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My 60 years as a labor activist. From the great depression to the new century. The life story of an incorrigible radical who never stopped fighting for working people

My 60 years as a labor activist. From the great depression to the new century. The life story of an incorrigible radical who never stopped fighting for working people

by Kelber, Harry

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1996
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New York: A.G. Publishing, 1996. Paperback. 283p., wraps slightly shelf worn else very good condition, signed & inscribed "To Si and Sophie Gerson, with admiration for your lifelong contribution to the American working class, Harry Kelber, July 5, 1998." Union printer, CIO activist, academic, and labor journalist. Included is a section on his time as a member of the… Read more about this item
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Free Labor in a Free World: The Cornerstone of Democracy is the Free Trade Union Movement

Free Labor in a Free World: The Cornerstone of Democracy is the Free Trade Union Movement

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1954
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Washington DC: CIO Department for International Affairs and the Free World Labor Fund, in cooperation with CARE, Inc, 1954. Pamphlet. Eight panel brochure, 3.5x7.75 inches, very good condition. Program to support non-Communist unions abroad.
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Report on Israel. This pamphlet incorporates the report of an official CIO delegation which visited the Republic of Israel in May, 1949. The delegation was requested by President Murray to prepare a 'detailed report on labor and government progress' in that new nation

Report on Israel. This pamphlet incorporates the report of an official CIO delegation which visited the Republic of Israel in May, 1949. The delegation was requested by President Murray to prepare a 'detailed report on labor and government progress' in that new nation

by Potofsky, Jacob S., Joseph Curran and Maxwell Brandwen

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1949
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Washington: CIO Publications Department, 1949. Pamphlet. 32p. staplebound pamphlet, year penned inside front cover, otherwise very good. CIO Publications Department, publication no. 172.
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The magnificent Columbia: CVA, an over-all plan for the valley

The magnificent Columbia: CVA, an over-all plan for the valley

by Congress of Industrial Organizations, Committee on Regional Development and Conservation

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1949
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Washington DC: CIO Dept. of Education and Research, 1949. Pamphlet. 23p. staplebound booklet, very good. Discusses plans for the Columbia River Valley including hydroelectric power, forestry, fisheries, soil conservation, etc.
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The CIO and the war; presenting speeches, reports and resolutions adopted on the question of American labor's attitude toward the European war at the San Francisco Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, October 10-13, 1939

The CIO and the war; presenting speeches, reports and resolutions adopted on the question of American labor's attitude toward the European war at the San Francisco Convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, October 10-13, 1939

by Congress of Industrial Organizations

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1939
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Washington, D.C.: Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1939. Pamphlet. 23p. staplebound pamphlet, very good. Publication no. 34.
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Taxes to win: text and discussion of CIO's 1943 victory tax program, adopted at the CIO executive board meeting, February

Taxes to win: text and discussion of CIO's 1943 victory tax program, adopted at the CIO executive board meeting, February

by Congress of Industrial Organizations

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1943
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Washington: CIO, 1943. Pamphlet. 14p. staplebound pamphlet, very good. CIO Publication no. 79. Calls for higher taxes on war profits without burdening workers, as a way to raise funds for the war effort.
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The church speaks out for labor

The church speaks out for labor

by Committee for Industrial Organization

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1937
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[Washington DC]: Committee for Industrial Organization, 1937. Brochure. Single sheet folded to make four panels, 4x9 inches, minor creasing else very good condition. (Publication no. 16).
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[Small archive of internal disputes within the International Brotherhood of Carpenters including anonymous newsletter The Bay Area Carpenter, a bulletin, and a letter]
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[Small archive of internal disputes within the International Brotherhood of Carpenters including anonymous newsletter The Bay Area Carpenter, a bulletin, and a letter]

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1938
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San Francisco: The Bay Area Carpenter [Anonymous rank and file of Carpenters' Local 36], 1938. Ephemera. Small archive includes the five issues of the anonymous rank and file newsletter, "The Bay Area Carpenter," and the first issue after the title changed to, "Building Trades News," in folded newsletter format [4p. each]. Throughout, newsletters are evenly toned with light middle-creases,… Read more about this item
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These Are Our Allies. Give

These Are Our Allies. Give "One Hour's Pay a Month

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1943
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Washington DC: National CIO War Relief Committee, 1943. Pamphlet. Four panel brochure, 4.25x6.5 inches, wraps unevenly toned, date penciled on rear wrap, else very good condition.
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Strike bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1

