Myron Howard Ross papers, 1944-1950.

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Myron Howard Ross papers, 1944-1950.

https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25533873

Papers collected by Ross relating to two predominantly black labor unions in Winston-Salem, N.C.: Local 22 of the Tobacco Workers Union, an affiliate of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America; and Local 420 of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union, which also included laundry workers. The papers consist principally of mimeographed letters, reports, broadsides, and clippings, and relate to the Tobacco Workers Union campaign to organize workers in Winston-Salem; relations with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; and strikes in 1946 against local laundries, the Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company, and the Winston Leaf Tobacco Company.

About 200 items (0.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7146130

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Piedmont Leaf Tobacco Company.

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Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America

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Winston Leaf Tobacco Company.

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Tobacco Workers International Union. Local 22.

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United mine workers of America

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Tobacco Workers International Union

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Founded in 1895 as the National Tobacco Workers Union of America. Became the Tobacco Workers International Union in 1899 and merged with the Bakery and Confectionary Workers in 1979 to form the Balary, Confectionary and Tobacco Workers International Union. From the description of Archives of the Tobacco Workers International Union, 1896-1979 [microform]. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 29688376 Founded in 1895 as ...

Ross, Myron Howard, 1918-1987,

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Myron Howard Ross of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a United Mine Workers leader. From the description of Myron Howard Ross papers, 1944-1950. WorldCat record id: 25533873 From the guide to the Myron Howard Ross Papers, 1944-1950, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

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