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Finding Aid to the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America records, circa 1938-1953
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Series 1:  Correspondence.

Physical Description: Carton 1-8; carton 9, folder 1-24
 

Subseries 1.1:  Correspondence to and from union locals.

Physical Description: Carton 1-3
Carton 1, Folder 1-3

Local 1: La Conner (Washington) Cannery Workers, 1941-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 1, Folder 4-6

Local 2: Blaine Cannery Workers (Custer, Washington), 1938-1942, 1946-1947,

Carton 1, Folder 7-13

Local 3: Grays Harbor and Seattle, Washington, 1939-1942, 1945-1953

Carton 1, Folder 14-16

Local 4: Reef Netters (Bellingham, Washington), 1939-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 1, Folder 17

Local 5: Point Roberts Cannery Workers (Bellingham, Washington), 1940-1941

Carton 1, Folder 18-20

Local 6: Bellingham Cannery Workers (Bellingham, Washington), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 1, Folder 21-23

Local 7: Fish Reduction and Saltery Workers (Seattle, Washington), 1939-1940, 1945-1947

Carton 1, Folder 24-25

Local 8: Columbia River Area Fish Workers (Hammond, Oregon), 1939-1942

Carton 1, Folder 26-28

Local 9: Newport Beach (California) Cannery Workers, 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 1, Folder 29

Local 10: Copper River Cannery Workers (Cordova, Alaska), 1940-1942

Carton 1, Folder 30-32

Local 11: La Conner (Washington) Gill Netters, 1939-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 1, Folder 33

Local 12: Everett Gill Netters (East Standwood, Washington), 1939-1941

Carton 1, Folder 34

Local 14: Conway Gill Netters (Washington), 1941-1942

Carton 1, Folder 35

Local 15: Sequim, Washington, 1939-1940

Carton 1, Folder 36-39

Local 17: Cannery Workers, Anacortes, Washington, 1940-1941, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 1

Local 18: Everett Cannery Workers (Washington), 1939-1942

Carton 2, Folder 2-3

Local 19: Umpqua (Reedsport, Oregon), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 4

Local 20: Bellingham Gill Netters (Washington), 1941-1942

Carton 2, Folder 5-6

Local 21: Depoe Bay (Oregon), 1940-1942, 1946

Carton 2, Folder 7

Local 22: Tillamook (Oregon), 1940-1942

Carton 2, Folder 8-9

Local 23: Siletz River (Kernville, Oregon), 1940-1942, 1945-1946

Carton 2, Folder 10

Local 24: Siuslaw (Cushman, Oregon), 1940-1942

Carton 2, Folder 11-13

Local 25: Cook Inlet Cannery Workers (Anchorage, Alaska), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 14-16

Local 26: Waldport (Oregon), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 17

Local 27: Astoria (Oregon), 1940-1941

Carton 2, Folder 18

Local 28: Coquille (Bandon, Oregon), 1940-1942

Carton 2, Folder 19-20

Local 29: South Bend (Washington), 1940-1942

Carton 2, Folder 21-23

Local 30: Ketchikan (Alaska), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 24-26

Local 31: Quillayute (La Push, Washington), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 27-29

Local 32: Aberdeen (Washington), 1940-1942, 1946-1947

Carton 2, Folder 30-36

Local 33: San Pedro (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1951

Carton 2, Folder 37-45

Local 34: San Francisco (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1951

Carton 3, Folder 1-4

Local 35: Pittsburgh (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1951

Carton 3, Folder 5-6

Local 36: Newport Beach (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1948

Carton 3, Folder 7

Local 37: San Diego (California), 1940-1941

Carton 3, Folder 8-13

Local 38: Eureka (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1951

Carton 3, Folder 14-18

Local 39: Crescent City (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1950

