International and National Unions, 1949-1995

Unions represented in this series include: Carpenters (UBCJA), Clothing Workers (ACWA), Communications Workers (CWA), Electricians (IUE), Electrical Workers (IBEW), Federal, State and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Graphic Artists (GAIU), Ladies' Garment Workers (ILGWU), Letter Carriers (NALC), Masons, Office Employees (OIEU), Roofers (UURW), Service Employees (SEIU), Steel Workers (USWA), Teamsters (IBT), Textile Workers (UTWA), Typographical Union (ITU). Subjects include: apartheid, centennial (Carpenters), civil rights, community relations, communists, corruption, history (Steel Workers), jurisdiction, labor day, strikes, union label, unions (goals and purposes of), voting and voter registration, women workers. The series also includes a set of 27 posters, "This Union Cause," commissioned in 1962 by the United Automobile Workers.