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Finding Aid to the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO records
BANC MSS 84/120 c
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO records
Creator:
California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 84/120 c
Physical Description:
98.75 linear feet
(79 cartons)
Date (bulk): approximately 1945-1981
Abstract: Records of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO, dating from approximately 1945-1981.
Location of Materials: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Materials: English
Fifteen series of records dating from approximately 1945 to 1981, including convention proceedings, correspondence, economic
data, information bulletins, subject files, some records relating to district councils and local unions, materials relating
to pension and health and welfare funds, and records relating to National Labor Relations Board cases, California Department
of Employment cases, arbitration cases, and California Industrial Accident Commission cases.
The California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers was founded at a statewide convention held in San Francisco on
January 16-18, 1947, and attended by representatives of lumber and sawmill unions affiliated with the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL, which issued a charter for this new organization on July 22. Some of the functions
of the council had previously been performed by a state coordinating committee of lumber and sawmill workers. Historical files
relating to the council's founding can be found in the Subject Files. The council held jurisdiction over all voluntary affiliated
local unions and district councils chartered by the Brotherhood within California. There represented workers in production
and maintenance of logging operations and mills and factories of the logging industry. Delegates to state council conventions
were elected from each affiliated local union and district council. Members of the executive committee of the council were
selected from five districts, representing the area within the jurisdiction of each of the Redwood, Northern California, and
Central California District Councils, and the areas of Los Angeles and vicinity and San Diego and vicinity. Officers of the
state council were nominated from the convention floor and elected by vote of the delegates. The state council provided services
and assistance requested by affiliated units, including economic information; coordination of contract proposals; professional
representation in negotiations, arbitrations, National Labor Relations Board cases, industrial accident cases, and Wage Stabilization
Board cases; and other matters affecting the welfare of the members. The state council did not determine policy for or interfere
with the autonomy and functions of local unions or district councils.
The economic representative was a professional labor relations specialist employed to perform most of the administrative and
advisory work of the council. He provided information on federal and state procedures and regulations and other information
on contracts and collective bargaining and economic conditions in the lumber industry and served as administrator of the health
and welfare fund and the pension fund. During the period represented by these records, the economic representative was Daniel
Johnston, who maintained offices in Los Angeles and performed his duties on a consulting basis.
Cartons 1-21 are open to researchers. Cartons 22-79 include medical and other restricted personal information and are closed
to researchers until 2056.
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of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for
any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
[Identification of item], California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO records, BANC MSS 84/120 c, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Forest History Society, 1984.
Collection processed by Lara Michels. Much of the finding aid descriptive text has been taken from Richard C. Davis' 1976
inventory of the Records of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers at the Forest History Society (the
previous owner of this collection).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, AFL-CIO
Labor unions--California
Labor--California
Lumber trade--California
Lumber trade -- accidents
Industrial accidents--California