| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 21 | Title: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union, Local No. 56 | | | | Dates: | 1935-1983 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 4172 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Printing and Graphic Communications Union. Local No. 56. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Printing industry -- United States. | Industrial relations -- United States. | Labor -- United States. | Printing industry -- United States. | Wages -- Printers -- United States. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 22 | Title: | Jesse L. Gallagher Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gallagher, Jesse L. | | | | Dates: | 1943-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Jesse L. Gallagher (1909-1980) was a noted Cleveland, Ohio, labor leader from the 1930s through the 1970s. Gallagher was one of the organizers of the American Federation of Labor and served as its regional director for Ohio and Kentucky, 1949-1955. He then became regional director for Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia with the AFL-CIO, 1955-1974. The collection consists of a biographical sketch, correspondence, certificates of achievement, a copy of the program for Gallagher's retirement banquet, and newspaper clippings. The collection pertains to the career of a major labor leader and is useful to the study of labor history. | | | | Call #: | MS 4280 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Gallagher, Jesse L., 1909-1980. | American Federation of Labor -- Officials and employees. | AFL-CIO -- Officials and employees. | Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees. | Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 23 | Title: | Graphic Arts International Union, Local No. 24-P Records
| | | | Creator: | Graphic Arts International Union | | | | Dates: | 1912-1974 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 3740 | | | | Extent: | 14.61 linear feet (15 containers, 5 oversized volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Graphic Arts International Union. Local No. 24-P (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Printing industry -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bookbinders -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Printing industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 24 | Title: | Jewish Bakers Union collection
| | | | Creator: | Gift of Abe Herskovitz | | | | Dates: | 1938-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Bakers Union is a subsidiary of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union. Local 56 represented employees of Jewish owned bakeries in Cleveland, Ohio. Jack Herskovitz, a Holocaust survivor, became a pioneering figure in the Jewish Bakers Union. He was voted President of Local 56 around 1967. He negotiated many labor agreements with employers and their attorneys representing the baking industry. He was consistently re-elected without opposition by the membership for 23 years. He retired in 1990 and passed away on April 29, 2016. His son, Abe, was elected President in 1990 and merged Local 56 into Bakers' Local 19 in 2003, and subsequently served as a Business Agent, Business Manager and then Treasurer of Local 19. As a result of the merger, the membership joined the largest Bakers' (BCTGM) Union in the USA and Canada.
The Jewish Bakers Union collection consists of agreements, correspondence, financial reports, minutes, newsletters, and a news article. | | | | Call #: | MS 5445 | | | | Extent: | 1.17 linear feet (2 boxes including one oversize container) | | | | Subjects: | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bakery employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Bakery employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 25 | Title: | Marvin Clinton Harrison Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harrison, Marvin Clinton | | | | Dates: | 1915-1954 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 3799 | | | | Extent: | 24.40 linear feet (25 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harrison, Marvin Clinton, 1890-1954. | Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.) | Iron and steel workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio. | Accident law -- Ohio. | Legislators -- Ohio. | Strikes and lockouts -- Steel industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 26 | Title: | James Horton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Horton, James | | | | Dates: | 1955-1974 | | | | Abstract: | 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). | | | | Call #: | MS 3736 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Horton, James, 1934- | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Service industries workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Service industries workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Building-service employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Service industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 27 | Title: | Federal Knitting Mills Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Federal Knitting Mills Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1939 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 5051 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Federal Knitting Mills Company (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cooperative Workers Association (Cleveland, Ohio) | American Federation of Labor. | American Federation of Labor. Committee for Industrial Organization. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. | United States. National Labor Relations Board. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing trade -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clothing workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 28 | Title: | William J. Corrigan Papers
| | | | Creator: | Corrigan, William J. | | | | Dates: | 1917-1965 | | | | Abstract: | William J. Corrigan (1886-1961) was a prominent defense and labor lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, known as "organized labor's attorney." Corrigan was defense counsel in several highly publicized murder cases in Cleveland, most notably the trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, charged with the murder of his wife Marilyn Reese Sheppard in 1954. The collection consists of files concerning the legal cases he and his partners handled, as well as a few personal items concerning him and his family. | | | | Call #: | MS 4464 | | | | Extent: | 19.10 linear feet (20 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Corrigan, William J., 1886-1961. | Matowitz, George J. -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Gogan, Joseph, b. 1887 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Kaber, Eva Catherine, b. 1881 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Miller, Otto, Jr. -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Sheppard, Sam -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Sheppard, Marilyn Reese, d. 1954. | Bender, George Harrison, 1896-1961. | Cleveland Federation of Labor -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Building Trades Council -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Building and Construction Trades Council -- Trials, litigation, etc. | International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Fire Fighters Union. Local 93 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Milk and Ice Cream Drivers and Dairy Employees Union. Local 336 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 5 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers' International Union. Local 2 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Cleveland Clinic Foundation -- Fire, 1929. | Actions and defenses -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Labor laws and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Trade-unions -- Law and legislation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Cases. | Grievance procedures -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Labor contract -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Collective labor agreements -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies. | Trials (Murder) -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Free press and fair trial -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 29 | Title: | Jean Y. Tussey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Tussey, Jean Y. | | | | Dates: | 1932-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Jean Y. Tussey, labor union activist, was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. After graduation from Rutgers University in 1938, she worked as a newspaper reporter, machine shop worker, and as a member of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). 