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- Letter from the general secretaries of the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, and Soft Drink Workers, to Congressman R. M. Guy in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1919-01-14
- In the letter the union representatives ask the congressman not to support the proposed prohibition amendment to the United States constitution: "We urge you to use your influence individually and collectively to prevent the ratification; to...
- 2010-04-23
- "Workers--White and Negro Unite to Win!"
- 1934
- Advertisement for a May Day rally sponsored by the International Labor Defense, to be held Birmingham, Alabama, on May 1. The flier encourages unity among workers of both races to "Defy the terror and Jim Crow orders of the bosses" and to resist...
- 2011-01-13
- "Miners, Fight To Win! Steel Workers, Strike!"
- 1934
- Flier issued by the Communist Party in Birmingham, Alabama, urging local steel industry employees ("Working men and women, white and Negro!") to join the general miners' strike: "The miners' strike must be won! They can win the war against the NRA...
- 2011-01-13
- "Mill Workers Go on a Strike."
- 1934-07-13
- "Dwight Cotton Mills First of Alabama Textiles to Meet Labor Tie-Up." This article lists the workers' demands and mentions that representatives of the textile union will soon meet to discuss the possibility of a statewide strike.
- 2010-07-27
- Telegram from Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers of America in Washington, D.C., to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-09-01
- Gorman was the chairman of the National Special Strike Committee of the union. In the message he announces that a strike will soon begin in textile mills across the country. He explains the workers' demands and maintains that "our strike will be an...
- 2010-02-10
- Telegram from O. F. Woolf, secretary of the United Textile Workers of America, to Governor Benjamin Miller in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1934-09-19
- In the message Woolf commends the governor for not sending National Guardsmen to interfere with the textile strike: "Seven hundred workers out and peace and quiet prevails but if guards were stationed here trouble would be inevitable."
- 2010-02-10
- "Mill Whistles Sound, Workers Back on Jobs."
- 1934-09-26
- This article discusses the resumption of activity in several of Huntsville's cotton mills after the unsuccessful nationwide textile strike (which began as a statewide strike): "No discriminations of any kind were reported today as the textile...
- 2010-07-27
- Memorandum of the conference between the Alabama State Highway Department and road workers who were striking in Bibb County.
- 1936-08-04
- In the memorandum a representative from the Alabama Department of Labor gives details about the conflict and subsequent resolution. The workers were striking for shorter work days and higher pay; the Highway Department approved an increase in ...
- 2009-08-24
- "Boykin Votes to Kill Veto on Farm Workers."
- 1945-05-04
- This article discusses Boykin's opposition to the presidential veto of a bill proposing draft deferments for farm employees. From The Mobile Register.
- 2009-09-15