Labor unions -- Organizing

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Documents concerning summer schools for industrial and office workers. Workers' education programs include lessons on economics, labor organizing, and topics relating to women workers with some classes taught by faculty of the hosting schools. Materials include lesson plans, program assessments, articles, and the "Manual for teachers in workers' education."

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. work with employed women and union organizations. Materials include descriptions and summaries of local association interactions with labor unions, policies and procedures regarding YWCA employees and unions, discussion of the relationship between the YWCA National Board and the Industrial Committee, and updates on ongoing labor cases. In addition, these materials contain educational materials for local associations regarding negotiation...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. work with employed women and union organizations. Materials include policies concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. work with employed women, descriptions of services to workers, discussions of the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s role in placement assistance and advice for girls looking for work. Materials regarding the Florence Simms scholarship fund include correspondence regarding the management of the fund. Discussions of the steel, textile, mining, and laundry...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s work with employed women and labor matters. Materials provide data and analysis on working women and wages, discuss social implications of women in the workforce, address matters of married women and working mothers, report on various studies of wages and working women, and provide discussion guides for associations. In addition there are materials regarding women in the work force during World War II, and a pamphlet titled "What about the YWCA...

Scope and Contents Case studies and records of labor issues arranged alphabetically by city or town covering Canton, Ohio through Muncie, Indiana. Materials include overviews of conflicts and negotiations, suggested actions, resolutions, recommendations for conflict management, and other documents. In addition, materials may address union disputes, internal conflicts regarding policies and labor activities, anti-union efforts, and other matters relating to labor work. Material relating to Harlan, Kentucky...

Scope and Contents Case studies and records of labor issues arranged alphabetically by city or town covering Nashville, Tennessee through Rochester, New York. Materials include overviews of conflicts and negotiations, suggested actions, resolutions, recommendations for conflict management, and other documents. In addition, materials may address union disputes, internal conflicts regarding policies and labor activities, anti-union efforts, and other matters relating to labor work. An example of works found here...

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Case studies and records of labor issues arranged alphabetically by city or town covering Saginaw, Michigan through Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Materials include overviews of conflicts and negotiations, suggested actions, resolutions, recommendations for conflict management, and other documents. In addition, materials may address union disputes, internal conflicts regarding policies and labor activities, anti-union efforts, and other matters relating to labor work.

Scope and Contents Case studies and records of labor issues arranged alphabetically with Buffalo, New York appearing first and Akron, Ohio through Brooklyn, New York in alphabetical order following. Materials include overviews of conflicts and negotiations, suggested actions, resolutions, recommendations for conflict management, and other documents. In addition, materials may address union disputes, internal conflicts regarding policies and labor activities, anti-union efforts, and other matters relating to...

Scope and Contents Case studies and records of labor issues arranged alphabetically by city or town covering Winston-Salem, North Carolina through Youngstown, Ohio. Materials include overviews of conflicts and negotiations, suggested actions, resolutions, recommendations for conflict management, and other documents. In addition, materials may address union disputes, internal conflicts regarding policies and labor activities, anti-union efforts, and other matters relating to labor work. In addition, materials...

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Documents concerning the YWCA U.S.A.'s work with labor unions and employed women and girls. Materials include profiles of unions, reports on conferences, information regarding the YWCA's cooperation with and relation to trade unions, and summaries of union interactions with YWCA of the U.S.A. employees and members. Documents are arranged alphabetically by union followed by two sections on YWCA cooperation with unions and a miscellaneous section. 

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Laboratory Division, the group responsible for collecting association statistics, preparing and conducting studies, and preparing and disseminating printed materials. Materials contain reports of the functions and duties of the Laboratory Division, reports from Laboratory Division members, discussion of methods and purpose, overviews of studies conducted, and recommendations for upcoming work.

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the administration, history and industrial work of the YWCA of Buffalo, New York. The association as a charter member of the YWCA of the U.S.A. has a long history of work with women and girls of Buffalo and a strong industrial program. The industrial program works with women in factories, conducts educational programs and advocates for improved working conditions. The industrial women tend to be involved in labor organizing and advocacy and these interest sometimes...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of Buffalo's relationship with the Joint Charities and Community Fund, their leadership rosters and studies. The YWCA of Buffalo has a very active industrial department offering an array of programs that include worker education and labor movement education. These activities sometimes attract accusations of spreading propaganda and communist ideas. Several incidents of criticism from the community eventually lead to a strained relationship with the Joint...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of Buffalo, New York's relationship with unions. The association, having a strong industrial program and working with a community of members that are involved in labor issues has occasion to interact with unions, including as in concerns their own staff. Many of the documents concern ongoing negotiations with a local teacher's union. Correspondence with local, national and union leaders follow the negotiations and demonstrate the complicated relationship between...

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s cooperation with the American Red Cross, the California Conference of Social Work and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.