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Summary Information
Cotton, Watt, Jones and King Records
1947-1995
- Cotton, Watt, Jones and King
M99-054; Audio 1887A
265.4 cubic feet (265 records center cartons and 1 archives box), 1 film reel, 1 videorecording, 6 tape recordings, and 9 photographs
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records created by Cotton, Watt, Jones and King, the law firm which served as legal counsel for the United Packinghouse Workers of America and, after merger, the meat packing unions of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Law partners Eugene Cotton and Irving M. King figure prominently in the firm's representation of the union. The collection consists of legal case files reflecting the wide range of the union's problems and activities. Subjects of the cases include the formation of national and local contracts between union and company; inclusion of new plants in union agreements; plant closings and company bankruptcies involving settlements of issues of severance pay, pensions, and transfer rights; individual and group grievances; equal employment provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, concerning race, nationality, and sex discrimination, and male-female seniority relationships; strike injunction suits; organization and elections for new locals; and mergers of employers. The later files mainly document cases involving plant closings. The videotape, film, tape recordings, and photographs all concern cases involving strikes. This collection is unprocessed.
English
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