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Labor Unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Portland Federation of Teachers records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2354
Abstract

Records include correspondence, 1920-1974; membership rolls, 1954-1972; bulletins, 1944-1962; administrative records, 1919; documents regarding salaries, civil rights, retirement, and school financing; and documents of other teaching associations, including the High School Teachers Union and the Oregon Education Association. Collection is partially processed.

Dates: 1919-1974

Portland Jobs with Justice records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll827
Abstract

Collection consists of the records of the Portland, Oregon coalition of Jobs with Justice, a national non-profit organization advocating for workers' rights. The records document several campaigns and other activities of the Portland branch from the tenure of its first executive director, Margaret Butler, from its founding in 1991 through 2016, and cover labor issues and actions primarily in the Pacific Northwest but also across the nation and the world.

Dates: 1988-2019; Majority of material found within 1995-2012

Speech to the Pacific Northwest History Conference

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1237
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of a speech given by Ernest E. Baker to the Pacific Northwest History Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 3, 1974, on the history of the International Longshoremen's Association and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.

Dates: 1974 May 3

Spruce Production Division lantern slides

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1062
Abstract

Lantern slides depicting activities of the Spruce Production Division in Oregon and Washington State during World War I.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Oral history interview with Herman R. Teeple

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11386
Abstract

Oral history interview with Herman R. Teeple conducted by Nellie M. Fox-Edwards on March 15, 1992. Teeple discusses his involvement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1992 March 15

United Steelworkers of America Local 2070 records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1006
Abstract

Records of United Steelworkers of America Local 2070 of Portland, Oregon, compiled by Jack Heathman (1911-1994), who served as the local's president and as chair of the grievance committee. Local 2070 represented workers at the American Can Company's plant in Portland from 1938 until 1960, when the plant relocated to Eugene, Oregon.

Dates: 1945-1960