http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dcompany%20OR%20business%20OR%20manufacturing%20OR%20corporation;facet-format%3DManuscript%20Collection;facet-format%3DPhotograph%20Collection;f1-subject%3DLabor%20unions%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: freeformQuery=company OR business OR manufacturing OR corporation;facet-format=Manuscript Collection;facet-format=Photograph Collection;f1-subject=Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3388.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3388.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4299.xml The Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Local 1 was founded in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, and chartered in 1934. Editorial employees of the Cleveland Press and Cleveland News had previously organized in 1933 as the Cleveland Editorial Workers Association, which then united with other newspaper guilds to form the American Newspaper Guild. The first contract of the national Guild was successfully negotiated in 1934 with the Cleveland News by William Davy, executive secretary of Local #1 for its first 30 years. By 1935, the Guild had adopted the industrial-union form of organization and in 1937, Local #1 expanded to include all non-mechanical employees. By 1944, the guild included workers at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Catholic Universe Bulletin, followed by the Cleveland Citizen, Cleveland Union Leader, Call & Post, and others. In 1968 the Canton Repository became a unit of Local #1, and in 1969 the Massillon Evening Independent local merged with the guild. Cleveland hosted the 50th anniversary convention of the na... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4299.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3728.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3728.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4172.xml The Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56, was chartered in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1891 as the Cleveland Printing and Pressmen's Union, 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 merger in 1973 with the Stereotypers and Electrotypers International. The collection consists of constitutions, histories, minutes, grievances, agreements, proceedings of conventions, and correspondence. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4172.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5360.xml The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1974. The organization's primary purpose was to make unions more responsive to unorganized working women and help its members share common labor problems and concerns. Jean Tussey (1918-2010) was a prominent member of the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of CLUW. As a union activist, Tussey was highly involved in the Coalition of Labor Union Women. This collection consists primarily of agendas, bylaws, correspondence, financial reports, minutes, newsletters, handbooks and other material related to CLUW's Cleveland chapter and Tussey's involvement. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5360.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3821.xml Local 4031 of the Communications Workers of America was established in Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1950s by the merger of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers and the Communications Workers of America. The local represents its members in their dealings with the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and serves Cleveland's eastern suburbs. The collection consists of copies of grievances of union members against the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3821.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3784.xml The Communications Workers of America, Local 4305 was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, as Local 6 of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers, an autonomous member of the National Federation of Telephone Workers which was founded ca. 1937. The NFTW became the Communications Workers of America in 1947, but the OFTW did not join until 1949. In 1950 the Ohio Bell employees chose the CWA as their bargaining agent and Local 6 merged with Local 104 to form Local 4305 of the CWA. The collection consists of minutes of monthly membership meetings (1947-1973), minutes of steward's meetings (1952-1975), minutes of executive or advisory board meetings (1953-1959), minutes of officers' meetings (1960-1973), by-laws (1969), grievances, legal briefs and related papers from arbitration cases, copies of the Courier (1958-1969), correspondence, and wage agreements. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3784.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5051.xml The Federal Knitting Mills Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1905 by several Jewish businessmen. The company produced knit goods, including sweaters, and also supplied fabric to the garment-making industry. The company's national accounts included Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward, and Marshall Field & Co. At its height, the company employed five hundred people at its 125,000 square foot plant. Following the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1937, several unions attempted to replace the Cooperative Workers Association, the company union for Federal Knitting Mills. An ensuing strike related to this matter seriously strained the company's finances. Federal Knitting Mills dissolved in December 1937. The collection consists of audit reports, balance sheets, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5051.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3740.xml The Graphic Arts International Union, Local No. 24-P, was founded in 1900 as part of the International Typographical Union but transferred to the jurisdiction of the International Photoengravers Union of North America in 1903. The union merged with the Amalgamated Lithographers of America in 1964 to form the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. Also in 1964, Akron Local No. 51 was merged into Cleveland Local No. 24-P. The union merged with the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders in 1972 to form the Graphic Arts International Union. In 1966 the Cleveland local absorbed Youngstown Local No. 63 and in 1976 it took in the Photo-Industrial Local No 24-A. The collections consists of records of three local unions and material issued by the international, including minutes, negotiation minutes, constitutions, correspondence, financial and membership records, statistics, agreements, proposals, newsletters, clippings, pamphlets, convention proceedings, and miscellaneous material. