- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Complaints
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996 - Date of Original:
- 1965
1966
1967 - Subject:
- African American labor union members
Discrimination in employment
Labor unions--Organizing
Race discrimination
Strikes and lockouts
Race relations
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Langdale Corporation
Colonial Stores Incorporated
Masonite Corporation
Mississippi Wood Preserving Company
Avo Corporation
United States. Army Materials Research Agency
International Typographical Union. Local 48 (Atlanta, Ga.)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Local 315 (Atlanta, Ga.)
International Association of Machinists - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Meany, George, 1894-1980 - Location:
- United States, Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, 27.94752, -82.45843
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Valdosta, 30.83334, -83.28032
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, Mississippi, Jones County, Laurel, 31.69405, -89.13061
United States, Mississippi, Lincoln County, Brookhaven, 31.57906, -90.44065
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444 - Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of notes, correspondence, status updates and memos related to the grievances against companies and integration of unions. Topics include: integration of Brotherhood of Railway Carmen; IBEW Local 108 recruitment of Black members; Typographical Local 48 complaint; United Packinghouse Workers strike on Langdale Corporation and complaint of discrimination against Black workers against Langdale Company; complaint against Iron Workers Local 387 racial discrimination regarding the iron workers examination; complaint against Colonial Stores Incorporated on failure to pay union scale; complaint of long-lasting discriminatory practices at Masonite Corporation; Atlanta Painters EEOC complaint regarding the integration of the locals; Complaint against Murray Biscuit Company anti-union activities; complaint against AVO Corporation by IAMAW regarding discrimination on the basis of race; EEOC complaint against Atlanta Army Depot for racial discrimination.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/102719
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1989-17_05_2838_006, Series V: Complaints and Grievances, 1965-1988, AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 143 pages
- Original Collection:
- Complaints
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/433
2838
Series V: Complaints and Grievances, 1965-1988
AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department Records (L1989-17) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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