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Finding Aid to the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO records
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Series 1:  Annual convention proceedings 1948-1974

Physical Description: Carton 1

Scope and Content

These files contain summaries of remarks of speakers, committee reports, district reports, officers' reports, and appendices which include annual income and expenditures, convention registration lists, resolutions adopted, and minutes of annual meetings of the executive committee. Arranged chronologically.
 

Series 2:  Economic data on the lumber industry 1954-1975

Physical Description: Carton 2, folder 1-15

Scope and Content

Mimeographed bulletins containing economic facts and statistics concerning the lumber industry, financial data concerning several of the larger lumber companies, and other items of interest to lumber and sawmill workers. Bulletins, starting in 1956, were compiled from publications of the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor, the Bureau of National Affairs, Moody's Industrials, and similar references by Daniel Johnston, economic representative, for distribution at annual conventions to affiliated local and district councils.
 

Series 3:  Information bulletins 1947-1975

Physical Description: Carton 2, folder 16-40

Scope and Content

Mimeographed numbered bulletins and other mimeographed information sheets and form letters distributed to local unions and district councils affiliated with the California State Council. They relate to administrative matters, workmen's compensation regulations, social security regulations, state council industrial accident services, medical, disability, and unemployment insurance, per capita taxes, resolutions, National Labor Relations Board policies, pension plans, elections, contracts, and other subjects. Folders for 1947-1971 constitute the council's master file. Folders for 1972-1975 are an incomplete set assembled from duplicates. Also included are some related correspondence, uniform contract provisions, and a mimeographed copy of the constitution and bylaws of the state council, as amended December 4, 1967. Arranged chronologically.
 

Series 4:  Old subject files 1947-1959

Physical Description: Carton 3

Scope and Content

Affiliations--Northwestern Council; Carpenters and Joiners resolutions; Central Oregon District Council minutes and correspondence; California State Federation of Labor conventions; Carpenters'(State Council of) conventions; Conference--Lumber and Sawmill representatives; Flood Relief; Forest Service Congressional Hearings; Jurisdictional Matters (dispute with International Brotherhood of Operating Engineers); Klamath Basin District Council; Lakeview unit (proposed Manufacturing Zone Fremont National Forest, Oregon, and Modoc National Forest, California Bulletins--Primary Manufacturing Zone); Legislation--proposed (S.B. 1677; A.B. 1081; S.B. 1253); Legislation; Newspaper (California Lumber Worker); Northwestern (Central Oregon Council, Bend); Northwestern Council Convention, 1956; Right to Work Initiative; Siskiyou County Supervisors (proposed use of jail labor on county buildings).
 

Series 5:  Subject files 1945-1974

Physical Description: Carton 4-7; carton 8, folder 1-12

Arrangement

Carton 4: Affliation; Local Union Assessment; [Benefits] Revised "Facts You Should Know" booklet (1966); California Labor Federation and California Labor COPE; California State Council of Carpenters; California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers historical files on the formation of the organization (1945-1947); Central California District Council; City of Hope, admittance procedure; Contributions; contract analysis; contract matters; Contract provisions. Carton 5: Conventions (California Labor Federation); Division of Labor Statistics, bulletins; Donation to State Council by Locals affiliated with Central Council; Elections code; Executive committee correspondence; flood relief (1965); Foremen, problems relating to; Forest fire fighting, wage rates; Forest Service, bidding on Forest Timber; Gyppo Contractors; Health and Welfare; Hutcheson, M.A. (1953); Immigration--Naturalization ("wet backs"); Importation of foreign lumber; legislation; legislative committee; Lumber industry negotiations (1951-1972); Merger between IWA-CIO and Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL). Carton 6: Proposed Rule 20--Bar Association; Referendum vote (bylaws amendments, tax increases); Resolutions. Carton 7: Resolutions; safety; Scroll (issued Bill Knight 1956); Social Security; Strike Benefits; Union Register (1975); United Brotherhood; Veterans, Re-employment rights. Carton 8: Wage and Hours law; Wage Claims, G and R Pallet Company; Wage-price freeze (1971); Wage Claim cases; Wages (1952 Wage Stabilization Board Case and Women and Minors, Industrial Welfare Commission; "We Don't Patronize" List; Western Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers.
 

Series 6:  Miscellaneous correspondence 1950-1979

Physical Description: Carton 8, folder 13-24

Scope and Content

Letters received and copies of letters sent, notes, drafts, and memoranda of the San Francisco office pertaining to routine administrative matters. Arranged alphabetically.
 

Series 7:  Subject files of Daniel Johnston (Los Angeles subject files) 1951-1973

Physical Description: Carton 9-14; carton 15, folder 1-14

Scope and Content

Correspondence, bulletins, memoranda, statements for services, and other records kep in the Los Angeles office of Mr. Johnston, relating to matters relating to his work as economic representative of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers. Headings include: agreements, correspondence relating to interpretation; bulletins issued by state council; conventions; Wage Stabilization Board cases; California Department of Employment correspondence; State Industrial Accident Commission correspondence; Miscellaneous correspondence with the State Council.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically and then by subject. Carton 9: 1951-1953. Carton 10: 1954-1956. Carton 11: 1957-1960. Carton 12: 1961-1963. Carton 13: 1964-1966. Carton 14: 1968-1971. Carton 15: 1972-1973.
 