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 1973, she became a full time organizer for Local 53, concentrating on organizing newspaper employees in Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties. Tussey was involved in several women's labor groups, including the Coalition of Labor Union Women, and in general women's groups, including the National Organization for Women, serving as vice president of the Cleveland chapter in 1972. Tussey also edited a collection of writing and speeches by Eugene V. Debs, entitled Eugene V. Debs Speaks (1970), and authored numerous articles on labor history. In 1982, Tussey was a founding member of the Greater Cleveland Labor History Society, serving as president and executive committee member of that organization. The collection consists of reports, minutes, financial statements, agendas, newspaper clippings, and publications. | | | | Call #: | MS 4525 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tussey, Jean Y., 1918- | International Typographical Union. Local No. 53 (Cleveland, Ohio). | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Organizing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- United States. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Pro-choice movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Equal rights amendments.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 31 | Title: | International Brotherhood of Electrical Works, Local Union 1377 Records
| | | | Creator: | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 1377 | | | | Dates: | 1939-1972 | | | | Abstract: | Local 1377 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was the Cleveland (Ohio) local of electrical manufacturing workers originally set up to represent employees of the Leece-Neville Company. By the mid-1950s, however, the local had absorbed several units of Local 38, and included manufacturing units, maintenance units and radio and sound units, including appliance repairmen and mobile/microwave technicians. Peter J. Zicarelli served as business manager, 1950-1970s. The local was involved in jurisdictional disputes with Local 38 and representational disputes with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and with independent workers' organizations such as the Electrical Workers Alliance at Leece-Neville and the Picker X-Ray Employees Union. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, reports, contracts and agreements, financial records, membership rosters, grievance and arbitration proceedings, civil litigation records, organizing files, newspapers and periodicals. The collection focuses on the day-to-day operations of an amalgamated local, with the various problems accompanying a mixed membership, and includes material on the jurisdictional disputes with IBEW Local 38 and the representational disputes with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, as well as labor-management conflicts and general conditions in the Cleveland electric industries, especially General Electric, Leece-Neville, Westinghouse and Picker X-Ray. The collection includes extensive material relating to the AFL-CIO Committee on Collective Bargaining, established in 1966 to negotiate an industry-wide contract with GE and Westinghouse and the eight major unions it represented. Also includes files of Local 1377 officials Peter J. Zicarelli, Gordon M. Freeman, Joseph Keenan, and H.B. Blankenship and material regarding the role of women in the local. | | | | Call #: | MS 4502 | | | | Extent: | 18.0 linear feet (18 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Zicarelli, Peter J. | Freeman, Gordon M. | Keenan, Joseph D. | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 1377 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Local 38 (Cleveland, Ohio) | United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Local 707 (Cleveland, Ohio) | General Electric Corporation. | Leece-Neville Company. | Westinghouse Electric Corporation. | Electric industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Electric industry workers -- Labor unions -- United States. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Jurisdictional disputes. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Recognition. | Collective bargaining -- Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Electric industries -- United States. | Collective labor agreements -- Electric industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Employee fringe benefits -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Wages -- Electrical industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women in trade-unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 33 | Title: | Patrick John Burns Papers
| | | | Creator: | Burns, Patrick John | | | | Dates: | 1932-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Patrick John Burns (b. 1894) was the financial secretary of Local 105, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (1934-1970) and secretary of the American Federation of Labor Members League Favoring Unemployment Insurance (1933-1934). The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, publications, memoranda, class notes, and clippings. Also included are minutes of the American Federation of Labor Members League Favoring Unemployment Insurance, and materials from Carpenters Union Local 105. | | | | Call #: | MS 3382 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Burns, Patrick John, 1894- | Carpenters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Carpenters -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Insurance, Unemployment -- Ohio. | Consumer cooperatives -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 34 | Title: | Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association of the United States and Canada, Local 80 Records
| | | | Creator: | Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association of the United States and Canada, Local 80 | | | | Dates: | 1920-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Local 80 was chartered in 1890 as a Cleveland, Ohio, Local of the Operative Plasterers (est. 1864). Local 80 was dropped in 1898 but rechartered in 1899. The cement masons were admitted to the union in 1914. Membership in the Local was and is predominantly Italian. The collection consists of constitutions, minutes of regular and executive meetings, agreements with contractors' associations, correspondence, financial reports and records, arbitration and court cases, and membership records. | | | | Call #: | MS 4055 | | | | Extent: | 6.20 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cement industry workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Plasterers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Building trades -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Employees | Collective labor agreements -- Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Wages -- Cement industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Wages -- Building trades -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cement industry workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Plasterers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 35 | Title: | Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America, Local 5 Records