Carton 3, Folder 19-22

Local 40: Fort Bragg (California), 1941-1942, 1946-1950

Carton 3, Folder 23

Local 41: Moss Landing (California), 1946

Carton 3, Folder 24-25

Local 42: Naselle (Washington), 1941-1942, 1946

Carton 3, Folder 26

Local 43: Grays Harbor Trollers (Westport, Washington), 1941-1942

Carton 3, Folder 27-28

Local 44: Nehalem (Oregon), 1941-1942, 1944-1946

Carton 3, Folder 29-30

Local 45: Point Orford (Oregon), -1942, 1946

Carton 3, Folder 31-33

Local 46: Bristol Bay Cannery Workers (Fortuna Ledge, Alaska), 1945-1947, 1949-1952

Carton 3, Folder 34

Local 47: Lower Cook Inlet Cannery Workers (Anchorage, Alaska), 1946

Carton 3, Folder 35

Local 48: Winchester Bay (Oregon), 1946

Carton 3, Folder 36

Local 49: Tidewater (Oregon), 1941-1942, 1946-1948

Carton 3, Folder 37

Local 50: Otter Trawlers Union (Astoria, Oregon), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 38

Local 51: West Sound (Washinton), 1946

Carton 3, Folder 39-42

Local 52: Bodega Bay (California), 1945-1950

Carton 3, Folder 43-46

Local 53: Otter Trawlers Union (Seattle, Washington), 1945-1952

Carton 3, Folder 47-48

Local 54: Grays Harbor Cannery Workers (Aberdeen, Washington), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 49

Local 55: Wrangell (Alaska), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 50-51

Local 56: Juneau (Alaska), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 52-53

Local 57: United Trollers of Alaska (Ketchikan, Alaska), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 54-55

Local 58: Sitka (Alaska), 1945-1947

Carton 3, Folder 56-57

Local 59: Westport (Washington), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 58-59

Local 61: Newport (Oregon), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 60-61

Local 62: North Bend (Oregon), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 62-63

Local 63: Erie (Pennsylvania), 1945-1947

Carton 3, Folder 64-65

Local 64: Corpus Christie (Texas), 1946-1947

Carton 3, Folder 66

Local 67: Atlantic Branch (Atlantic, North Carolina), 1947

Carton 3, Folder 67

Local 68: Southport (North Carolina), 1947

Carton 3, Folder 68

Local 73: Port Orford (Oregon), 1949

Carton 3, Folder 69

Local 74: Half Moon Bay (California), 1950

Carton 3, Folder 70

Local 75: Martinez (California), 1950-1951

Carton 3, Folder 71

Local 100: United Trollers of Alaska, 1948-1950

Carton 3, Folder 72-77

Communications with miscellaneous IFAWA locals, 1948-1952

 

Subseries 1.2:  Correspondence to and from IFAWA offices and officials.

Physical Description: Carton 4; carton 5, folder 1-19

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence to and from various IFAWA offices and officials. These files are arranged in rough chronological order (though correspondence within each folder is unarranged). The files often contain minutes, reports, and other records as well as correspondence.
Carton 4, Folder 1-2

IFAWA Executive Board, 1949-1950

Carton 4, Folder 3-4

IFAWA Northern California Council, 1949-1950

Carton 4, Folder 5

IFAWA Northwest Council, 1949

Carton 4, Folder 6

IFAWA correspondence with CIO national office, 1948-1950

Carton 4, Folder 7-8

Communications with international IFAWA office in Seattle, 1948-1950

Carton 4, Folder 9

John Broman (editor), 1946-1947

Carton 4, Folder 10-12

Joseph Greenhalgh (representative, North Carolina), 1946-1947

Carton 4, Folder 13

Martin Hegeberg, 1942-1944

Carton 4, Folder 14-15

C.F. Henne (representative, Tidewater, Oregon), 1944-1946

Carton 4, Folder 16-25

J.F. Jurich (president of IFAWA), 1939-1947

Carton 5, Folder 1-8

Jeff Kibre, 1940-1948

Carton 5, Folder 9

George Lane (secretary-treasurer), 1940

Carton 5, Folder 10

W.C. Mason (Virginia representative), 1947

Carton 5, Folder 11

Myron Dean (Alaska representative), 1947

Carton 5, Folder 12

Oscar Rodin, 1946

Carton 5, Folder 13-14

Lloyd Walters, 1946-1947

Carton 5, Folder 15

Walter Wassinkari, 1946

Carton 5, Folder 16-17

John Weise (IFAWA representative, Secretary of Westward Alaska Fisheries Council), 1945-1950

Carton 5, Folder 18-19

IFAWA representatives, assorted, 1945-1950

 

Subseries 1.3:  Correspondence to and from other unions.

