Labor contracts
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of labor contracts dated from 1938-1977. Unions represented within the collection are Retail Clerks Union Local No. 1116, General Drivers Union Local No. 346, Meat Cutters and Butchers Local No. 12, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 31.
Dates
- 1938-1977
Creator
- Retail Clerks Union Local No. 1116 (Organization)
- General Drivers Union Local No. 346 (Organization)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 31 (Organization)
- Meat Cutters and Butchers Local No. 12 (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Retail Clerks International Union, then known as the Retail Clerks National Protective Union, was chartered by the American Federation of Labor in 1890. At the point that it was chartered, the union was made up only of workers from the Clothing and Gents Furnishings and Shoe Store in Muskegon, Michigan.
Two years later, the RCNPA chartered with seven locals, and its membership spread throughout the Midwest, including stores in Indiana, Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio and Illinois. By 1899, the union officially became an international when a local was chartered in British Columbia, Canada.
Retail Clerks Union Local No. 1116 was based in Northern Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin.
Extent
6.00 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of labor contracts dated from 1938-1977. Unions represented within the collection are Retail Clerks Union Local No. 1116, General Drivers Union Local No. 346, Meat Cutters and Butchers Local No. 12, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 31.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.
- Agreements (Contracts) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Contracts Subject Source: Local sources
- Labor unions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor, Organized Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor-management relations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Work Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Labor contracts
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
