Guide to the Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records
Sarah Logue
Center for Sacramento History
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Sacramento, California 95811-0229
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Guide to the Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records
Collection number: MS0051
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, CA
- Processed by:
- Sarah Logue
- Date Completed:
- 2000
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
© 2013 Center for Sacramento History. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records
Dates: 1958-1981
Collection number: MS0051
Creator:
Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31
Creator:
International Typographical Union. Local 46 (Central Valley, Calif.)
Collection Size:
7 linear feet
(14 boxes)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
Abstract: The Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records consists of 7 linear feet of documents, the bulk of the material document the
union's labor strike with the Sacramento Bee newspaper in the 1970s. The Sacramento Mailers Union is organized into eight
series: Series 1. Administrative records, Series 2. Contracts and negotiations, Series 3. Arbitration and Grievances, Series
4. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Series 5. Labor strike , Series 6. Financial Materials, Series 7. Other Organizations,
and Series 8. Publications.
Physical location: 4H3-4, 4G1 Drawer E
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Publication Rights
All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records, MS0051, Center
for Sacramento History.
Acquisition Information
The Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records were originally deposited at the Labor Archives and Research Center at San Francisco
State University. In 2000, the records were transferred to the Center for Sacramento and gifted by Charles Davis of the Northern
California Mailers Union to the Center for Sacramento History on August 7, 2001 (accession #2001/079).
Processing Information
Processed and finding aid created by graduate student intern Sarah Logue in 2000.
Biography / Administrative History
The Sacramento Mailers Guild was established to represent certain employees at The Sacramento Bee newspaper, including those
working on the production line. The Sacramento Mailers Chapel affiliated with the International Typographical Union in 1971,
becoming Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31. Members voted to merge the International Typographical Union with the International
Mailers Union in 1978. Contract and labor disputes became severe in the early 1970s, and the membership voted to strike in
April 1978. The strike lasted over two years, with union members experiencing financial distress, break-ins at their headquarters,
and picket-line violence.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Sacramento Mailers Union No. 31 records consists of approximately 7 linear feet of documents. The bulk of the material
is from the strike period, although the collection includes items from as early as 1958. The Sacramento Mailers Union is organized
into the following series: Series 1. Administrative records, Series 2. Contracts and negotiations, Series 3. Arbitration
and Grievances, Series 4. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Series 5. Labor strike , Series 6. Financial materials, Series
7. Other organizations, and Series 8. Publications. There also is a single box of restricted materials. Many of the collection's
highlights are in the Strike Materials, such as a letter from former California governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown offering his
assistance as a "friend of both sides;" a four-page letter from the local's president explaining the reasons for the strike;
images from the picket line; and details about union efforts to raise money during the strike period. Union activities during
the strike are also reflected in some of the other series, including minutes and arbitration and grievances.
Arrangement
Series 1. Administrative records
Series 2. Contracts and negotiations
Series 3. Arbitration and grievances
Series 4. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Series 5. Labor strike
Series 6. Financial materials
Series 7. Other organizations
Series 8. Publications
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Sacramento bee (Sacramento, Calif.)
Sacramento Mailers Union Local 31
International Typographical Union. Local 46 (Central Valley, Calif.)
Newspaper employees--Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts--California
Strikes and lockouts--Newspapers
Sacramento (Calif.)--History
Related Material
McClatchy Company records, Center for Sacramento History
Daniel F. Buckley papers, Center for Sacramento History
James K. Staley papers, Center for Sacramento History
Series 1. Administrative records
Physical Description: 34 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Series consists of administrative records of the union including correspondence, meeting minutes, membership rosters, resolutions,
and its constitution and bylaws.
Box 1
Constitution, bylaws, and chapel Laws
Box 1
Meetings between union and publisher
1959 - 1980
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1969 - 1970
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1972 - 1974
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1975 - 1976
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1977
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1978
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
January-June 1979
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
July-December 1979
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1980
Box 1
Regular, executive, and special meetings
1981
Box 2
Members' status
1979-1981
Box 2
Employlee benefits
1978 - 1980
Box 2
Employlee health benefits
1966-1980
Box 2
Employlee retirement benefits
1971
Box 2
Employlee assorted benefits
1978-1980
Box 2
Secretary-Treasurer's files
circa 1975
Box 2
Incoming correspondence
1959-1978
Box 2
Incoming correspondence
1979 -1980
Box 2
Outgoing correspondence
1970 - 1979
Box 2
Outgoing correspondence
1980
Box 2
To Membership
1971 - 1980
Box 2
Resignations of union officers
1980 and undated
Series 2. Contracts and negotiations
Physical Description: 11 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Series includes contracts and negotiations between the union and the Sacramento Bee newspaper between 1958-1980
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1958-1962
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1963 - 1964
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1966
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1968- 1969
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1971-1972
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1973
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1974 -1975
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1976 - 1977
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1978
Box 3
Contracts and negotiations
1979 - 1980
Series 3. Arbitration and grievances
Physical Description: 31 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Series includes labor agreements,pay adjustments, rules, negogiations between the union and newspaper on line manning, inserting,
newsstand delivery, and country drivers.