Series 8:  Records relating to District Councils 1950-1969

Physical Description: Carton 15, folder 15-20

Scope and Content

Records relating to Northern California District Council, Redwood District Council, Central California District Council. Consists of one folder for each district, containing correspondence between the state council and the district council, memoranda, and minutes of meetings of the district council. Southern California correspondence is largely between the San Francisco office; N.G. Cordil, district representative in Los Angeles; and WIlliam H. Knight, president of the state council.
 

Series 9:  Correspondence with former local unions 1948-1961

Physical Description: Carton 16; carton 17, folder 1-43

Scope and Content

Incoming and outgoing letters between the state council and local unions relating to National Labor Relations Board compliance matters, mergers of locals, membership of locals in the state council, administration, and miscellaneous matters. Following a folder on "Miscellaneous Locals," arrangement is by number assiged the local union.
 

Series 10:  Correspondence with local unions 1948-1975

Physical Description: Carton 17, folder 44-68; carton 18

Scope and Content

Typical files contain correspondence between the state council and the local union, form letters, agreements, memoranda, copies of letters from locals addressed to employers, lists of contract reopening dates, National Labor Relations Board petitions, lists of employees, notices of elections, and other records relating to membership of the local in the state council, per capita taxes, recognition by employers of the local as a collective bargaining unit, elections, contract negotiations, and other matters. Arranged by local union number.
 

Series 11:  Records relating to the Lumber Industry Health and Welfare Fund (The Hazard Trust) and Pension Fund 1956-1974

Physical Description: Carton 19; carton 20, folder 1-2

Scope and Content

Correspondence and other records relating to benefits and to membership in the Joint Committees of the Lumber Industry Health and Welfare and Pension Funds. Also included are incomplete minutes of the Joint Employment Union Committee of the Lumber Industry Health and Welfare Fund; correspondence and memoranda concerning investment of funds; copies of the plan and trust agreement; copies of amendments to the plan. Daniel Johnston was administrator of the fund, which provided for life, hospitalization, convalescent care, medical, and surgical insurance. Also in this series are files relating to the administration of the Lumber Industry Pension Fund.
 

Series 12:  Records relating to National Labor Relations Board cases 1947-1975

Physical Description: Carton 20, folder 3-85; carton 21

Scope and Content

Included are standard blank forms issued by NRLB; form letters from J.L. Hazard, secretary-treasurer of the state council, to affliated locals and district councils; correspondence with NLRB officers and with local unions; lists of locals in compliance; contract analyses; lists of employees; sample ballots; memoranda; and other records. Subjects include compliance with the Labor-Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act of 1947, petitions for recognition and certification of locals as collective bargaining agents, and jurisdiction of particularl locals. Blank forms are followed by NLRB correspondence and related documents; petitions for representation certificates, arranged by district council; and case files relating to NLRB certification of representatives.
 

Series 13:  Records relating to California Department of Employment cases 1953-1974

Physical Description: Carton 22; carton 23, folder 1-5

Scope and Content

Relating to unemployment and disability insurance cases. Includes briefs, correspondence, memoranda, printed claim forms, and materials relating to dealings between the state council and the Department of Employment. Case files are arranged alphabetically. Includes records relating to unemployment insurance benefit claims arising out of the strike against Pickering Lumber Company in 1962-1963.

Restrictions on Access

Files in this series are restricted and closed to researchers until 2056.
 

Series 14:  Records relating to arbitration cases 1954-1974

Physical Description: Carton 23, folder 6-24

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memoranda, briefs, and other records concerning grievances under collective bargaining contracts, referred to the state council from local unions.

Restrictions on Access

Files in this series are restricted and closed to researchers until 2056.
 

Series 15:  Case files relating to claims before the California Industrial Accident Commission 1949-1975

Physical Description: Carton 24-79

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memoranda, applications for hearings, petitions, and other records relating to claims for disability compensation and medical benefits before panels of the California State Industrial Accident Commission. Arranged alphabetically by name of claimant.

Restrictions on Access

Files in this series are restricted and closed to researchers until 2056.
Collection Contents
Annual convention proceedings
Economic data on the lumber industry
Information bulletins
Old subject files
Subject files
Miscellaneous correspondence
Subject files of Daniel Johnston (Los Angeles subject files)
Records relating to District Councils
Correspondence with former local unions
Correspondence with local unions
Records relating to the Lumber Industry Health and Welfare Fund (The Hazard Trust) and Pension Fund
Records relating to National Labor Relations Board cases
Records relating to California Department of Employment cases
Records relating to arbitration cases
Case files relating to claims before the California Industrial Accident Commission
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