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Title: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America: Detroit and Midwestern States Joint Board Collection

Genre: Papers,                 

Dates: 1909-1968 (Predominantly, 1940s-50s)     

Size  : 1 linear foot, 1 storage box

Number: 1077           

OCLC #:                   

Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor & Urban Affairs

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The beginnings of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in Detroit go back to 1896, when the Journeymen Tailors, now Local 229 of the Detroit and Midwestern Joint Board, first organized.  Local 229 became a part of the Amalgamated in 1936.  A year later, cleaners and dyers Local 124 was organized under the Amalgamated banner.  During the 1940s, the Amalgamated began organizing among laundry workers and retail and department store employees, who were organized into the Central States Joint Board.

 

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Detroit and Midwestern States Joint Board Collection consists of board minutes and financial reports of the Detroit and Midwestern States Joint Board and member locals.

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Subjects

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Local 229

Clothing workers--Michigan--Trade unions

Textile industry--United States

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Transfers

Audio recordings and several photographs received with the collection have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection.

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        1-1 thru 2     Financial ledger books, 1941-50

        1-3 thru 5     Minutes books, 1909-33, 1958-68

       1-6 thru 18     Detroit and Midwestern States Joint Board minutes, 1944-72

                1-19     Local 33 minutes, 1946-1949 Jan

                1-20     Local 283 minutes, 1946 Sep-1948 Dec

                1-21     Local 391 minutes, 1948 Jun-Oct

                1-22     Local 124 minutes, 1946 Aug-1948 Dec

                1-23     Local 229 minutes, 1946 Sep-1948 Dec

                1-24     Local 229, Bushelmen branch; minutes, 1955-57

                1-25     Local 229, Custom Tailors; minutes, 1955-57

                1-26     Local 229, Cut-Make-Trim Branch, 1955-57

                1-27     Local 229, Detroit Suspender & Belt; minutes, 1946-50

                1-28     Insurance benefits, 1955-57

     1-29 thru 34     Minutes, 1949-57

                1-35     Committee of Tellers corres., 1968

 

 

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