Box 3
Pay adjustment proposal
1972
Box 4
Employer's brief, part 1
1972-1973
Box 4
Employer's brief, part 2
1972-1973
Box 4
Petitioner's brief
1972-1973
Box 4
Related materials
1972-1973
Box 4
Pre-arbitration materials
1972-1974
Box 4
Proceedings transcript
1972-1974
Box 4
Petitioner's brief
1972-1974
Box 4
Publisher's reply brief
1972-1974
Box 4
Union's reply brief
1972-1974
Box 4
Opinion and award
1972-1974
Box 4
Opinion and decision
1972-1974
Box 4
Pre-arbitration materials
1976-1977
Box 4
Related materials
1976-1977
Box 4
Employer's brief
1976-1977
Box 4
Employer's rebuttal
1976-1977
Box 5
Petitioner's brief
1976-1977
Box 5
Employer's post-hearing brief
1976-1977
Box 5
Opinion and award
1976-1977
Box 5
Employer's statement
1976-1977
Box 5
Opinion and decision
1976-1977
Box 5
Related materials
1976-1977
Series 4. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Physical Description: 41 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Series includes National Labor Relations Board case files related to the labor negotiations between the union and the Sacramento
Bee newspaper
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Box 5
Case 20-CA-8587
1973 - 1974
Box 5
Cases 20-RC-13878, -13879, -13926
1976
Box 5
Case 20-RC-14770
1979 - 1980
Box 5
Case 20-RC-14770
January 22-29, 1980
Box 6
Case 20-RC-14770
January 30 - February 11, 1980
Box 7
Case 20-RC-14770
February 12-20, 1980
Box 8
Case 20-RC-14770
February 22 - 29, 1980
Box 9
Case 20-RC-14770
March 3-27, 1980
Box 9
Case 20-RC-14770 post-hearing materials
May 1980
Series 5. Labor strike
Physical Description: 12 folders + 3 photographs
Series Scope and Content Summary
Series includes correspondence, restraining orders, public relations, photographs, and financial records related to the union's
1978 labor strike
Box 10
Witness statements
1978 - 1979
Box 10
Images (photocopies)
[1978
Box 10
Incoming correspondence
1978 - 1980
Box 10
Outgoing correspondence
1978-1981
Box 10
To membership
1978-1980 and undated
Box 10
Sacramento Bee / Union to employees
1978-1979
Box 10
Public relations materials
1978 - 1980
Box 10
Contributions
1978 - 1979
Box 10
Loans to members
1978 - 1980
Box 10
International Typographical Union (ITU) benefits
1978 - 1980
Box 4G1 Drawer E
Photographs [001-003]
circa 1978
Series 6. Financial materials
Physical Description: 18 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Series includes audit reports, monthly financial reports, receipts and accounting ledgers for the union in the 1960s-1970s
Box 11
Financial secretary's monthly reports
1972 - 1979 and undated
Box 11
Quarterly audit reports
1971-1978
Annual Department of Labor reports
1965-1979
Box 11
Receipts and expenditures
1966-1981
Box 11
Assorted
1971 - 1972, 1974
Box 14
Receipts [Box 14 missing as of 08/29/2019]
1978-1981
Box 14
Disbursements [Box 14 missing as of 08/29/2019]
1976-1981
Series 7. Other organizations
Physical Description: 13 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
Includes contracts and negotiations for other unions Central California Newspaper Guild, No. 192, Central Valley Typographical
Union, No. 46, Fresno Mailers Union, No. 28, Los Angeles Mailers Union, No. 9, Salt Lake Typographical Union, No. 115, San
Diego Mailers Union, No. 75, and San Francisco -Oakland Mailers Union, No. 18.
Arrangement
Arranged by publication
Central California Newspaper Guild, No. 192
1977
Central Valley Typographical Union, No. 46
Box 12
Contracts and negotiations
1972-1975
Box 12
Contracts and negotiations
1977, 1980
Box 12
Arbitration amd National Labor Review Board materials
1979
Box 12
Assorted materials
1973, 1980
Fresno Mailers Union, No. 28
Box 12
Contracts and negotiations
1967 - 1971, 1978
Box 12
International Typographical Union (ITU)
1967-1974
Box 12
Los Angeles Mailers Union, No. 9
1968
Box 12
Salt Lake Typographical Union, No. 115
1979
Box 12
San Diego Mailers Union, No. 75
1971
San Francisco-Oakland Mailers Union, No. 18
Box 12
Assorted materials
1972- 1973, 1980
Box 12
Series 8. Publications
1973
Physical Description: 1 folder