Physical Description: Carton 5, folder 20-34; carton 6, folder 1-41
Carton 5, Folder 20-25

Alaska Fishermen's Union, 1939-1942, 1946-1951

Carton 5, Folder 26

Salmon Purse Seiners Union (Canada), 1940-1942

Carton 5, Folder 27-34

Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union, 1939-1942, 1946-1953

Carton 6, Folder 1

Copper River and Prince William Sound Fishermen's Union, 1939-1942

Carton 6, Folder 2-4

Cordova District Fisheries Union, 1946-1954

Carton 6, Folder 5

Crab Fishermen's Association (Westport, Washington), 1946

Carton 6, Folder 6

Fishermen's Union Cooperative Marketing Agency (San Francisco, California), 1951

Carton 6, Folder 7

Deep Fishermen's Union (Seattle, Washington), 1942, 1947

Carton 6, Folder 8

Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America, 1946

Carton 6, Folder 9-10

Gulf Coast Sea Food Producers and Trappers Association, Inc., 1940-1941, 1945

Carton 6, Folder 11-14

International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union, 1939-1943, 1947, 1949

Carton 6, Folder 15-18

International Woodworkers of America, 1939-1943, 1946, 1948-1949

Carton 6, Folder 19

Pacific Coast Crab Fishermen's Association, 1945-1947

Carton 6, Folder 20

Pacific Coast Fishermen's Union, 1939-1940

Carton 6, Folder 21

Puget Sound Gill Netters Association, 1949-1950

Carton 6, Folder 22

Puget Sound Shoreworkers, 1949

Carton 6, Folder 23

San Francisco Purse Seine Boat Owners Association, 1949

Carton 6, Folder 24

United Automobile Workers, 1941-1942

Carton 6, Folder 25

United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America, 1939-1942

Carton 6, Folder 26-27

United Fishermen adn Allied Workers Union (Vancouver, British Columbia), 1946-1952

Carton 6, Folder 28-30

United Fishermen's Union, California District, 1939-1940

Carton 6, Folder 31

United Fishermen's Union of the Pacific, 1939-1940

Carton 6, Folder 32-33

United Fishermen's Union, Puget Sound District, 1939-1942

Carton 6, Folder 34

United Trollers of Alaska, 1939-1942

Carton 6, Folder 35

International Trade Union Groups, 1949

Carton 6, Folder 36-41

Trade Unions, miscellaneous, 1945-1950

 

Subseries 1.4:  Correspondence to and from Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) offices, officers, and committees. 1938-1949

Physical Description: Carton 7; carton 8, folder 1-9

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with CIO officers James Carey, Allan Haywood, Chris Hennings, Philip Murray; correspondence with regional directors; general correspondence; correspondence with the National Office of the CIO; CIO Maritime Committee correspondence; CIO state council correspondence; CIO industrial councils correspondence; and other assorted correspondence.
 

Subseries 1.5:  Correspondence, assorted boards, committees, councils, and Officers (in alphabetical order). circa 1936-1952

Physical Description: Carton 8, folder 10-47; carton 9, folder 1-24

Scope and Content Note

Contains correspondence to and from various committees, councils, offices, etc.
Carton 8, Folder 10

