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Finding Aid to the Retail Store Employees Union Local 410R Records
larc.ms.0018  
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Description
Includes: constitution and bylaws, minutes of the membership and executive board, records of associated retail clerk organizations, financial ledgers and statements, membership documentation, and contract negotiation files of the Retail Store Employees Union Local 410R.
Background
Little information exists on the origin and early growth of the Retail Store Employees Union (RSEU), Local 410R. The following account is from the Local's February 1985 newsletter. Diana Oswalt wrote this mini-history based on the recollections of William Silverstein who was Secretary-Treasurer of Local 410 from October of 1944 to July of 1970:
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23.75 Cubic Feet (19 cartons)
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Availability
Collection is open for research