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Scope and Contents Comprised of materials created by the Graphics Communication Workers International Union Local 583 and predecessor unions before the merger with Teamsters Local 853 in December 2006, including: Amalgamated Lithographers of America (ALA), Local 17; Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union (LPIU), Local 17-L; LPIU Local 280; Graphic Arts International Union (GAIU), Local 280; GAIU Local 3-B (Bookbinders). Includes minutes, financial and membership records, committee files,...

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Primarily records related to Olson's tenure as President of BATU, Local 21, including office files, subject files, clippings, union newspapers, minutes, correspondence and files related to strikes, grievance and arbitration cases, pensions, health and welfare, and the mergers with the Newspaper Guild and CWA. Also includes material documenting the union's participation in politics and progressive political causes, trips to other countries, and healthcare reform for seniors.

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Sound recording of interview with Leon Olson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Describes the anti-Hearst newspaper strike of 1968; San Rafael Independent Journal strike, ca. 1970s; the shrinking number of newspapers, 1970s-1980s; and the impact of new technologies on the Typographers Union.

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Photo album consisting of images of web pressmen at work printing San Francisco newspapers, on break and posing with co-workers, and spending leisure time together on recreational outings. The album documents the pressmen's working environment, including web press machinery and ink-stained clothes, and hunting, fishing, and clam-digging trips taken throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater California, and San Diego.