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This collection of instructional materials focuses on education and awareness of gender discrimination in the workplace and occupational training programs for women in nontraditional jobs, trades, and unions. This collection also contains five social/political pamphlets from the Radical Education Project, and one pamphlet from the Berkeley-Oakland Women’s Union, a Socialist feminist organization of women against sexism and exploitation.

Abstract Materials related to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) at the national, California and local levels, including convention proceedings, bylaws, agreements, and pamphlets, collected in the course of Johnson's work as business agent for UBCJA's Local 550 Chapter in Oakland, California. While the majority of the collection reflects official documentation from UBCJA and California State Council of Carpenters, also present are publications from workers and players...

Abstract The Madeline Mixer Papers contain materials created and collected primarily during Madeline Mixer's tenure (1962-1995) as the director of the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau Region IX office. The focus of Mixer's work as director was on working women, and especially women working in nontraditional occupations. The collection includes materials generated by the Department of Labor and other federal departments, and the national Women's Bureau based in Washington, D.C. There are...

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Articles of incorporation, by-laws, title papers, real estate documents, membership certificates, minutes, wage rates and statistics handbooks, and financial and membership records of the San Francisco Building Trades Council (later known as the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council) and the San Francisco Building Trades Council's Temple Association.

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Sound recording of interview with glazier and former Secretary Treasurer of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, Stan Smith, conducted by Harvey Schwartz.