"A Policy for Fisheries - Policy for Peace," 1949

Carton 8, Folder 11

Alaska Coordinating Committee, 1949-1950

Carton 8, Folder 12

Alaska Negotiating Committee, 1946

Carton 8, Folder 13

Alaska Organizer, 1936-1940

Carton 8, Folder 14-15

Alaska Salmon Industry, Incorporated, 1943-1946

Carton 8, Folder 16-18

Anderson, Gladstein...(law firm), 1946-1951

Carton 8, Folder 19

Army Engineers and Coast Guard, 1948

Carton 8, Folder 20-22

Board of State Harbor Commissioners, 1946-1952

Carton 8, Folder 23

Boat Owners Associations, 1940-1942

Carton 8, Folder 24

Bridges - Robertson - Schmidt Defence Committee, 1950

Carton 8, Folder 25

California Department of Public Health, 1946

Carton 8, Folder 26

Regarding Charter, 1938-1939

Carton 8, Folder 27

Coastwise Bottom Fish Coordinating Committee, 1949

Carton 8, Folder 28

Regarding Cook Inlet contract, 1947

Carton 8, Folder 29

Department of Justice, 1949

Carton 8, Folder 30

Division of Labor Statistics - United States and California, 1946-1949

Carton 8, Folder 31

"Drag (Market) correspondence, 1951

Carton 8, Folder 32

Regarding Fish and Game Bills, 1948-1949

Carton 8, Folder 33

Regarding foreign encroachments, 1942

Carton 8, Folder 34

Floating cannery information, 1946

Carton 8, Folder 35

Regarding Florida fishermen - organization, 1938-1939

Carton 8, Folder 36

Regarding Indian residents of Alaska - claim, 1945

Carton 8, Folder 37

IFAWA Convention, 1948

Carton 8, Folder 38-41

International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union, 1950-1951

Carton 8, Folder 42

John Covich case, Alaska Fishermen's Union, 1939-1940

Carton 8, Folder 43-44

Legislative communications, 1946-1949

Carton 8, Folder 45

Oregon Fishermen's Council, 1940-1942

Carton 8, Folder 46

Pacific Coast and Alask Fisheries, 1947-1949

Carton 8, Folder 47

Maritime Federation of the Pacific, 1939-1941

Carton 9, Folder 1

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (United States House of Representatives), 1946

Carton 9, Folder 2

"Market - Drag, other ports and misc," 1950

Carton 9, Folder 3

Regarding Sacramento River (received by Phil Dirks), 1951

Carton 9, Folder 4-5

Sardines, 1949-1950

Carton 9, Folder 6-7

Shark, 1947-1951

Carton 9, Folder 8

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding tuna and crab operation, 1951-1952

Carton 9, Folder 9

Washington State Fishermen's Council, 1941-1942

Carton 9, Folder 10

Westward Alaska Fisheries Council, 1948

Carton 9, Folder 11

A-H, miscellaneous, 1946

Carton 9, Folder 12-13

I-P, miscellaneous, 1945-1947

Carton 9, Folder 14-18

Miscellaneous IFAWA correspondence (some regarding preparation of fish study), 1944-1953

Carton 9, Folder 19

Circular letters, 1947-1949

Carton 9, Folder 20-24

Wires received and sent, 1946-1948

 

Series 2:  Minutes.

Physical Description: Carton 9, folder 25-41; carton 10, folder 1-7
Carton 9, Folder 25

Alaska Fisheries Union Strategy Committee, 1946

Carton 9, Folder 26

Coastwise Shoreworkers Conference, 1947

Carton 9, Folder 27

Coordinating Committee, Washington, D.C., 1939-1942

Carton 9, Folder 28-29

Crab Fishermen meetings, Local 34, 1950-1951

Carton 9, Folder 30

Dragboat Fishermen meetings, Local 34, 1950-1952

Carton 9, Folder 31-32

Executive Board, Local 34, 1950-1951

Carton 9, Folder 33

Fish and Game Commission, California, 1949

Carton 9, Folder 34-35

Grievance Committee, Local 34, 1948-1951

Carton 9, Folder 36-37

Membership meetings, Local 34, 1950-1952

Carton 9, Folder 38

Political Action Committee, Local 34,

Carton 9, Folder 39

Northern California Joint Council, 1950

Carton 9, Folder 40-41

IFAWA International Executive Board, 1948-1950

Carton 10, Folder 1

Joint Action Committee, Northern California, 1950-1951

Carton 10, Folder 2

Legislative meeting, 1946

Carton 10, Folder 3

Salmon Fishermen, Local 34, 1950

Carton 10, Folder 4-5

Sardine Fishermen, Local 34, 1949-1950

Carton 10, Folder 6

Shark Industry meetings, Local 34, 1949

Carton 10, Folder 7

Washington State Industrial Union Council, 1948

 

Series 3:  Agreements. 1948-1951

Physical Description: Carton 10, folder 8-33

Scope and Content Note

Includes agreements entered into between the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America and employers/boat owners. Some of these agreements are arranged by Local number and others by type of fishing (such as sardines, salmon, drag boats). There is one file on the drag boat strike of 1951.
 