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3740.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5294.xml Local 1164 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America was created in 1973 when the Cleveland, Ohio, locals of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers merged with the Teamsters. The local represents workers in the brewery and soft drink industries in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of membership day books. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5294.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3781.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3781.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5293.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5293.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3736.xml James Horton (b. 1934) was the business representative for the Building Service and Maintenance Union, Local 47, Cleveland, Ohio. He helped the union organize workers in several Cleveland hospitals and nursing homes. The collection consists of mimeograph letters from Local 47 of the Building Service and Maintenance Union to hospitals, nursing homes, other unions, and union members concerning meetings, strikes, recruitment of members, and organizing procedures. Also included are collective bargaining agreements, copies of newspaper clippings on the union and James Horton, personal papers of Mr. Horton, and printed materials concerning his band (1955-1974). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3736.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5405.xml Jean Y. Tussey (1918-2010), labor union activist, was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. She became a member of Local 53 of the International Typographical Union when she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951 and joined the staff of the Plain Dealer newspaper as a proofreader. In 1982, Tussey was a founding member, with David Knapp, of the Greater Cleveland Labor History Society, serving as president and executive committee member of that organization. Located in the Sidney Hillman Building at 2227 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, the society collected historic records, books, photographs, and memorabilia from various sources. This collection chronicles the operations of the Greater Cleveland Labor History Society and their efforts to publish a monograph by Max S. Hayes, A History of Cleveland Labor. The collection consists of agendas, a bibliography, books, booklets, book chapters, a calendar, contracts correspondence, directories, flyers, forms, a grant request, insu... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5405.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3751.xml Local No. 6-L of the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union was chartered in 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a member of the Lithographers International Protective and Insurance Association of the United States and Canada. The Association merged with the International Photoengravers Union of North America in 1964 to form the Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union. Cleveland Local 6-L broadened its membership to include Akron workers. In 1972 the union merged with the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders to form the Graphic Arts International Union. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, audit reports, dues and assessments ledgers, cash books, and pension account ledgers. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3751.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3799.xml Marvin Clinton Harrison (1890-1954) was a Cleveland, Ohio, lawyer and Ohio state senator who specialized in the areas of accident and labor law. The collection consists of briefs, depositions, medical reports, exhibits, case notes, precedents, authorizations, correspondence, proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, newspaper clippings, settlement notices, receipts, personal papers, and letters from Harrison to his father. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3799.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5106.xml Stanley Garfinkel (1930-1997) was an oral historian, documentarian, and history professor at Kent State University. After college, Garfinkel worked in his family's seven-store chain Garfinkel Shoes. He was appointed office manager of the company in the early 1960s, but was encouraged by his father to pursue his dream of teaching. He obtained a position at Kent State University in 1963 and taught there until his retirement in 1996. Garfinkel had a special interest in oral history. One of Garfinkel's oral history projects was on the garment industry in Cleveland, Ohio. He interviewed several people who worked in or helped shape the garment industry. He then used those interviews to produce a slide show entitled "Rags: 100 Years of the Apparel Industry in Northeast Ohio," and a television documentary entitled "Rags." The collection consists of interview transcripts and scripts. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5106.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3892.xml Local 427 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union was chartered in 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio, as District 427 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. It merged with the Retail Clerks International Association in 1979 to form the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. District 427 established the Community Health Foundation in 1964, with the cooperation of the Retail Clerks Local 880. The Foundation merged with Kaiser in 1969. The collection consists of minutes, newsletters, correspondence, convention proceedings, reports, contracts, clippings, financial and membership records, subject files, papers of presidents Sam Pollock and Frank Cimino, and records of or material pertaining to affiliated locals and unions, including Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 500, Cleveland Fur Workers Local 86, The Canton Federation of Labor and the Cleveland AFL-CIO. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3892.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT