport Parking Company of America (APCOA) with his business partner Alva "Ted" Bonda, who would remain an important associate throughout Metzenbaum's career. Metzenbaum ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 1970, losing to Robert Taft, Jr. In 1974, however, he was appointed to the Senate by Ohio governor John Gilligan to replace William Saxbe, who had been appointed to the position of U.S. attorney general. Metzenbaum sought the Senate seat himself in the 1974 Democratic primary but lost to John Glenn. Metzenbaum later ran against incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, Jr., in 1976, and won. In 1982 he handily won reelection against moderate Republican state senator Paul Pfeifer, and again in 1988 when he was opposed by Cleveland mayor George Voinovich, who ran a mostly negative campaign that accused Metzenbaum of being soft on child pornography. Metzenbaum chose not to run for reelection in 1994, instead supporting his son-in-law Joel Hyatt's ultimately unsuccessful campaign. Howard Metzenbaum's legacy in the U.S. Senate was as an ardent liberal. He quickly earned a reputation as a champion of consumer rights in 1977 when he and Senator James Abourezk (D-SD) embarked on a 14-day filibuster against the deregulation of natural gas; later, he spearheaded other important consumer legislation such as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989, and was also involved in food safety investigations involving artificial sweeteners, dietary supplements, and poultry processing. Metzenbaum was also responsible for significant legislation in the area of workers' rights, particularly the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which required companies employing 100 or more people to provide at least 60 days' advance notice to employees in the event of a plant closing or mass layoffs. Other legislative priorities included environmental protection, funding for Alzheimer's disease, support for Israel, and gun control. Metzenbaum introduced the Brady Bill in the Senate beginning in 1986 until it was finally signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Senator Metzenbaum also became known for his "filibuster-by-amendment" technique, in which he would delay passage of a bill by attaching as many as several dozen amendments. He was a particular critic of earmark-laden "pork barrel" bills, which he believed wasted taxpayers' money (and which he blocked at every opportunity, to the irritation of many of his colleagues). During his three elected terms, Metzenbaum was a member of the Indian Affairs committee, Budget committee, and Judiciary committee. He also served on the Subcommittee on Citizens and Shareholders Rights and Remedies and the Labor and Human Resources subcommittee. He served as the chairman of the Antitrust, Monopoly, and Business Rights subcommittee. As a member of the Judiciary committee, he investigated the savings and loan and insurance scandals of the 1980s, helped to block President Ronald Reagan's nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, and unsuccessfully attempted to block confirmation of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Married to his wife Shirley (Turoff) Metzenbaum in 1946, Howard Metzenbaum had four daughters: Barbara, Susan, Shelley, and Amy. He died on March 12, 2008, at age 90. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, amendments, appointment books, briefing books, budgets, campaign literature, certificates, charts, Congressional Record inserts, correspondence, daily schedules, draft legislation, financial statements, guest books, handbooks, hearing transcripts, indexes, invitations, itineraries, job descriptions, journal articles, legal documents, legislation, lists, magazine articles, manuals, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, office manuals, photographs, polls, press releases, proposals, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, scrapbooks, speech texts, statements, statistics, talking points, tax records, telegrams, testimony, and transcripts. | | | Call #: | MS 5031 | | | Extent: | 52.80 linear feet (54 containers) | | | Subjects: | Metzenbaum, Howard M. | Taft, Robert, 1917-1993. | Celeste, Richard F. | Glenn, John, 1921- | Kucinich, Dennis J., 1946- | Voinovich, George V., 1936- | United States. Congress. Senate. | Democratic Party (U.S.) | Tower City Center (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish legislators -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Political campaigns -- United States. | Political campaigns -- Ohio. | Consumer protection -- United States. | Food adulteration and inspection -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Employee rights -- United States. | Labor laws and legislation -- United States. | Gun control -- United States. | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Energy policy -- United States. | Abortion -- Government policy -- United States. | Steel industry and trade -- Ohio. | Automobile industry and trade -- Ohio. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public works -- Ohio. | Jews, Soviet -- Emigration and immigration. | Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. | Environmental protection -- United States. | Environmental protection -- Erie, Lake. | Alzheimer's disease -- Law and legislation -- United States. | Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995 -- Congresses. | Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1951- | United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 48 | Title: | International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Records
