Register of the National Right to Work Committee issuances
Finding aid prepared by Sarah Patton
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: National Right to Work Committee issuances
Date (bulk): 1955-1981
Collection Number: 81126
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes
(2.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The issuances of the National Right to Work Committee consist of newsletters, bulletins, leaflets, pamphlets, speeches, testimony,
articles, and press releases relating to labor unions and right-to-work laws in the United States.
Creator:
National Right to Work Committee (U.S.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], National Right to Work Committee issuances, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
The National Right to Work Committee, founded in 1955, is a non-profit organization of employees and employers opposing compulsory
union membership in the United States and defending the right of citizens to work, regardless of their union status. The Committee
seeks to inform citizens about the right-to-work movement through the use of various educational materials, including newsletters,
press releases, literature and books, seminars, speakers, radio series, and motion pictures. Additionally, the Committee works
to support statewide and national movements to enact right-to-work legislation and uphold Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley
Act, which affirms that states may have right-to-work laws.
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the records in this collection span the years 1955 to 1981 and include newsletters, bulletins, leaflets, pamphlets,
speeches, testimony, articles, and press releases relating to labor unions and right-to-work laws in the United States. The
collection largely consists of materials published by the National Right to Work Committee to promote its ideals and educate
the public, as well as speeches and testimony given by members of the Committee and right-to-work supporters. This outward-facing
material was designed to raise awareness about compulsory unionism and right-to-work laws. Exceptions include some informational
pamphlets about the Committee, its work, and its educational efforts, as well as some collected materials from outside sources
documenting issues of interest to the Committee.
Where possible, the original order (generally chronological) was maintained. In the instance of the materials received in
the pamphlets category, which had no original order, series and subseries were created, and the materials were arranged by
subject. Additionally, with the speeches by right-to-work supporters, a decision was made to arrange them first by speaker
and then chronologically, in order to collocate the speeches of individuals, particularly since there were a large number
of speeches by Charles W. Bailey, who held various positions on the National Right to Work Committee Board.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor unions -- United States
Open and closed shop -- United States
Newsletters
1955-1981
Scope and Contents
Consists of newsletters published by the National Right to Work Committee, arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
The
Right to Work National Newsletter became the
National Right to Work Newsletter in June 1969. Similarly, the
NRW News Service became the
Right to Work News Service in March 1975.
box 1, folder 1-4
Free Choice,
1965-1981
Scope and Contents
1965 - 2nd Quarter, 1981. Per note from donor, May - December 1978 and January - April 1979 issues are not included. 1969
No. 10 is missing.
box 1, folder 5-7
National Right to Work Newsletter
June 1969-1981
Scope and Contents
Through October 29, 1981.
box 2, folder 1-3
National Right to Work Newsletter
June 1969-1981
box 2, folder 3-7
Right to Work National Newsletter
1955-May 1969
Scope and Contents
Missing 1955 Vol. 1, No. 4; 1956 Vol. 2, Nos. 2, 3, and 5; 1962 Vol. 8, No. 2.
box 3, folder 1
Right to Work News Service
March 1975-1981
Scope and Contents
Through September, 1981. Per note from donor, in 1978 there was no #11 issued.
box 2, folder 8
Right to Work News Service
March 1975-1981
box 3, folder 1-2
NRW News Service
1970-February 1975
Scope and Contents
1970s issues are undated, so original order is unknown. Missing 1971 #3. Per note from donor, 1973 #9, 11, 17, 21 and 25
are not included.
box 3, folder 3
Recaps
1976-1981
Scope and Contents
Published by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism, a division of the National Right to Work Committee.
box 3, folder 4
Samples of other NRWC publications
1963-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes
AFL-CIO News, Right to Work News, Right to Work Digest, Issue Briefing Paper, and
Violence Task Force Report.
Larson, Reed -- Speeches, articles, interviews
1959-1979
General
See also: Pamphlets -- Larson, Reed speeches, Box 6, folder 6.
Scope and Contents
Consists mainly of speeches given by Larson, former President of the National Right to Work Committee, to various clubs and
associations across the United States, arranged chronologically.
Speeches by right-to-work supporters
1959-1980
Scope and Contents
Consists of speeches given mostly by National Right to Work Committee Board members to various conventions and groups across
the United States, arranged alphabetically by speaker, then chronologically if necessary. There are only one or two speeches
for each individual, with the exception of Charles W. Bailey.
box 4, folder 2
Bailey, Charles W.
1969-1980
box 4, folder 3
Bailey, Charles W., 1965-1968 ; Cadwallader, S.D.; Calvin, Ben; Dillard, E.S.
box 4, folder 4
Hooser, Lafayette A.; Kilcullen, John; Newton, Hugh C.; Ruggles, William
Legislative testimony statements
1965-1981
Scope and Contents
Consists of statements given before Congress or submitted as part of the Congressional record by Reed Larson and various right
to work supporters, arranged chronologically.
box 5, folder 4
Factual sources
1960s - 1970s
Scope and Contents
Consists of bibliographies, newspaper article documentation for the Committee's film
And Women Must Weep, and the results of public opinion research about right-to-work laws conducted in 1964 and from 1974-1977.
Collected materials
1952-1977
Scope and Contents
Consists of materials from outside sources, such as newspaper articles and pamphlets, relating to compulsory unionism and
right-to-work laws, divided into subseries by subject.
box 5, folder 5
Chavez, Cesar and California agricultural workers' labor dispute
1968-1970
box 5, folder 6
Information about, and in support of, right-to-work laws
1956-1969
box 5, folder 7
Miscellaneous
1958-1973
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets:
If You Couldn't Vote in Free Elections;
The Voluntarism of Samuel Gompers [2 versions];
The Union Label and Its Use or Nonuse on Printed Materials
Articles: "The Case for Boulwarism;" "The Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation - A Force in the Public Sector;" "The Aerospace
Story;" "Kennedy Urged to Fire 'Biased' Aerospace Aide" / "Douglas Employes [sic] File Suit"
Copy of complaint in E.R. Reid, et al. v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation and UAW-AFL-CIO District Lodge 1093
box 5, folder 8
National Association of Manufacturers pamphlets
1959, 1967
box 5, folder 9
Negative effects of compulsory unionism
1950s, 1970s
box 5, folder 10
Pamphlets from state right-to-work movements
1958-1977
box 6, folder 1
Political and legislative aspects of the right to work and compulsory unionism
1956-1977
box 6, folder 2
Religion and the right to work
1955-1965, 1975
Pamphlets
1955-1981
Scope and Contents
Consists of pamphlets published by the National Right to Work Committee, divided into subseries by subject.
These include both informational pamphlets about various aspects of compulsory unionism and right-to-work laws, as well as
advertisements for the Committee's own educational materials and pamphlets describing the Committee and its work.
box 7, folder 1
About the NRWC and its educational materials
1958-1981
box 7, folder 2
Arguments in support of right-to-work laws
1958-1966
box 7, folder 3
Benefits of right-to-work laws
1958-1979
box 7, folder 4
Compulsory unionism and public/government employees
1969-1978
box 7, folder 5
Condemnation of compulsory unions and their tactics
1955-1980
box 7, folder 6
Larson, Reed speeches
1965-1978
General
See also: Larson, Reed -- Speeches, articles, interviews, Box 3, folders 6-8, and Box 4, folders 1-2.
box 7, folder 7
Political and legislative aspects of the right to work and compulsory unionism
1959-1979
box 7, folder 8
Political cartoons
1965, 1977-1978
box 7, folder 9
Religion and the right to work
1960s-1970s
box 7, folder 10
Text of state right-to-work laws
1958, 1972
