mums134 Textile Workers Union of America New Bedford Joint Board Records, 1942-1981 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Ken Fones-Wolf. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
2003

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 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric Steven Cartier. 2003-08-15 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu226 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Textile Workers Union of America New Bedford Joint Board Records, 1942-1981 Finding Aid Manuscript Number 134 Compiled by Ken Fones-Wolf February 1988 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Textile Workers of America New Bedford Joint Board Textile Workers of America New Bedford Joint Board Records 1942-1981 MS 134 19 boxes (9 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Four local unions located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, that joined in 1939 and became the first affiliates of the New Bedford Joint Board of the Textile Workers Union of America. Includes by-laws, minutes of board of directors and local meetings, correspondence, subject files, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to the administration of the New Bedford Joint Board, documenting its role in addressing grievances filed against individual companies, in facilitating arbitration, and hearing wage stabilization Board cases. English. Historical Note

The Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) was created in 1939, formed from a combination of the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC-CIO) and the United Textile Workers of America (UTWA). At the time, there were four local unions in the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts (Locals 19, 30, 46, and 136), all under the jurisdiction of TWOC-CIO. With the creation of TWUA in 1939, these locals affiliated themselves with the New Bedford Joint Board. At its peak, the New Bedford Joint Board, TWUA represented approximately 14,000 workers. For more information about the Textile Workers Union of America and the New Bedford, see the pamphlets and booklets in box 19.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

By-laws, minutes of board of directors and local meetings, correspondence, subject files, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to the administration of the New Bedford Joint Board, documenting its role in addressing grievances filed against individual companies, in facilitating arbitration, and hearing wage stabilization Board cases. Correspondents include J. William Belanger (first president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO), Victor Canzano (a member of the Executive Council of TWUA), John Chupka (general secretary-treasurer of TWUA), Arthur Harriman (mayor of New Bedford), and William Pollock (an executive vice president and later general president of TWUA). The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, dated from 1960 to 1971, that pertain to the New Bedford Joint Board and labor issues concerning the state of Massachusetts and the nation as a whole.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into four series:

Series 1. Administration, 1947-1970 Series 2. Subject Files, 1944-1981 Series 3. Arbitrations and Grievances, 1942-1977 Series 4. Miscellany, 1944-1971

The collection is open for research.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Textile Workers Union of America New Bedford Joint Board Records (MS 134). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from Bronwen Zwirner, ACTWU, Education Director, New England Joint Board.

Processed by Ken Fones-Wolf, February 1988.