| | | Creator: | International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers | | | Dates: | 1919-1971 | | | Abstract: | The International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers was founded in 1886 as the National Union of United Brewery Workmen. The union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1887 and merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1973. The union was open to all employees regardless of craft, making it the first industrial union in the United States. The union had locals representing brewery and soft drink employees in Cleveland, New Philadelphia, Akron, Norwalk, and Sandusky, Ohio. The collection consists of membership dues ledgers, membership journals, permit holder journals, and statistical ledgers. | | | Call #: | MS 5293 | | | Extent: | 7.00 linear feet (59 volumes) | | | Subjects: | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Soft drink industry -- Employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 50 | Title: | James Horton Papers, Series II
| | | Creator: | Horton, James | | | Dates: | 1955-1982 | | | Abstract: | James Horton was a business agent and organizer for the Building Service and Maintenance Union, Local 47, Cleveland, Ohio, who helped to unionize a number of nursing homes and served as a contract negotiator. Horton was also active in the Eddy Road Street Club, a neighborhood improvement association, and Ohio Boys Town. He was interested in political issues and wrote to a number of mayors, congressmen, and senators. The collection consists of correspondence relating to Horton's union activities, collective agreements which he helped to negotiate, material relating to the Eddy Road Street Club, letters from prominent public officials, and Horton's various awards and certificates of achievement. | | | Call #: | MS 4306 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Horton, James, 1934- | Eddy Road Street Club. | Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Health facilities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade-unions -- Service industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade-unions -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 51 | Title: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Locals 128, 129, 219, and 867 Records
| | | Creator: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, Locals 128, 129, 219, and 867 | | | Dates: | 1897-1985 | | | Abstract: | The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America had several Cleveland, Ohio, locals of this national labor union. Local 128 is composed of paperhangers and was founded in 1897. Local 129 represented fresco painters and included a large German membership. It was absorbed into Local 428 in 1985. In 1969 the name of the union was changed to the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. The collection consists of union minutes, dues books and records, apprentice dues books, sick and death benefit records, financial records, correspondence and miscellaneous materials. | | | Call #: | MS 4275 | | | Extent: | 14.60 linear feet (14 containers and 9 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 128 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 129 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 219 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Local 867 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Paperhangers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Interior decorators -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 52 | Title: | Beryl Peppercorn Papers
| | | Creator: | Peppercorn, Beryl | | | Dates: | 1924-1969 | | | Abstract: | Beryl Peppercorn (1892-1969) was a Cleveland, Ohio, labor leader who served as manager of the Cleveland Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1922-1958). He was a co-founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America with Frank Rosenblum in 1914. By 1935, the ACWA had negotiated contracts at most of the men's clothing stores in Cleveland, making it one of the largest labor unions in the area. He also co-founded the Cleveland Industrial Union Council, the local affiliate of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). The collection consists of loose papers, pamphlets, and scrapbooks containing broadsides, pamphlets, programs, letters, newspaper clippings and telegrams relating to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and its activities in Ohio. | | | Call #: | MS 3388 | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Peppercorn, Beryl, 1892-1969. | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Cleveland Joint Board. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 54 | Title: | James Horton Papers, Series III
| | | Creator: | James Horton | | | Dates: | ca.1965-1990 | | | Abstract: | James Horton (1934-2005) was an employee of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 47, in Cleveland, Ohio. He helped the union organize workers in several Cleveland hospitals and nursing homes and served as a negotiator during contract bargaining negotiations. During his career with SEIU he served in many capacities including organizer, business agent, negotiator, vice-president, and president. The collection consists of a biography, a book, brochures, casework files, contract data sheet, contract surveys, correspondence, fliers, grievance reports, handwritten notes, job descriptions, merger history, monthly activity reports, a photograph, plan descriptions, a proposal draft, newspaper clippings, a newsletter, reports, rosters, speech and press conference, union agreement, and union proposals. | | | Call #: | MS 5507 | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Nursing homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing homes -- Ohio --Elyria. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 56 | Title: | National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, Local 604 Records