Series 4:  Grievances. 1946-1950

Physical Description: Carton 10, folder 34-39; carton 11, folder 1-4

Scope and Content Note

Includes files on: crab grievances; crew grievances (sardine boats); MacArthur Beef (violation of working agreement, Local 34); Margaret F (sardines, Local 34); weight grievances, Local 34; miscellaneous grievance reports, Local 34.
 

Series 5:  Disputes. 1940, 1945-1947

Physical Description: Carton 11, folder 5-10

Scope and Content Note

Includes files on: Seine and Line Fishermen's Union of Monterey/Alaska Fishermen's Union (1947); Cook Inlet unfair labor charge (1947); Local 3-53 Executive Board Meeting dispute (1947); floating cannery dispute (1947); IFAWA - FTA dispute (1945); Kodiak Dispute (1940).
 

Series 6:  Legal Matters. 1939-1950

Physical Description: Carton 11, folder 11-31

Scope and Content Note

Includes files on: Purse Seine trial regarding Moss Landing boats Sunlight, Gius, Marie, Sea Lion; Izaac Walton League suit versus Department of Interior (salmon conservation; 1949); the anti-trust case brought by the federal government against the IFAWA (1946-1951); the Maritime Federation Defense Committee; assorted legal matters; and legislation.
 

Series 7:  Membership and Elections. 1946-1954

Physical Description: Carton 12; cardfile box 1-2

Scope and Content Note

Includes: assorted membership lists and records for for Local 34 (San Francisco) and Local 36 (Newport Beach, California) as well as Balloting Committee Reports and filled-out ballots for Locals 34 and 36 (1948-1953). Cardfile boxes 1-2 include a card file of members, arranged roughly alphabetically by surname (cardfile box 1: A-L; cardfile box 2: M-Z).
 

Series 8:  Sardine Studies and Other Fish Studies. 1944-1950

Physical Description: Carton 13; carton 14, folder 1-7
Carton 13, Folder

Summary of Information on the Condition of the Pacific Coast Sardine Population, compiled by Bureau of Marine Fisheries, California Fish and Game, May, 1947 1947

Carton 13, Folder 2

Sardine Study: Work Sheets and Exhibits, 1947

Carton 13, Folder 3

Report on the Sardine Industry of California as of March '48 by Willis H. Rich, 1948

Carton 13, Folder 4-7

The California Sardine Fishery: Review and Analysis of the Biological, Statistical and Environmental Information about the California Sardine, prepared by Paul G. Pinsky, Wayne Ball, California CIO Council Research Department, April, 1948, 1948

Carton 13, Folder 8

Reports on the Sardine Fishery by J. Neyman (California CIO Council Research Department), May 1948 1948

Carton 13, Folder 9-10

Sardine Study: excerpts and notes, 1948

Carton 13, Folder 11-13

Sardine Research: notes and work sheets, 1948-1949

Carton 13, Folder 14-16

Sardine Advisory Committee, 1948-1949

Carton 13, Folder 17

Sardines: information regarding season, 1948-1950

Carton 13, Folder 18

Commercial fishing studies, 1946-1949

Carton 13, Folder 19

United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Coordinator of Fisheries: Meeting of the Coordinators Fishery Industry Consultants, October 23 and 24, 1944 (transcript), 1944

Carton 13, Folder 20-21

IFAWA Fish Study, original draft, 1946

Carton 13, Folder 22-25

The Fisheries of California: The Industry - The Men - Their Union (prepared by California CIO Council Research Department, January 1947), 1947

Carton 14, Folder 1-3

Tuna fact-finding material, 1948-1950

Carton 14, Folder 4-5

Effect of the Southern Initiative (arguments against initiative which would prohibit net fishing within the 3 mile limit), 1948

