Rank and File Movement for Democratic Action Records, 1954-1965

Summary Information

Title: Rank and File Movement for Democratic Action Records
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1965

Creator:
  • Rank and File Movement for Democratic Action
Call Number: Micro 26

Quantity: 3 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records documenting the growth of sentiment for more direct control of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers by its members, of the 1961 formation of the Rank and File Movement for Democratic Action, and of the withdrawal of many west coast leaders from the International and its Pacific Coast Pulp and Paper Mill Employees Association to form the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers. Constituting the files of Burt Wells, secretary-treasurer of both the Rank and File Movement and the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, financial reports, press releases and newsletters, and other records. Also present is information on the Better Union Committee of the United Papermakers and Paperworkers.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0026
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