1930-1950LABOR UNIONS
TEXTILE WORKERS UNION: TWUA.
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CU JUDGE BANGS MALLET ON GAVEL. UNION MEETING IN UNION HALL. UNION ORGANIZER, LEADERS & MEMBERS
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TEXTILE FACTORY WORKERS. UNION WORKERS. HUGE BALE OF COTTON COMING OUT OF DYE.
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PAN TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA CONVENTION.
MEMBERS APPLAUD. SPEAKER AT PODIUM. UNION MEMBERS PLACING BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOX VOTING. REPRESENTATIVES FROM 800 LOCALS ELECTING EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN UNION ELECTION |
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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, UNION GOVERNING BODY. OFFICERS MEETING OF TEXTILE WORKERS. POINTS TO MAP OF EASTERN STATE TEXTILE MILLS.
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LOW ANGLE ROAD SIGN: "GEORGIA US 411"
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SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN IN GEORGIA. TREE-LINED STREET.
1930s CAR PULLS UP TO CURB. UNION ORGANIZER VISITS FIXER IN COTTON MILL TRYING TO ORGANIZE UNION |
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1930s MOTHER WASHING BABY. TODDLER OUTDOORS HAVING "SPONGE BATH"
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RURAL GEORGIA HOME WITH FAMILY ON PORCH
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UNION ORGANIZER MEETING WITH SOUTHERN MILL WORKERS, 1930s. AT TRAIN STATION TRAIN PASSES IN BKGD
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"TWUA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE" SIGN ON DOOR
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CU MAN WRITES IN CHALK: "CIO GET OUT". ANTI-UNION SENTIMENT ON BRICK WALL
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CU BRICK IN THUG'S HAND. MEN THROWING BRICKS IN WINDOW OF TWUA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. UNION BUSTERS.
YOUNG MAN OPENS DOOR & SEES MAN RUNNING AWAY. RUNS OUT, TWO MEN BEAT HIM UP. VIOLENCE |
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UNION BUSTER DRIVER BEEPS HORN & SIGNALS "COME ON"
WITH ARM |
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UNION ORGANIZERS HAND OUT PAMPHLETS TO FACTORY WORKERS AS THEY LEAVE FACTORY GATES.
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MONTAGE UNION WORKERS ELECTION: BANNERS HANGING URGING MEMBERS TO VOTE
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UNION MEMBERS MARCHING WEARING SANDWICH BOARD PLACARDS READING "VOTE YES"
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MONTAGE FACTORY MILL WORKERS READING PAMPHLETS
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CU UNION OFFICER GIVING SPEECH (MOS)
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CU LOW ANGLE AMERICAN MEN & WOMEN
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ECU HAND FILLING OUT OFFICIAL SECRET BALLOT. CU PLACING PAPER BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOX, CASTING VOTES.
ELECTION OFFICIALS GOING THROUGH PILES OF PAPER BALLOTS COUNTING VOTES |
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ECU NEWSPAPER ELECTION RESULTS: "UNION RIGHTS WON AT FIVE TEXTILE MILLS". MONTAGE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON LABOR UNION VOTES
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CU MONTAGE TEXTILE MILL LOGOS & SIGNS: MOHAWK, BIGELOW, AMERICAN WOLLEN COMPANY, BATES, WAMSUTTA MILLS, AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION,
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EXTERIOR TWUA BUILDING IN NEW YORK. TILT UP
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UNION MEETING OF WOOL WORKERS. CONTRACT BETWEEN WORKERS & MANAGEMENT.
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PAN FROM WATER TEXTILE MILL
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DELEGATES FROM PLANTS SPEAKING AT UNION WORKERS MEETING (MOS)
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WOOL WORKERS LEAVING PLANT
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UNION SPECIALIST, DIRECTOR OF TWUA SPEAKING (MOS).
WORKERS AT MEETING APPLAUD |
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CHALK DRAWINGS WITH 1937 FIGURES IN CHALK ON BLACKBOARD
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STILLS
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1934 LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS TEXTILE STRIKE:
STRIKING WORKERS, POLICE WITH BILLY CLUBS, NATIONAL GUARD, WORKERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE FENCE, PRISONERS. |
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STRIKING WORKERS PLACARDS: "CELANESE TREAT US LIKE CUMBERLAND" LOCAL 689. CU STRIKING WORKER LIGHTS CIGARETTE WITH MATCH
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STRIKE COMMITTEE MEETING.
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION HANDS PAPERS TO THE GENERAL PRESIDENT AT INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
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CU UNION PAMPHLET: "THIS IS YOUR FIGHT". WORKER STUFFING ENVELOPES.
