Geneva Central Labor Union Records
Collection Number: 5352
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Geneva Central Labor Union
Records, 1919-1968
Collection Number:
5352
Creator:
Geneva Central Labor Union
(Geneva, NY)
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents) .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection includes incoming letters, minute books,
financial records, copies of agreements, and various documents relating to the
operation of the Geneva Federation of Labor and the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 840 (Geneva, N.Y.).
Language:
Collection material in English
The Geneva Federation of Labor serves as the central labor body of Geneva, N.Y. From
October 1959 to January 1967, the organization was known as the Ontario, Yates and
Wayne County Federation of Labor.
Major unions affiliated with the Federation include the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, the International Association of Machinists, the Amalgamated Meatcutters
and Butcher Workmen, the Optical and Instrument Workers of America, the American
Federation of Grain Millers, the Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers' International
Union of America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
The collection includes incoming letters, minute books, financial records, copies of
agreements, and various documents relating to the operation of the Geneva Federation
of Labor and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 840
(Geneva, N.Y.).
Specifically, the collection includes incoming letters to the Geneva Federation of
Labor from officers of the affiliated locals dealing with employment of non-union
workers by contracted employers (1925); jurisdictional disputes between IBEW and the
Switchmen's Union (1919); disability benefits for members of affiliated unions
(1925); expulsion of members from the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners for membership in the Trade Union Educational League (1925); the resignation
of the Journeymen Barbers, Local 7 (1973); the "Buy American" campaign (1971); and
the Labor Committee on Justice in Northern Ireland (n.d.)
Includes, as well, a Geneva Federation of Labor account book covering the years
1951-1959, detailing revenues and expenses of the Federation.
Also various documents relating to Geneva Federation of Labor operations, including
applications for membership; questionnaires concerning working conditions in the
area; and receipts and statements relating to Federation financial transactions
(n.d.)
The IBEW, Local 840 file contains incoming letters relating to the origins of Local
840 (1918, 1966); entrance examination results (n.d.); jurisdictional disputes
(1918, 1919, 1922, 1925); constitutional changes (1921); alleged mistreatment of a
fair employer by Local 840 (1924); National Joint Apprenticeship Program (1945);
wage scales of various IBEW locals since 1900 (1924); finances of the local (1945);
and personnel matters (1946). Other documents include rituals of IBEW (n.d.); by-
laws of the Geneva Federation of Labor (n.d.); agreements with local employers
(1919-1938); a graph showing union wage movements from 1937-1969; and applications
for membership (n.d.).
Names:
Geneva Federation of Labor (N.Y.)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Switchmen's Union of North America
Trade Union Educational League (U.S.)
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, Local 187.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Local 840.
Subjects:
Disability insurance z New York (State) z Geneva.
Open and closed shop z New York (State) z Geneva.
Apprentices. Electric industries. United States.
Contracting out. Electric industries. New York
(State). Geneva.
Trade-union expulsion. New York (State). Geneva.
Trade-union insurance. United States.
Trade-union rituals.
Trade-unions. Barbers. New York (State). Geneva.
Trade-unions. Carpenters. New York (State).
Geneva.
Trade-unions. Electric industry workers. New York
(State). Geneva.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Geneva. Local
unions.
Trade-unions. New York (State). Geneva.
Jurisdictional disputes.
Trade-unions. Railroads. New York (State).
Geneva.
Wages. Electric industries. United States.
Working conditions. New York (State). Geneva.
Geographic Subjects:
Geneva (N.Y.)
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents).
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a
reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
Geneva Central Labor Union Records #5352. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1952-1959 | |
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July 1952-September 1959
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1939-1953 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1953-1971 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1925-1972 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1924-1925 | |
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Geneva, NY
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1921-1924 | |
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1918-1966 | |
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Geneva, NY; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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