Leonard Scott Union Prevention and Counter-Union Campaign Consulting Files
Collection Number: 6474
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Leonard Scott Union Prevention and
Counter-Union Campaign Consulting Files, 1966-2013
Collection Number:
6474
Creator:
Scott, Leonard;
West Coast Industrial Relations Association (WCIRA)
West Coast Industrial Relations Association (WCIRA)
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents) .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of union-prevention training
materials, files from counter-union campaigns, and other anti-union consulting
records. These records were collected by Leonard C. Scott, a Cornell University, ILR
School alumnus and human resources consultant. The materials were collected between
1966 and 2013. Leonard C. Scott specialized in combatting union organizing and in
developing programs to keep companies operating in a union-free environment. The
collection consists of various anti-union campaign material from various companies
and relevant articles.
Language:
Collection material in English, Spanish
Leonard C. Scott was a human resources professional and an anti-union advocate, based
mostly in Illinois and later Texas. He had been a corporate human resources and
labor relations executive, providing consulting services to a broad range of
American and foreign owned companies. He also taught business and human resources
management courses at several colleges. He appeared on a number of radio talk shows,
wrote articles in various magazines and made presentations at national and
international professional and trade associations.
Leonard C. Scott received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois, a
Master's degree in Economics from Northwestern University, and was a PhD candidate
at Cornell University's ILR School. He served as a graduate student assistant to
Prof. Milton R. Konvitz, in 1963, but he did not complete his doctoral program.
During his career, Mr. Scott worked in the field of human resources consulting and
union prevention/counter-union services. He was the Labor Relations Manager at Union
Carbide's Crystal Products Plant in East Chicago, Indiana, during the collective
bargaining strike (1966-1967), against Union Carbide Corporation by the Chemical
Workers Union, the United Steel Workers Union, and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic
Workers Union (OCAW). He developed an "Inclusive Capitalism" program at the PSN
Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial fasteners, in Elk Grove, Illinois. In the
1970s, Mr. Scott worked for West Coast Industrial Relations Association (WCIRA), the
second largest anti-union firm during the 1970s and 1980s. He was the head of its
Mid-America Employee Relations Association (MERA) division in Oak Brook, Illinois,
until WCIRA ceased operations and MERA went out of business. At that time, he
continued to operate a consulting business under Leonard Scott & Company in
the areas of union prevention, executive search, and human resource consulting for
foreign companies starting up in the US. Domestically, he collaborated with a number
of companies in various industries, such as healthcare, energy, and food. Several of
his major foreign company clients were Arthur Young & Co. (UK), Marazzi
Ceramica, (Italy), Ericsson Telecom (Sweden), Uddeholm Steel (Sweden), and Delta
Daily Foods (Canada).
Mr. Scott believed that corporate human resources could help employees. However, in
the 1980s, 1990s and beyond, he discovered that more and more manufacturers, who
successfully blocked union organizing among their employees, eschewed the
recommendations of their union avoidance campaign consultants. He also found that
the in-house human resources managers failed to set up positive employee relations
programs after they successfully defeated unionization attempts. Instead,
manufacturing companies began to offshore their production operations, as well as to
reduce the number of employees.
Mr. Scott's parents were union members in the 1920s and 30s in Chicago, IL. His
mother, Lottie Czarnecki, was a member of Local 1031, International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers A.F. of L. His father, Thaddes Czarnecki, was an organizer for
the American Bakery & Confectionery Workers' International Union AFL-CIO in
the 1930s.
Inclusive date range: 1966-2013
Bulk dates: 1975-1980
The collection consists of reports, questionnaires, letters, programs, articles and
newspaper clippings, memorandums, books, event records, handwritten notes, and
pamphlets related to counter-union campaign activities, mostly between 1966 and
1985. The collection documents Scott's important counter-union campaigns, with
examples of similar cases.
More specifically, the collection contains a copy of the Daily Strike Record of the
OCAW strike at the Union Carbide Crystal Products Plant in East Chicago, Indiana,
with relevant announcements and handwritten notes. The collection also includes a
letter, news clippings and other records related to the Hood River Memorial Hospital
counter-union campaign. One of the significant organizations represented in these
files is the West Coast Industrial Relations Association (WCIRA). The collection
contains records related to the WCIRA Industrial Relations Audit program; records
about the organization's campaign procedures; copies of WCIRA reports to clients on
establishing positive employee relations programs; WCIRA materials used in
counter-union campaign marked "Campaign Information;" and, WCIRA internal materials
sent from headquarters to consultants in the field marked "Campaigns."
The collection also contains pamphlets about the role of a supervisor and pressures
in today's workplace; explanation of the legal case Sioux Products v. National Labor
Relations Board; memoranda, notes, correspondence, articles, and other records from
the Law Offices of Warren C. Ogden. There are also memoranda, newspaper clippings,
and other records of counter-union activities in different industries. The
collection also includes reports of sessions with employees to air complaints,
called "ventilation meetings" for various companies. Moreover, there is a variety of
counter-union campaign material samples, created by Leonard Scott and Company.