| | | | Creator: | Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America, Local 5 | | | | Dates: | 1879-1959 | | | | Abstract: | The Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America, Local 5 is a Cleveland, Ohio, labor union, chartered in 1879 as the Bricklayers Local Protective Union of Cleveland. It became Local 5 of the Bricklayers' and Masons' International Union of America in 1881 and Local 5 of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America in 1910. Although one of the earliest trades to organize nationally (1865), the Bricklayers maintained their independence from any larger organization well into the 20th century, and consistently rejected the idea of one single union in favor of a separate union for each craft. The Bricklayers reflected the early trade union philosophy that merit and skill and the development of the craft were indispensable for progress of the labor movement. The collection consists of constitutions, bylaws, minutes, correspondence, dues books, receipt books, membership applications, apprentice records, disciplinary records, employer agreements, financial records, as well as various records pertaining to the Bricklayers Benevolent Association and the construction of the Association hall. Also included are records of some related brick and mason organizations. The collection pertains to the formative stages of trade unionism and to the modern period of increasingly industrial labor organization, as well as to the emergence of benevolent and protective associations for the benefit of union members and their families. | | | | Call #: | MS 4253 | | | | Extent: | 47.80 linear feet (15 containers, 35 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America. Local 5 (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Bricklayers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stonemasons -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Bricklayers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Stonemasons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industrial relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 36 | Title: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Local 1164 Records
| | | | Creator: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Local 1164 | | | | Dates: | 1974-1981 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 5294 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (8 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Soft drink industry -- Employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 37 | Title: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Glaziers Local Union No. 1210 Records
| | | | Creator: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Glaziers Local Union No. 1210 | | | | Dates: | 1915-1921 | | | | Abstract: | The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Glaziers Local Union No. 1210, was founded in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohi,o as Local 181 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers. The collection consists of minutes, including accident, field, financial and shop reports. Also included are receipts relating to Glaziers Local 181 and constitutional amendments of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers. | | | | Call #: | MS 3727 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America. Glaziers Local Union No. 1210 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Glassworkers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Paperhangers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 38 | Title: | Jewish Painters Social Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Jewish Painters Social Club | | | | Dates: | 1963-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Painters Social Club was an organization of Jewish house painters, all of whom were members of Painters Union, Local 867, District Council 6, Cleveland, Ohio. A large number of the club's early members were immigrants, and a number of members were active in the labor movement. Some of the club's membership played active roles in Local 867. Among the club's leaders were Sam Bossin, Ben Weinstein, Hyman Weinberg, Ed Likover, Al Horowitz, and Jack Newman. During the late 1960s-early 1970s, many club members retired, and few Jewish youth entered the painting trade. Members voted to dissolve the organization in 1978. The collection consists of financial ledgers, programs, and a roll book. | | | | Call #: | MS 4699 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Jewish Painters Social Club. | Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America. Local 867 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | House painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | House painters -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Painters, Industrial -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor movement -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 39 | Title: | Textile Workers Union of America, Local 482 Records
| | | | Creator: | Textile Workers Union of America, Local 482 | | | | Dates: | 1942-1978 | | | | Abstract: | Local 482 of the Textile Workers Union of America was chartered in 1942 by the Textile Workers Union of America as the bargaining agent of the workers at the Painesville, Ohio, plant of the Industrial Rayon Corp. The national union was established in 1939 to improve wages, working conditions and security of textile workers. The local's history is one of constant contract negotiations and frequent walkouts. Major strikes occurred in 1953, 1955 and 1957, over wage issues. The collection consists of constitutions, by-laws, agreements, executive board and membership minutes, records of contract negotiations, grievance reports and hearings, arbitration proceedings and decisions, correspondence, committee reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous pamphlets. | | | | Call #: | MS 3757 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Industrial Rayon Corporation. | Textile industry -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Textile workers -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Textile workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Strikes and lockouts -- Textile industry -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Collective bargaining -- Textile industry -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Collective labor agreements -- Textile industry -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Grievance arbitration -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Painesville.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 40 | Title: | Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Local 1 Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Local 1 | | | | Dates: | 1933-1983 | | | | Abstract: | 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 national Guild in 1983, when members voted to merge with the International Typographical Union to form the Media Workers International Union. The collection consists of minutes, notices, general office files, membership files, correspondence, financial files and newspaper clippings relating to the history, administration, and daily activities of Local #1 and its units, as well as conventions and affiliations with other locals of the American Newspaper Guild. The collection also contains files regarding Local #1's activities as part of the Cleveland and Ohio AFL-CIO, as well as awards to members of the local for merit and service towards print journalism and the American Newspaper Guild. Furthermore, there is material on several strikes Local #1 was involved in during 1946, 1956, and a 129-day strike in 1962-1963. | | | | Call #: | MS 4299 | | | | Extent: | 10.60 linear feet (13 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Newspaper Guild -- Archives. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio. | Newspaper employees -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Newspaper publishing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective labor agreements -- Newspapers -- Ohio. | Collective labor agreements -- Newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Collective bargaining -- Newspapers -- Ohio. | Collective bargaining -- Newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Newspapers -- United States. | Newspaper Strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1956. | Newspaper Strike, Cleveland, Ohio, 1962-1963.
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