 Search Terms Belanger, J. William. Canzano, Victor. Chupka, John. Harriman, Arthur. Pollock, William. Textile Workers Union of America. New Bedford Joint Board. Congress of Industrial Organizations. Labor unions--Massachusetts--New Bedford. Textile industry--Massachusetts. New Bedford (Mass.)--Economic conditions--20th century. Series 1. Administration1947-1970 1 1-2 By-laws 1954, 1961 1 3 New Bedford Joint Board History 1964 1 4-13 Board of Directors, Minutes 1947-1967 2 14 Berkshire-Hathaway Coordinating Committee, Minutes 1961-1962 2 15 Local 30, Minutes 1959-1960 2 16-17 Local 590, Minutes 1954-1960 2 18 Local 616, Minutes 1959-1960 2 19 Local 1123, Minutes 1959-1960 2 20 Local 1124, Minutes 1959-1960 2 21-22 Local 1129, Minutes 1954-1960 2 23 Local 1192, Minutes 1960 2 24 Local 1393, Minutes 1959 2 25 Local Petitions 1958-1960 3 26-29 Correspondence - General 1965-1968 3 30 AFL-CIO 1949-1957 3 31-32 Belanger, J. Wm. 1959-1964 3 33-37 Canzano, Victor 1959-1966 4 38-44 Chupka, John 1960-1967 4 45 Mayor, Harriman, Arthur 1951 4 46 Legislative Comm. 1955-1965 4 47-49 Pollock, William 1959-1970 Series 2. Subject Files1944-1981 5 50 CIO Veterans Committee 1944-1946 5 51 Dyers and Printers Pension Fund 1950-1951 5 52 Labor Day Celebrations 1952-1957 5 53 Leadership Training Institute 1962 5 54 Massachusetts (State) Advisory Committee on the Textile Industry 1950-1962 5 55-57 Massachusetts AFL-CIO Conventions 1966-1977 5 58 Massachusetts Division of Employment Security 1946-1956 5 59 Massachusetts Workmen's Compensation Laws 1946-1952 5 60-61 New Bedford & Cape Cod Labor Council 1956-1968 5 62 New Bedford Fair Employment Practices Council 1949-1950 6 63 New Bedford Joint Board, Officer Installations 1949-1959 6 64 New Bedford Textile Institute 1951-1958 6 65 Steward's Manual n.d. 6 66 Teamsters 1962 6 67 TWUA Conventions 1958-1981 6 68 TWUA Cotton and Rayon Conference 1947 6 69 TWUA Institutes 1951-1964 6 70 TWUA Tenth Anniversary 1949 6 71 TWUA Woolen and Worsteds Conference 1947 6 72 Unemployment 1944-1947 6 73 United States Department of Labor 1951-1956 6 74 United Textile Workers 1957 6 75 Vacation Pay 1950 6 76 War Manpower Commission Case 1945 Series 3. Arbitration and Grievance1942-1977 Subseries A. Arbitration 7 77 General Information 1948-1976 7 78 American Arbitration Association 1955-1977 7 79 American Woolen Company 1949-1954 7 80 Alanjo, Inc. 1947 7 81-82 Allen Beam Co. 1945-1951 7 83 Fawcett Mills 1962 7 84-88 Firestone Textiles 1945-1949 7 89-90 Fisk Card Mills 1951 7 91-93 Gosnold Mills Corp. 1946-1954 8 94-96 Kilburn Mill 1949-1950 8 97-100 Nashwena Mills 1944-1949 8 101-102 Naushon Mills 1944-1948 8 103-107 New Bedford Cordage 1942-1953 8 108-110 New Bedford Cotton Manufacturer's Association 1944-1945 8 111 New Bedford Cotton Textile Mills 1946 8 112-113 New Bedford - Fall River Manufacturer's Association 1946-1949 8 114-116 Nonquitt Mills 1943-1946 9 117-118 Nonquitt Mills 1949-1950 9 119 Normandy Print Works 1949 9 120-124 Pierce Brothers 1947-1950 9 125-134 Rayon Company 1942-1962 10 135-143 Rayon Company 1962-1968 10 144-147 Seaplant Chemical Corp. 1952-1957 10 148-156 Soule Mills 1943-1947 11 157-160 Soule Mills 1948-1949 11 161-168 United States Rubber Co. 1944-1953 11 169-171 Wamsutta Mills 1948-1950 12 172-175 Wamsutta Mills 1956-1959 Subseries B. Grievances 13 176 General File - Grievance Ledger 1943-1953 13 177 Alanjo, Inc. 1948 13 178-179 Allen Beam 1955-1957 13 180 Cameo Curtains 1972-1974 13 181-189 Gosnold Mills Corp. 1950-1954 13 190-191 Hathaway Manufacturing Co. 1949 13 192 Kilburn Mill 1943-1950 13 193 Krim-Ko 1952-1959 13 194 Lambeth Corp. 1946-1977 14 195-201 Nashwena Mills 1945-1952 14 202 Naushon Mills 1943-1948 14 203 New Bedford Cordage 1947-1959 14 204 New Bedford Knitting Co. 1955 14 205 New Bedford Rayon Co. 1943-1970 14 206 Nonquitt Mills 1944 14 207 Normandy Print Works 1951-1952 14 208-209 Quisset Screen Print 1943-1950 14 210 Rubin, J. &- Sons 1964-1965 14 211 Salco Products Corp. 1961 14 212 Soule Mill 1943-1954 15 213-223 Soule Mill 1949-1953 15 224-225 United States Rubber Co. 1944-1953 15 226-230 Wamsutta Mills 1943-1957 16 231 Retirement Notices - Soule Mill 1955-1957 16 232 Retirement Notices - Berkshire-Hathaway 1959-1963 16 233 Vacation Pay Disputes 1944-1947 Subseries C. Massachusetts Wage Stabilization Board Cases 17 234 WSB Manual 1951 17 235-239 General Information 1951-1953 17 240 Allen Beam Co. 1951 17 241 Gosnold Mill 1951 17 242 Kilburn Mill 1951 17 243 Krim-Ko Corp. 1951 17 244 Lillie, Dexter P. 1951 17 245 Nashwena 1951 17 246 New Bedford Cordage 1951 17 247 New Bedford Joint Board 1951 17 248 New Bedford Knitting Co. 1951 17 249 New Bedford Rayon Co. 1951 17 250 New Bedford Shuttle Co. 1951 17 251 New England Stencil Co. 1951 17 252 Normandy Print Works 1951-1952 17 253 Quisset Print Works 1952 17 254 Sedman Weaving Corp. 1951 17 255 Soule Mill 1951 17 256 United State Rubber Co. 1951 17 257 Universal Converting Corp. 1951 17 258 Wamsutta Mill 1951 Series 4. Miscellaneous1944-1971 18 259-265 NLRB Non-Communist Affidavits 1955-1956 19 266 New Bedford Silver Anniversary Booklet 1964 19 267 "Building a Textile Union" 1948 19 268 "They Said It Couldn't Be Done" 1964 19 269 "Field Day, Lincoln Park, 1944" Souvenir 1944 19 270 Scrapbook 1960-1961 19 271 Scrapbook 1966-1968 19 272 Scrapbook 1970-1971