Finally, the collection includes two books, Leonard C. Scott wrote about the PSN
Corporation's "Inclusive Capitalism" program, as well as miscellaneous newspaper
clippings and articles regarding counter-union campaigns, union avoidance, strikes
and more.
Collection processed by intern Eirva Diamessis as part of the requirements for
reciept of a Master of Library Science.
Names:
Scott, Leonard
Long, Fred.
Ogden, Warren C.
West Coast Industrial Relations Association
(WCIRA)
Leonard Scott and Company
United States. National Labor Relations Board.
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International
Union
Labor Relations Reporters.
Office and Professional Employees International
Union.
Labor Relations Association. Inc.
Industrial Relations, Inc.
Subjects:
Union busting
United States. National Labor Relations Act
Labor unions--Organizing
Supervisors
Strikes
Chemical industry--Employees--Labor unions
Hospitals--Employees
Hispanic American professional employees
Chemical workers--United States.
Human Resources
Industrial relations--Research--United States.
Personnel management--United States.
Anti-union campaign
Inclusive Capitalism
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:
Leonard Scott Union Prevention and Counter-Union Campaign Consulting Files #6474.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1966 | |
Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1966-1967 | |
Format: Text
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Eight month long (August 18, 1966 to March 27, 1967) coordinated
bargaining strike against Union Carbide Corporation by the Chemical
Workers Union, the United Steel Workers Union, and the Oil, Chemical,
and Atomic Workers Union (OCAW). .
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1966 | |
Format: Text
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Announcement about the beginning of a strike. Involved parties: ARA
Company; Oxygen Plant Company, Speedway Factory, National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB).
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Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1966-1967 | |
Format: Text
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Typed, drafted notes on Carbide Strike and negotiations between the
company and the unions. .
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Table of Contents: Pre-campaign activities and preparations, NLRB;
Planning; Strategy; Legal considerations; Meetings and other material.
.
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Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1976 | |
Format: Letter
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Letter to the Hood River Memorial Hospital with promotional material
against the Union (November 9, 1976). Attachments: Official announcement
of the company to the employees about an attached Memorandum and
Agreement by and between Retail Clerks Union, Local 800 and HRMH
Employees. Additional, supportive material: A Personalized Bank-Book of
Benefits For Valley Hospital Employees. A record with title
"Negotiations: What is truth?" An example from a similar case with title
"What the U.A.W. did for Robertshaw Employees." Memos to Fellows
Employees from the PAN American Gyro-Tex. The Constitution of
International Union, United Steelworkers of America. Facts about
Negotiations and The Teamsters. Newspaper clippings with related cases
and other negotiation papers.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
Format: Text
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Confidential Pre-Audit Questionnaire.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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Correspondence from the Executive Vice President of the WCIRA to the
Director of Personnel of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport
Beach, California (February 28, 1979). It presents a Three-Phase
Employee Relations Audit Program developed by WRICA, focused on health
care and industrial facilities throughout the US. .
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Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1977 | |
Format: Text
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It summarizes WCIRA's findings on the evaluation of Fabricators Division,
Seattle, Washington. July 5, 1977.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1978 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Published by the West Coast Industrial Relations (WCIR), Center for
Management and Development.
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Box 1 | Folder 5 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 5 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Training manual for supervisors, containing sections: Interviewing and
Selection; Discipline and Discharge; Managing the Marginal Employee;
Motivation; Training and Orientation; Performance Appraisal.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
Format: Text
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Memorandum to all consultants, presenting the ways an employer is able to
determine a union's majority status. May 21, 1979. .
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1978 | |
Format: Text
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September 16, 1978.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 2018 | |
Format: Text
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September 24, 2018.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1981 | |
Format: News clipping
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January 12, 1981.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
Format: Text
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A Memorandum to all consultants related to the employers' negotiations
with the Union, with an example case. June 18, 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
Format: Text
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A Memorandum to all consultants related to Bargaining-From-Scratch
Statements, as a technique to prevent employers from violate the Labor
Management Relations Act (LMRA), with relevant documentation. April 10,
1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1978 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Published by The Conference Board, Information Bulletin. August 1974,
number 44. .
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1978 | |
Format: Text
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A Memorandum to all consultants on how to toll employers' back pay
liability. September 12, 1978. .
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
Format: Letter
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To all WCIRA Consultants (ca. 1980).
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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To all WCIRA Consultants. With an attached 102 LRRM about the Arrow
Molded Plastics Inc., from Ohio.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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With a name list with all consultants distribution. July 20, 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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Schlachter Meat Company. August 26, 1978.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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Included articles: Hauser, Dedra. "The Union-Busting Hustle: Pinkertons
with bats have been replaced by consultants with psychological weapons,"
The New Republic, August 25, 1979; Warren, James, Kelly J. Brian. "Law
memo," Chicago Sun Times, July 16, 1979; "AFL-CIO Attack, On Labor
Consultants," Labor Relations Reporters. April 16, 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1975-1977 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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A list of industries, with location information and when defeated/or
stopped drive the relevant union.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1974 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Teamsters Local 295 (New York, NY), relation to New York Mafia.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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Handwritten Letter.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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In re Misrepresentations Prior to Election.