Carton 14, Folder 6

Coordinated Plans for Management of the Fisheries of the Pacific Coast (submitted to the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission by the Research Departments of Washington, Oregon, and California, April 5, 1948), 1948

Carton 14, Folder 7

Poll on salmon prices, 1950

 

Series 9:  State and Federal Agency Files. circa 1946-1952

Physical Description: Carton 14, folder 8-24
Carton 14, Folder 8-9

California Department of Employment and Department of Industrial Relations (state and federal), 1946-1952

Carton 14, Folder 10-17

California Fish and Game Commission, 1946-1953

Carton 14, Folder 18

Washington State Department of Fisheries (press releases), 1951-1953

Carton 14, Folder 19-20

United States Coast Guard notices to mariners 12th district, 1948-1950

Carton 14, Folder 21-22

United States Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco Office (public notices), 1949-1951

Carton 14, Folder 23-24

United States Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, 1947-1950

 

Series 10:  Assorted Publications, Notices, Reports, and Press Releases (various organizations). circa 1944-1952

Physical Description: Carton 15, folder 1-20; oversize box, folder 6
Carton 15, Folder

CIO Maritime Committee memos and circulars, 1947

Carton 15, Folder 2

CIO publications, 1947-1949

Scope and Content Note

Includes two publications: Why we fight back: the reasons why farm equipment workers want their own union; One year in the life of our union: Local 6 in action: ILWU-CIO.
Carton 15, Folder 3

CIO Research Reports, 1950

Carton 15, Folder 4-7

Leaflets and notices to Local 34 members, 1948-1951

Carton 15, Folder 8-9

Press releases - Local 34 and ILWU News, 1946-1952

Oversize box 1, Folder 6

Flyers sent to members (one relating to the anti-trust case in the mid-1940s and one for members of Local 38 in Eureka relating to a dispute between IFAWA and the Butcher's Union), 1946-1950

Carton 15, Folder 10

Assorted newspaper clippings, 1949

Carton 15, Folder 11

Strike publicity - Dragboat Crews Local 34, 1951

Carton 15, Folder 12

Chamber of Commerce (California), 1947-1948

Carton 15, Folder 13

Crab Fishermen, 1949

Carton 15, Folder 14

Credit Union, 1950

Carton 15, Folder 15

Farm Labor Consumer Association, 1946

Carton 15, Folder 16

Form letters regarding organization of Santa Cruz Division, 1950

Carton 15, Folder 17

Save the Fisheries Committee, 1948

Carton 15, Folder 18

Sardines, assorted, circa 1942-1950

Carton 15, Folder 19-20

Miscellaneous reports, 1946-1952

 

Series 11:  Financial. circa 1944-1952

Physical Description: Carton 15, folder 1-20
 

Subseries 11.1:  Assessments. circa 1948-1951

Physical Description: Carton 15, folder 21-34; carton 16, folder 1-31

Scope and Content Note

Includes assessments for: F. Alioto, Anti-Trust and Special Drag Assessment; A La Rocca and Sons; Joe Balestreri and Company; Consolidated Fisheries, Incorporated; A. Paladini; Pillar Point Fish Company; Purse Seine; A. Romeo Fish and Oyster Company; C. Stagnara Fish Corporation; Standard Fisheries; J.C. Tarantino (fish liver buyer); Western California Fish Company; Crab Fishermen; Sardine Fishermen; Shark Fishermen, and miscellaneous.
 

