This collection documents the activities of the Plant Closures Project (PCP). Consists of organizational records dated from 1981 to 1991 , the bulk from 1982-1989, including budget, planning and reorganization documents, minutes, funding requests, reports, newsletters, impact statistics, steering committee leadership handbook, steering committee and advisory board members, and plant closure campaign records (Sierra Design, Rainbow Workers Cooperative, Delaval Foundry, Blue Cross).

The collection also contains articles and various documents dated from 1983 to 2005 pertaining to the Full Employment movement, workers ownership, eminent domain, organizations addressing unemployment, the Unemployment Exchange Association, and the Busy Needle Workers Cooperative.