Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Local 125 Records | Series Descriptions | 1933-1978 |
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| Includes very complete minutes of the Executive Board and the Shop Delegates Councils, 1933-1977. This series also includes delegate election results, names of conference representatives, grievance and dispute resolutions in addition to more routine union business. Minutes of the regional governing committee, the New England Regional Joint Board, are complete from its founding in 1973 through 1978. Local 125's political interests are documented in the minutes of the Labor Non-Partisan League (1936) and the Political Action Committee (1948-1974). Social-Athletic Club minutes (1934-1944) reveal the local's recreational interests; Amalgamated Cultural Activities in Series IV supplement these minutes. Also in this series are two typescripts of the Constitution; dated print copies are found in Series IV. |
| 1928-1982 |
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| Arrangement: Divided into two subseries. Scope and content: Subseries One contains contracts between Local 125 and employers, arranged chronologically and dating from 1935 to 1955. Negotiations with the Gant Company of New Haven are well documented and extend from 1943 to 1980. Subseries Two contains piece rate schedules which are arranged chronologically and span 1928-1977. Piece rate surveys, 1939-1945, supplement the schedules. Related material: Percentage Table for the Adjustment of Piece Rates file in Series III is also of interest. |
| 1934-1984 |
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| Arrangement: Files are in a topical arrangement; some headings are assigned. Shop closings are listed under name of shop (Bay Products, Interstar Mfg., New Britain, Panettieri, and Rivoli Shirtmakers). Scope and content: Maintained by Aldo Cursi and, later, by Nick Aiello. Bulk dates 1964-1984. Shop dues reports (1934-1983), Financial Statements (1975-1984) and Vacation Funds Balance Sheets (1950-1971) indicate the financial workings of the local. The Subject Files also reveal Aiello's work with the New England Regional Joint Board and the Greater Hartford Labor Council. Related material: Photographs which accompanied Import Demonstration and March (1970-1971) files were moved to Series IV. |
| 1958-1984 |
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| Arrangement: Most cases are filed by name of the grievant; some are filed by name of the company. Restrictions on access: [Access with special permission]. Restricted. Access to the material may be gained with the written permission of Local 125 (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts). Scope and content: Grievance and arbitration case material includes: evidence, correspondence and decisions. Bulk dates, 1976-1979. |
| 1930-1983 |
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| Arrangement: Contains three subseries. Scope and content: The first subseries, publications, consists of printed material found in Local 125's records. Of special interest are: the second issue of ACWA's newspaper Advance; Bread and Roses, the early history of ACWA and printed copies of the Constitution and By-laws. Three scrapbooks, 1930-1955, consist of newspaper clippings and ACWA and Local 125 printed materials. Related material: A record of the sound track (with additional narration) for the 50th Anniversary film of the ACWA-AFL-CIO, CLC "The Inheritance" (stored in the phonograph records box for manuscripts collections). |
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