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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Correspondence with an attached statement from the company that protects
employees' rights in participating or not, in an investigation conducted
by the Company. .
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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Attached, the example of the Johnny Poultry Act. .
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Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1979 | |
Format: Letter
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To all Consultants and Attorneys, with an attached distribution list.
Attached articles: "On trial: A union's fairness," Business Week, August
13, 1979. "Unfunded Pension Liabilities: A Rein On Their Growth- For
Now," Business Week, August 13, 1979. .
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Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1980 | |
Format: Text
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House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First and Second Session.
Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1980.
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1981 | |
Format: Letter
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Regarding hiring employees and job posting. February 3, 1981. .
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Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1980 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Table of Content: Supervisor Perception; (Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)
Employee Complaints and Perceptions; Ventilation Recap &
Findings; Recommendation.
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Box 1 | Folder 10 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 10 | 2016 | |
Format: Letter
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A letter from Leonard Scott to Cheryl Beredo (the director of Kheel
Center in 2016), with photocopies of the Explanation of the Sioux
Products, Inc.v. NLRB. 703 Federal Reporter, 2d Series. pp.1010- 1019.
.
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1984 | |
Format: Text
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This study includes Employees Concerns, Recommendations and Action Plan
and Benefits to Company. .
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Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1984 | |
Format: Text
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Full Version.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | 2006 | |
Format: News clipping
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1978 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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An additional copy of the article: Fulmer E. William. "When employees
want to oust their union". Harvard Business Review. March- April 1978.
pp. 164-170. .
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1960-1979 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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All unions.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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pp. 1103-1105.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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pp. 2737-2739.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Text
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Handwritten notes.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1960-1978 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Number 6. Unions and Profits.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Spanish language pamphlet.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1999 | |
Format: News clipping
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The Wall Street Journal. Vol.Civ. No. 118. 1999, December 17.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1973 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Union Busting CheckList. Photocopies. September 1973.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: News clipping
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1983 | |
Format: News clipping
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The El Paso Times, November 10, 1983. .
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: News clipping
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Buffalo, NY.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Format: News clipping
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The Wall Street Journal. Youngstown, Ohio.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1983 | |
Format: News clipping
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The Wall Street Journal. June 6, 1983. .
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Text
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Website search results.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1979 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Reversal of NLRB's Certification of "Craft-Like" Bargaining Unit.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1979 | |
Format: News clipping
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Article in Personnel Journal, in December 1979 with a handwritten note:
Copy to Consultants. December 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1979 | |
Format: News clipping
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Mostly photocopies; Los Angeles Times; Union-financed study.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1979 | |
Format: News clipping
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October 4, 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1980 | |
Format: News clipping
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Ritcahrdson Brothers Co. Sheboygan Falls, WI. December 19, 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1978 | |
Format: News clipping
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April 28, 1978.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: News clipping
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Photocopy of an article; Union-Free enviroment.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1980 | |
Format: News clipping
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Chicago Tribune. November 17, 1980.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1970-1978 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Union Organizing facts, NLRB Elections by Union.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1978 | |
Format: News clipping
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Photocopy; Industrial Week. August 8, 1978.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Spanish language pamphlet in re Steelworkers' Elections on September 12,
1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1975-1979 | |
Format: News clipping
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Various newspaper articles (photocopies). Campaign material about
productivity, violence, strikes and labor disputes. New Orleans, Ohio,
California, Kansas, Oregon, Texas. .
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1979 | |
Format: Pamphlet
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Dominician Cruz Hospital Election, Liberty Vinyl Elections. Fred Long was
the founder of WCIRA. July 17, 1979.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Against Teamsters and the election held on June 27, 1980. .
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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About union "organizing processes." .
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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What will happen if they vote in at Sioux Products. .
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Photocopy.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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Information for Voters in Labor Board Elections .
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Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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61 LRRM pp. 2065-2066. Photocopies.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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pp.170-172. Photocopies.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 16 | ||
Format: Text
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Box 1 | Folder 17 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 17 | 1973 | |
Format: Publication
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S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal. Vol. 38, Number 4. 1973, October.
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Box 1 | Folder 18 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1985 | |
Format: Publication
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August 1985.
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Box 1 | Folder 19 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1985 | |
Format: Publication
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In Fire Protection Contraction. Vol. 1, No. 11. November 1985.
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Box 1 | Folder 20 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1985 | |
Format: Publication
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In Fire Protection Contraction. Vol.8, No. 12. December 1985.
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Box 1 | Folder 21 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 21 | 2013 | |
Format: Publication
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Self-published book by Leonard C. Scott.
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Box 1 | Folder 22 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 22 | 2013 | |
Format: Publication
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Self-published book by Leonard C. Scott.
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Box 1 | Folder 23 | ||
Box 1 | Folder 23 | ||
Format: Pamphlet
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West Coast Industrial Relations Association (WCIRA); Southwest Employee
Relations Association (SERA); Mid-America Employee Relations Association
.
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