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Items from Minute Books,, 1916-1918
File — Carton: 1, Folder: 13
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Contents of this folder include: a copy ballot and the results of a referendum on July 15, 1916 deciding if the Riggers' would go back to work or on July 17 or continue to strike (the vote was 1186 for to 549 against returning); a resolution stating the Riggers' opposition to the Chamber of Commerce's drive to change the office of police judge from an elected to an appointed office; a timeline on the negotiations of wages between unions and employers dated May 26, 1917; a letter form the...
Dates:
1916-1918
Minute Book,, 1917 January 8-1919 January 20
File — Carton: 1, Folder: 9
Contents
Points of interest in Book IX include: election results [pp 3, 279]; the mention of the establishment of a maximum load amount [p 12]; a mention a letter from the San Francisco Labor Council requesting financial assistance, to which the Riggers' replied that they were "in no position to financially assist them"[p 25]; a reversal of the constitutional policy that only white citizens could join the union. Instead, all "men of good moral character...capable of performing the work of loading and...
Dates:
1917 January 8-1919 January 20
Items from Minute Books,, 1906-1911
File — Carton: 1, Folder: 10
Contents
Contents of this folder include: Printed materials relating to internal union business, typed minutes of a session of the City Front Federation, handwritten memos and notes, notes written on printed notices. Essentially, the contents are ephemera that reflect the day to day business of the union.
Dates:
1906-1911