Labor Unions Collection Descriptions

Collections containing primary materials about unions. This topic is a subcategory of the general heading Labor.

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Allen, Donna (1920-1999), Papers, 1920-1992, (C3795)
18.6 linear feet
Papers of director of Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women. Includes professional correspondence and printed materials on sex and race discrimination cases, media stereotypes, public broadcasting, women's news, national and international women's conferences, nad wome in management. Also documents Allen's involvement in labor, civil rights, and anti-war activism.

Brewers, Maltsters and General Labor Departments, Local Union No. 6, Minutes, 1898-1940, (C0584)
MICROFILM
Roll 1 contains vol. 1, March 14, 1898-July 14, 1918, in German. Roll 2 contains vol. 2, July 28, 1918-January 1, 1940, in English. Labor-management relations, beer production prohibition, participation in politics, international union policy and relations with other trade unions; World War I, American Socialist Party, Eugene V. Debs, Tom Mooney.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Lodge No. 634, Records, 1916-1932, (C0885)
2 folder(s)
The recording secretary's books for Lodge 634 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in Brookfield, MO.

Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis, AFL-CIO, Records, 1892-1979, (C3696)
MICROFILM
Minutes, correspondence, financial records, labor contracts and apprenticeship records. The St. Louis District Council, one of four in the state of Missouri, worked to unionize carpenter shops, provided benefits for members, and mediated jurisdictional disputes between unions.

Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee, St. Louis, Missouri, Records, 1964-1981, (C3634)
MICROFILM
14 folder
2 rolls microfilm
Office files of the Executive Director of the Committee, and minutes of related organizations: the Joint Administrative Committee of the St. Louis Supplemental Manpower Agreement / of the St. Louis Construction Manpower Corporation; the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Construction Manpower Corporation; and the Board of Directors of Construction Job Opportunities, Inc.

Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis, Minutes, 1945-1946, (C0919)
1 volume(s)
Minutes of bimonthly meetings. Printed.

Davis, James Adam (1905-1988), Papers, 1937-1975, (C3666)
23.5 linear feet
Papers of a state labor leader. State CIO Industrial Union Council, State Labor Council, Political Action Committee, Missouri Valley Authority, Governor's Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation, United Labor Committee of Missouri, State Environmental Improvement Authority and Executive Review Committee materials. Personal records.

Greater Kansas City, Missouri, Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Records, 1946-1970, (C2514)
1 linear feet
Papers consist of the minutes of the Central Labor Council, miscellaneous copies of letters, resolutions, and notices.

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Local 323, Higginsville, Missouri, Records, 1956-1983, (C3870)
3.6 linear feet
Records of a labor union local which include correspondence, grievance reports, shop meeting notes, manuals, and production figures and other employee data.

Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of ...AFL-CIO, Records, (WUNP4406)
0.4 linear feet
Xerox copies of materials that should be processed with the increment to be obtained in 1990.

Missouri State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of...AFL-CIO, Records, (C3700)
MICROFILM
Records of the State Council office of the secretary-treasurer, formed in 1938 by local unions to oversee union activities within the state. Material includes weekly reports and other correspondence; photographs, printed material; and the proceedings of the annual council conventions.

Missouri State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Records, 1891-1975 (C0216)
21.6 linear feet
Correspondence, convention proceedings, financial and membership records, minutes, reports, and other records of the Council and its Committee on Political Education, the Missouri State Federation of Labor, and Labor’s League for Political Education. Subject file on topics of interest to labor including the right to work movement. Materials generated through political, legislative, and civic activities of Council executive officers.

St. Joseph Typographical Union No. 40, St. Joseph, Missouri, Records, (WUNP5806)
INVENTORY. Records of a labor union of typographical workers, consisting of correspondence, financial reports, meeting minutes, contracts and agreements, convention materials, and miscellaneous; 1905-1980s.

St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8, Records, (WUNP5275)
RESTRICTED
1.5 linear feet
INVENTORY. Addition of union publications; THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, THE BULLETIN, and THE UNIONIST.

St. Louis Typographical Union No. 8, Records, 1856-1974, (C3661)
RESTRICTED
16.4 linear feet
40 volume(s)
Minutes, financial records, correspondence and printed material of the union. The records also include THE TYPOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL and THE BULLETIN of the International Typographical Union and material from the St. Louis Allied Printing Trades Council.

Tindall, Virginia P., Papers, (WUNP5842)
Newspaper clippings, photographs, meeting material, bulletins and memorabilia related to Virginia Tindall's activities in Women's Auxiliary No. 73 to St. Joseph Typographical Union No. 40, and the Woman's International Auxiliary to the Typographical Union.

United Mine Workers of America, Local No. 298, Richmond, Missouri, Records, 1901-1945, (C3044)
MICROFILM
Membership records for the organization known locally as the Welsh Miners' Union. Contains members' names, record of dues payments, suspensions, transfers, and death claims.