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ECU MAN ON TELEPHONE. CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR CONNECTING PHONE LINES. CU MONTAGE PEOPLE ON PHONE
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CU SIGNING CHECK: WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA
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CU SECRETARY TYPING ON TYPEWRITER, CIRCA 1937
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CU TICKER TAPE BEING READ
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TWUA-CIO LOCAL 689 UNION STORE: GLASS STORE FRONT.
LONG LINE OF STRIKING WORKERS IN FRONT OF UNION COMMISSARY. MAN CARRIES PET MILK SIGN. |
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MEN UNLOADING SACKS FROM TRUCK INTO STORE WINDOW.
COUNTING INVENTORY |
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STRIKING WORKERS RECEIVE FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES FROM UNION COMMISSARY
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WOMAN & PRETEEN STOCKING UNION STORE. MAKING PYRAMID OF CANS. WORKERS STOCKING SHELVES WITH CANNED GOODS.
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UNION WORKER CARRIES OUT BUSHEL BASKET OF FOOD PAST LONG LINE OF STRIKING WORKERS WAITING FOR THEIR SHARE
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1930s HOUSEWIFE SHUTS REFRIGERATOR. BRINGS GLASS OF MILK TO HER PRETEEN SON. PIPE-SMOKING, NEWSPAPER-
READING FATHER LOOKS ON. MOTHER SITS ON COUCH NEXT TO TEEN SON READING NEWSPAPER. 1930s FAMILY SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. HUSBAND SHOWS WIFE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. POV OVER WOMAN'S SHOULDER |
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TEEN SON SHOWS HIS FATHER UNION NEWSPAPER. POV OVER MAN'S SHOULDER READING TEXTILE LABOR ARTICLE
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POV OVER MAN'S SHOULDER READING "TEXTILE LABOR" IN UNION NEWSPAPER
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STRIKING WORKERS LISTEN TO SPEAKER ON PODIUM. CU MONTAGE WORKERS & THEIR FAMILIES. SPEAKER LEADS WORKERS IN SONG, "WE SHALL OVERCOME"
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CU ARTICLE IN UNION PAPER TEXTILE LABOR
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PAN TEXTILE MILL FROM WATER
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INTERIOR WOOLEN TEXTILE MILL: WORKERS, MACHINES, HUGE LOOMS, SEWERS. CHECKING FABRIC FOR FLAWS.
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CU THICK BOOK "MOODY'S INDUSTRIALS 1949".
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OFFICE. |
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CU ACCOUNTANT TALLYING ON ADDING MACHINE IN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. BOOK KEEPER
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CU FINANCIAL REPORT: TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA FISCAL YEAR MARCH 1, 1948 - FEBRUARY 28, 1949.
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LEGAL DEPARTMENT. LAWYER READING THICK BOOKS
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EXTERIOR CAPITOL BUILDING
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TWO MEN HOLDING POSTER: "YOUR PAC DOLLAR WORKS FOR YOU". POLITICAL ACTION DIRECTOR & GENERAL SECRETARY TREASURER PLANING PAC DRIVE
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ECU FINGER RINGING DOORBELL. HOUSEWIFE ANSWERS DOOR
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YOUNG BLACK WOMAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE
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CU HAND WRITTEN NOTE: "MRS. JACOVIC NEEDS BABY SITTER. PETER JACKSON"
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UNION MEMBERS VOTING. CLOSING CURTAINS.
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SLUM, TENEMENT, URBAN SHACKS
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CLEAN APARTMENT BUILDING. CHILDREN PLAYING ON SWINGS, SLIDING DOWN SLIDE
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CHILDREN RUN AT CAMERA
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MIXED CROWD CLAPPING, APPLAUD. POLICE ON BORDER OF CROWD
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POLICE GET VIOLENT TOWARD STRIKING WORKERS.
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WORKERS WALK DOWN STEPS
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CU OLDER MEN WHO LOOK CONCERNED
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FDR GIVING SPEECH: "THE CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN OF THE WHOLE WORLD MUST LIVE & CAN LIVE"
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CU POLL CURTAINS OPENING, VOTER EXITS AFTER PLACING VOTE
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MEN HOVER OVER HARRY TRUMAN AS HE DIPS HIS PEN &
SIGNS BILL. |
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CU NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON 75c MINIMUM WAGE
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REPORTERS, WORKERS IN TEXTILE LABOR NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
CU PAN PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS SPREAD OUT ON DESK. |
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COLLEGE STUDENTS LEAVING BUILDING. WALKING ON CAMPUS CIRCA LATE 1940s
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CU DOOR: "THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE"
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STUDENTS IN CLASS LEARNING LABOR HISTORY.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, GRIEVANCE HANDLING. ADULTS IN CLASSROOM. MATURE STUDENTS |
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UNION REPRESENTATIVES TALKING TO STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
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UNION MEETING CIRCA 1949. CU MEMBERS
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CU JUDGE BANGS GAVEL
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