| | | Creator: | National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, Local 604 | | | Dates: | 1956-1974 | | | Abstract: | The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, Local 604, is the Cleveland, Ohio, local of a federal employee's trade union. Its membership was predominantly African American. The collection consists of a dues book (1956-1957), several issues of Post Mark Cleveland (1958-1974), fact sheets, and banquet programs. | | | Call #: | MS 4153 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (U.S.). Local 604 (Cleveland, Ohio). | African Americans -- Employment. | Civil rights movements -- United States. | Discrimination in employment -- United States. | Race discrimination -- United States. | Government employee unions -- United States. | Postal service -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States. | Minority labor union members -- United States. | Civil service -- United States -- Minority membership. | Postal service -- United States -- Employees. | United States -- Race relations.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 57 | Title: | Israel Histadrut Campaign Records
| | | Creator: | Israel Histadrut Campaign | | | Dates: | 1923-1984 | | | Abstract: | The Israel Histadrut Campaign is an annual fundraising campaign, associated with the National Committee for Labor Israel, which supports the health, education and welfare programs of the Histadrut in Israel. It was founded in 1923 as the Gewerkshaften Campaign but changed its name to the Israel Histadrut Campaign in 1940. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, flyers, programs, clippings, news releases and convention materials. | | | Call #: | MS 4034 | | | Extent: | 1 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Israel Histadrut Campaign (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor Zionism -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities | Jews -- Palestine -- Charities
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 58 | Title: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 105 Records
| | | Creator: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 105 | | | Dates: | 1913-1973 | | | Abstract: | Local 105 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was formed in 1907 by the merger of Locals 14, 1039 and 1231. Local 1180, a predominantly Hungarian Local in Cleveland, merged into Local 105 in January, 1973. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, cash books, dues books (including members' names, birth dates, date and Local of initiation, and amount of dues paid), financial statements, jurisdictional decisions, application books, and correspondence of U.B.C.J.A. Locals 105 and 1180. | | | Call #: | MS 4193 | | | Extent: | 13.25 linear feet (12 containers and 16 oversize volumes) | | | Subjects: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 105 (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Local 1180 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Carpenters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hungarian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Occupations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 59 | Title: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians Records
| | | Creator: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians | | | Dates: | 1888-1965 | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Federation of Musicians was established in 1877 as the Musicians Mutual Protective Association. In 1895 the Association joined the American Federation of Musicians and became A.F.M. Local 4. African American members left to form their own local, No. 550, in 1910, but reunited with Local 4, also known as the Cleveland Federation of Musicians, in 1962. Establishment of minimum wages and protection of its members were the union's main goals. Women musicians were given equal protection after being admitted to the union in 1901. Other union activities included support of other unions, publication of the Cleveland Musician, and sponsorship of the Druid Club. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes, correspondence, financial records, wage scale directories, membership lists, material on the 1935 trial of a union member, beneficiary notices, contracts, issues of the Cleveland Musician, scrapbooks, miscellaneous material, and records of the Druid Club. | | | Call #: | MS 3718 | | | Extent: | 13.55 linear feet (7 containers, 29 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musicians -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | 60 | Title: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 Records, Series II
| | | Creator: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 | | | Dates: | 1934-1976 | | | Abstract: | Local 407 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America in Cleveland, Ohio, is the the largest Teamster freight local in Ohio. It has vigorously participated in both local and national Teamster strikes since its formation, ca. 1915. The collection consists of machine duplicated newspaper clippings concerning the Teamster and wildcat truckers' strikes of 1967, 1970 and 1976, machine duplicated business correspondence sent to Thomas "Eddie" Lee, secretary-treasurer of Local 407 (1964-1978), several wage-rate agreements, and miscellaneous items, including copies of news articles on prominent local and national Teamster leaders such as William and Jackie Presser and Jimmy Hoffa. | | | Call #: | MS 3781 | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 407 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Truck drivers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Transport workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wages -- Truck drivers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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