Subseries 11.2:  Fish Market Accounts. circa 1948-1951

Physical Description: Carton 16, folder 32-80

Scope and Content Note

Includes account files for: Mario Alioto; Kimball Allen; American Best Fish Company; Balestrieri; Bear Bait; Central Sea Foods; Frank Cresci and Sons; A. Davi; DeMello; Di Maggio Fish Stand; Di Maggio's (Joe Busalacchi); Excelsior; Exposition fish Stand; Farmer's Market; Fishermen's Stand; San Friscia (dealer); Frank Giaminna; Hayward Fishery; Otto Hertz; Jim Kelley; La Rocca's; Lighthouse; Littlemen's Market; Mini Bait Shop; Noriega Fish and Poultry; Oregon-California Corporation; A. Paladini Company; Pompei Fish Stand; Joe Pucci; Red Top Sports Center; Richmond Fish and Bait; Romeo Fish Company; Rosario; Roy's Seafood; Sabella's; Sabella-La Torre Stand 3; Sal and Dom; Sausalito Boat and Tackle; Scalise Brothers; Swan's 10th Street Market; Tom's Crab Shack; Tony and Joe's; Wagner and Capps; West Coast Sea Food Company; Western California Fish Company; Miscellaneous buyers.
 

Subseries 11.3:  Other Financial. circa 1948-1951

Physical Description: Carton 16, folder 81-116; carton 17

Scope and Content Note

Includes files on boat accounts, mostly from 1951 (documenting fish sold by Local 34 for boat owners); auction, tonnage, and order files on shark, albacore, tuna, crab, and sardine (carton 17); bills of lading and other records regarding weight and value of fish and payment of fishermen; and other financial statements, reports and account books.
 

Series 12:  Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers of America Union (FTA). circa 1944-1952

Physical Description: Carton 18-19; oversize box 1, folder 1-5
Carton 18, Folder 1

Cannery elections, 1945

Carton 18, Folder 2-3

Agricultural organizing, 1947-1948

Carton 18, Folder 4-5

Asparagus organizing drive,

Carton 18, Folder 6

FTA correspondence and memos, 1949

Carton 18, Folder 7

FTA merger minutes, 1945

Carton 18, Folder 8-9

FTA Cannery Council, 1944-1947

Carton 18, Folder 10

FTA Local 64 agreements (Van Camp Sea Food), 1945-1951

Carton 18, Folder 11-13

Assorted agreements and contracts, 1945-1949

Carton 18, Folder 14

Statements regarding legislation (including Taft-Hartley Act), 1945-1949

Carton 18, Folder 15

International office, assorted statements, 1949

Carton 18, Folder 16

Washington, D.C., Elizabeth Sasuly (FTA Washington representative), assorted FTA statements (some regarding Taft-Hartley Act), 1949

Carton 18, Folder 17

Legal reports, statements, 1947-1950

Carton 18, Folder 18

AFL-contracts, wage adjustment, National Labor Relations Board (reports, communications), 1945

Carton 18, Folder 19

Briefs of the Monterey Fish Processors Association and the San Francisco Sardine Association, 1946

Carton 18, Folder 20

Puget Sound negotiations (correspondence regarding cannery workers' agreements, copy of agreement), 1947

Carton 18, Folder 21

Opinion and award in O'Dwyer and Mets, Incorporated and FTA Workers Local 78, 1948

Carton 18, Folder 22-24

Publicity scripts for radio programs and press releases, 1946-1949

Carton 19, Folder 1-5

FTA publications and reports, 1944-1949

Carton 19, Folder 6

Constitutions, by-laws, resolutions, 1946-1952

Carton 19, Folder 7

FTA guides, manuals, pamphlets, 1943-1949

Carton 19, Folder 8-14

FTA-CIO flyers, leaflets, newsletters, circa 1946

Scope and Content Note

Flyers relating to the competition between the American Federation of Labor and the FTA-CIO for cannery workers around 1946.
Carton 19, Folder 15-16

American Federation of Labor flyers, leaflets, newsletters, circa 1946

Scope and Content Note

Flyers relating to the competition between the American Federation of Labor and the FTA-CIO for cannery workers around 1946.
Carton 19, Folder 17

Program for Cannery Workers Dance (1937), Stockton; Sign for Victory: FTA Songs; and official secret ballot sample, circa 1937-1946

Oversize-box 1, Folder 1-5

Assorted union newspapers documenting cannery organizating by the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor, circa 1946-1949

Carton 19, Folder 17

Photographs (2): Local 64, FTA-CIO, San Diego scene with families and Santa Claus; Local 82, FTA-CIO, Modesto fundraising dinner, circa 1937-1946