General Executive Board, 1881-2011

These records document the creation and consolidation of local unions, jurisdictional conflicts with other unions and negotiations with companies. The records consist of minutes and meeting notes from general executive board meetings, reports of the general executive board, general president and general secretary; circular letters and other mailings to members; correspondence to union officials concerning local-international relations and local union referendum votes; agreements with businesses and records concerning the design, bidding and construction of union buildings in Indianapolis and Washington, DC.