Barkin, Solomon, 1907-2000
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1907 - 2000
Biography
Barkin was the CIO's Director of Research and Chair of the CIO's Fair Labor Standards Committee.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
AFL-CIO Office of the President, Joint Minimum Wage Committee records
Collection
0018-LBR-RG1-039
Abstract
This collection comprises the records of the AFL-CIO Joint Minimum Wage Committee from 1954 to 1960. The records document the work of the committee in supporting improvements of the minimum wage clause of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It is especially rich in printed materials produced by the committee and acquired from other sources. In addition, a small number of records of the Joint Minimum Wage Committee (AFL, CIO, 1955) also appear.
Dates:
1954-1960
Correspondence, 1951-1966
Series
1
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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CIO and AFL-CIO Research Department, Nathaniel Goldfinger records
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and memos in this series are comprised mainly of materials to and from Goldfinger, with responses frequently attached to the incoming letters. In addition to routine matters, such as information requests and personnel matters, the subjects of these letters reflect Goldfinger's areas of research expertise: automation, unemployment, monetary policy, right-to-work laws, productivity, inflation, East-West trade, and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development...
Dates:
1951-1966
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