| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | 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* | | 2 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 11 | Title: | Coalition of Labor Union Women Records
| | | | Creator: | Coalition of Labor Union Women | | | | Dates: | 1967-1996 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 5360 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 12 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 14 | 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* | | 15 | Title: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 Records
| | | | Creator: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, Local 407 | | | | Dates: | 1925-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Local 407 is a local union of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers. The local was founded and chartered in 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of fifty-six bound ledger volumes which list dues, fines, and assessments for individual members of the local union. | | | | Call #: | MS 3758 | | | | Extent: | 17.50 linear feet (56 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 407 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Transport workers -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Jean Y. Tussey Labor History Collection
| | | | Creator: | Tussey, Jean Y. | | | | Dates: | 1910-2002 | | | | Abstract: | 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, insurance policies, labor agreements, lists, manuals, a manifesto, minutes, newsletters, newspapers, notes, pension plans, photographs, poems, posters, press releases, reports, songs, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 5405 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Tussey, Jean Y., 1918-2010 | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Labor unions -- Organizing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women labor union members -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 19 | Title: | By-laws of Conestoga Council, no. 3, Order of U.A.M., of Ohio, located at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co
| | | | Creator: | Order of United American Mechanics Conestoga Council, No. 3 (Cleveland, Ohio) | | | | Publication: | Fairbanks, Benedict & Co, Cleveland,1873. | | | | Call #: | Pam. O216 | | | | Extent: | 19, 1 p. 15 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Order of United American Mechanics. -- Conestoga Council, No. 3 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Working class -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland imprints 1873
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