Strike bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1

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1937
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Youngstown, OH: Steel Workers' Organizing Committee (C.I.O), 1937. Handbill. 7x11 inch handbill bulletin; bottom-edge is chipped, slightly creased, and mildly toned, date penciled on front, otherwise in very good condition.
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The closed shop

The closed shop

by Toner, Jerome L.; foreword by Rt. Rev. John A. Ryan

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1942
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Washington: American Council on Public Affairs, 1942. Hardcover. viii, 205p., original cloth binding, small stain on bottom edge of textblock, pages lightly toned along edges, else very good condition. No dust jacket. Studies in labor.
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The closed shop

The closed shop

by Toner, Jerome L.; foreword by Rt. Rev. John A. Ryan

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1944
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Washington: American Council on Public Affairs, 1944. Paperback. viii, 205p., light handling wear, else very good condition. Studies in labor.
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A national wage policy for 1947, analysis prepared for the Congress of Industrial Organizations

A national wage policy for 1947, analysis prepared for the Congress of Industrial Organizations

by Nathan, Robert R. and Oscar Gass

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1946
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Washington DC: Robert R. Nathan Associates, 1946. Pamphlet. 71p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, charts, tables, wraps edgeworn, front wrap lightly toned along edges, else very good condition.
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Executive's Labor Letter [3 newsletters]

Executive's Labor Letter [3 newsletters]

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1945
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New York: National Foreman's Institute, Inc, 1945. Newsletter. Three 8.5x11 inch pro-management newsletters; minor edgewear on 1943 issue, punch-holes along spine, otherwise very good. "Devoted exclusively to reporting, interpreting and forecasting significant news of labor affairs.
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The Issue, published semi-monthly by State, County and Municipal Workers of America, Local 138, CIO. Vol. 1 no. 1 (Feb. 15, 1940)

The Issue, published semi-monthly by State, County and Municipal Workers of America, Local 138, CIO. Vol. 1 no. 1 (Feb. 15, 1940)

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Buffalo, NY: Local 138, SCMWA, 1940. Newsletter. 4p., 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left, very good. Newsletter for caseworkers and clerks in the field of public welfare.
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To the delegates of the Central Labor Council of Buffalo and Vicinity [handbill]

To the delegates of the Central Labor Council of Buffalo and Vicinity [handbill]

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1937
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Buffalo, NY: Progressive Bloc of the Central Labor Council of Buffalo and Vicinity, 1937. Handbill. 8.5x14 inch sheet mimeographed both sides, horizontal fold crease, some uneven toning. Opposes William Green's request to expel CIO unions from Central Labor bodies. Cites recent valiant efforts by the CIO in the automotive and steel industries, concluding that "It would play directly into… Read more about this item
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The Aircraft News. Vol. IV no. 14 (April 9, 1941)

The Aircraft News. Vol. IV no. 14 (April 9, 1941)

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1941
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Buffalo, NY: The Aircraft, 1941. Newsletter. 4p., 8.5x11 inch newsletter, very good but for penned note at the end stating "Curtiss Aeroplane employees in dependent union." Issued by a union more cooperative with management than the CIO, which this issue harshly attacks. Discusses the expulsion of two members who had "slandered and libeled the Officers, the Council and the… Read more about this item
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Chester Wright's labor letter [4 newsletters]

Chester Wright's labor letter [4 newsletters]

by Wright, Chester M.

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1941
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Washington DC: Chester M. Wright and Associates, Inc, 1941. Newsletter. Four newsletters; [4p.], single sheet folded to 8.5x11 inches; faint toning and handling, else in very good condition. All newsletters from 1941- May 3rd & 10th, August 16th, and September 13th.
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Cooperate for wage increases [handbill]

Cooperate for wage increases [handbill]

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1941
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[Buffalo, NY]: Curtiss Local #753, UAW-CIO, 1941. Handbill. 8.5x11 inches; dated in pencil on front, else very good.
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Women's Auxiliary News [two issues]

Women's Auxiliary News [two issues]

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1941
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Detroit: IUUAWA-CIO, 1941. Two issues of the mimeographed, 8.5x11 inch newsletter, vol. 1 no. 1 and vol. 2 no. 2, eight and six pages respectively, very good. Much discussion of the work of the United Auto Workers' Women's Auxiliary members, "Not only in strike kitchens and on picket lines, but before welfare boards and common councils and legislative committees… Read more about this item
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