Constitution of California CIO Council on Political Education (Calif. CIO COPE)
n.p. California Industrial Union Council; Council on Political Education, 1956. 27p., staplebound booklet, very good. More
Cat.No: 242742
Congress of Industrial Organizations
From the beginnings: a prologue to a rational attempt to find ways for achieving peace, justice and abundance in a free world which will be presented at the opening of the 6th UAW-CIO International Education Conference, April 8th, 1954, Chicago, Illinois
Detroit: UAW-CIO, 1954. [6p.], staplebound pamphlet, very good. Includes quotes from various historical personages and the Bible. More
Cat.No: 211604
How big is big business?
Washington: Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1947. 47p., staplebound booklet, very good. Some cartoons, illustrated ad in back for a double-sided poster. Several cartoons noted as created by "Chan," possibly a Chinese-American artist. Pamphlet number 158. More
Cat.No: 120137
I'm not a free rider / 128 / OIL-CIO [pinback button]
San Francisco: Mfg. by Olivier Printing, for Oil Workers International Union local 128, [194-?]. 1.25 inch diameter pin, very good, manufacturer's address on the curl. "Free rider" refers to those who benefit from the union's activities but do not pay union dues. More
Cat.No: 237439
[Postcard depicting plump, white-haired boss with worker on his knee, looking at a document together]
New York: CIO Political Action Committee, n.d. 3.5x5.5 inch postcard reproducing color painting, unsigned; perhaps Ben Shahn. The puppetlike "worker" could pass for Thomas E. Dewey, card may relate to the '48 election. More
Cat.No: 131120
Religion speaks to labor
Washington DC: Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1955. [12p.], staplebound pamphlet, very good. More
Cat.No: 211598
The steward's job in building your CIO
Washington: CIO Department of Education and Research, 1953. 56p., wraps, 4.5x6 inches. 10th printing. Publication no. 177. More
Cat.No: 110282
The Tribunit. Vol. 1 No. 5 (February, 1939)
Chicago: Tribune Unite, Chicago Newspaper Guild, 1939. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, mimeographed front and back. Masthead designed to mimic the style of the Chicago Tribune. Headline stories include the firing of a veteran copyreader and formal union protests to judge G. Cleveland Niemeyer for his injunction against Chicago Newspaper Guild..... More
Cat.No: 131201
What's cooking, Joe?
Washington, DC: CIO Political Action Committee, [1947]. 4p., wraps; rubberstamp of California CIO research dept. on back cover. Cover shows family standing around large empty stew pot; asks workers to contribute to the PAC to support labor in the upcoming 1948 elections. More
Cat.No: 131440
Who is holding up national defense? The facts about the General Motors strike [handbill]
Oakland: Strike Committee, United Automobile Workers of America, CIO, [1941]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, creased, lower right edge chipped. The strike came as a result of dissent over a GM speed-up. "This is not Germany. In that country, where the General Motors plants make profits from building trucks for the Nazi..... More
Cat.No: 243273
Winning Grievances; A picture strip that illustrates winning grievance procedure
Detroit: UAW, [194-?]. Pamphlet. 73p., linedrawn sketches printed green, softbound in 5x3 inch red wraps; evenly toned, else very good. Undated, but the sample grievances included are dated 1945 and 1946. Publication number 189. More
Cat.No: 210473
Report of proceedings of the Fiftieth regular convention of the building and construction trades, AFL-CIO held at San Francisco, California September, 1959
Washington/San Francisco: AFL-CIO, 1959. 199p., roll call of delegates, proceedings, index, very good in cloth and gilt. More
Cat.No: 133457
All - labor mass meeting! To fight anti-labor laws. Oakland Auditorium Arean, April 34rd - 8 p.m.
Oakland, CA: Auspices AFL, CIO RR Brotherhoods, Independent Unions, Alameda County Joint Labor Committee to Combat Anti-Labor Legislation, 1947. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches printed on both sides, all text, creased with short closed tears, minor chipping on one edge, uneven browning, pen date - 1947 on both sides. More
Cat.No: 218645
John L. Lewis; an unauthorized biography.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. xi, 387p., cover slightly edge worn, corners bumped, internally very good condition. More
Cat.No: 44351
John L. Lewis; an unauthorized biography.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. Hardcover. xi, 387p., frontis portrait, previous owner's bookplate on verso of half-title page and on dedication page, his stamp is on verso of title page. More
Cat.No: 214637
Proceedings of Conference of International Representatives, A.F. of L. to consider tentative draft American Federation of Labor internal disputes plan. Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, May 14, 1954
[Washington, DC]: American Federation of Labor, 1954. Pamphlet. 41p., wraps, very good condition, 6x9 inches. Includes discussion of AFL / CIO interunion raiding. More
Cat.No: 219111
Report of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor to the seventy-fourth convention, New York, N.Y., December 1, 1955
Washington: American Federation of Labor, 1955. 337p., wraps slightly worn, paper slightly browned. Includes discussion of the upcoming merger with the CIO. More
Cat.No: 99901
Report of the proceedings of the seventy-third convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at Los Angeles, Calif., September 20 to 27, inclusive, 1954 [bound with] Report of the proceedings of the seventy-fourth convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at New York City, N.Y., December 1 and 2, 1955
Washington: American Federation of Labor, 1955. xl, 638. xlviii, 462p., bound in olive green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In 1955 the AFL merged with the CIO. More
Cat.No: 99954
Union security; the case against the "Right-to-Work" laws.
Washington: AFL-CIO, [1958]. ix, 133p., worn and scratched wraps, tables. More
Cat.No: 119659
A.F. of L. vs. C.I.O., the record. Introduction by William Green
Washington: AFL, November 20, 1939. Pamphlet. 79p., wraps edge worn and chipped along the spine, pen marginalia (no underlining). More
Cat.No: 3739
Walter Reuther and the rise of the auto workers
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983. viii, 236p., illus., worn dj. The library of American biography. More
Cat.No: 73994
Union constitutions
New York: The Fund for the Republic, 1959. Pamphlet. 43p., wraps, tables, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 2397
When labor organizes
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. x, 361p., illus., third edition, revised, slightly shelfworn dj. More
Cat.No: 25034
A miner's life; an autobiography edited and supplemented by John O.P. Hall
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. Hardcover. xv, 320p., front., illus., worn dj price clipped with a tear and a faded spine. Leader of the UMWA and the CIO. More
Cat.No: 113
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As we win. [Report of the CIO Postwar Planning Committee]
Washington: Congress of Industrial Organizations, Department of Research & Education, 1944. Pamphlet. 31p., wraps, very good condition, later printing, 5x7.75 inches. CIO publication no. 98. CIO Postwar Planning Committee report no. 1. CIO facts for action. More
Cat.No: 99506