United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327AFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentKehrer, E.T., 1921-1996United States. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionCouch, Henry J.Brown, William H., III196619691970Consists of documents related to minority participation in apprenticeship programs, labor unions, and union jobs, particularly in the building trades. Includes a report on a 1969 dispute between African-American activists, unions, and employers in Chicago and correspondence and records related to 1970 EEOC hearings in Houston, Texas.The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Apprenticeship and Training Programs, general reports, 1966, 1969, 1970Southern Labor Archiveshttps://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/4391596Apprenticeship, Recruitment, and Training Programs, 1966-1978AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)Labor leadersLabor unionsLabor union membersAfrican American labor union membersApprenticeship programsApprenticeship programs--Government policyApprenticeship programs--EvaluationBuilding tradesDiscrimination in employmentAffirmative action programsManpower policyAFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentUnited States. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionMechanical Specialty Contractors Associations of ChicagoCoalition for United Community ActionInternational Longshoremen's AssociationShell Oil CompanyApprenticeship and Training Programs, general reports, 1966, 1969, 1970Text