Finding Aid for ILIR Library International Union and Federation Vertical File, 1932-2004 | University of Illinois Archives

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Unions by Country

Box 1

Folder 1: Argentina - Confederacion General Del Trabajo, 1964-68

Announcements, Union Newspapers, Union Publications

Creator: CGT

Folder 2: Australia - Administrative Clerical Officers' Association, 1966-69

Constitution and Rules, Promotional Pamphlet, Union Newsletter

Creator: ACOA

Folder 3: Australia - Amalgamated Metal Workers Union, 1967-76

Rules, Promotional and Recruitment Materials, Monthly Journal, The Amalgamated News, Research Centre Bulletins and Reports, Reports, Wage Proposals, Handbooks, Conference Minutes

Creator: AMWU

Folder 4: Australia - Amalgamated Metal Workers Union - Contracts, 1972-75

Contracts With General Motors, Chrysler, Borg-Warner, Caterpillar and others.

Creator: AMWU and Cos.

Folder 5: Australia - Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia, 1967-76

Constitution and Rules, Union Newsletters, Reports, Conference Proceedings, Promotional Materials

Creator: AAESDA

Folder 6: Australia - Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations, 1967-74

Constitution and Rules, Promotional Pamphlet, Historical Information

Creator: ACSPA

Folder 7: Australia - Australian Council of Trade Unions, 1974-75

Organization Chart, Standard Hours Award, Wages Resolution, Information Sheet

Creator: ACTU

Folder 8: Australia - Australian Teachers' Federation, 1967-69

Constitution, Salaries Agreement, Annual Reports, Conference Proceedings

Creator: ATF

Folder 9: Australia - Australian Workers' Unions, April, 1969

Industrial Agreement

Creator: AWU

Folder 10: Australia - Boilermakers and Blacksmiths' Society, 1969

Conference Delegate's Guide Book, Industrial Agreement

Creator: BBS

Folder 11: Australia - Commonwealth Public Service Association, April, 1969

Union Official Organ

Creator: CPSA

Folder 12: Australia - Electrical Trades Union, 1968-77

Rules, Handbook, Union Newspaper, Union Official Organ, Annual Report

Creator: ETU

Folder 13: Australia - Federated Clerks Union, 1975

Rules, Reports, Agreement Proposal

Creator: FCU

Folder 14: Australia - Federated Ironworkers' Association, 1966-74

Rules, Labor Agreements, Drafts and Amendments, Retirement Plan, Union Newspapers, Minutes of National Meetings, Union Election Materials

Creator: FIA

Folder 15: Australia - Federated Tobacco and Cigarette Workers' Union of Australia, 1969

Agreement between Rothman's of Pall Mall and FTCWUA

Creator: FTCWUA

Folder 16: Australia - Labor Council of New South Wales, 1975-95

Rules, Enterprise Development Agreement, Industrial Agreement, Annual Report

Creator: LC of NSW

Folder 17: Australia - Metal Trades Industry Association, 1958-75

Rules, Promotional Booklets, Educational Booklets, Policy Paper, Policy Review

Creator: MTIA

Folder 18: Australia - Municipal Officers' Association, 1964-75

Rules and Amendments, Hand book, Union News Paper, Reports, Awards, Policy Document, 50th Anniversary Materials,

Creator: MOA

Box 2

Folder 1: Australia - New South Wales Nurses' Association, 1968-69

Constitution and Rules, Union History, The Lamp - Union Journal

Creator: NSWNA

Folder 2: Australia - Public Service Association of New South Wales, 1966-76

Constitution and Rules and By-Laws, Union Official Organ, Annual Conference Agenda and Report, Union Newspaper

Creator: PSA of NSW

Folder 3: Australia - Vehicle Builders Employees' Federation, 1964-82

Rules, Union Journal, Union Bulletin

Creator: VBEF

Folder 4: Australia - Victorian Public Service Association, 1966-75

Rules and By-Laws, Union Journal

Creator: VPSA

Folder 5: Australia - Water and Sewerage Employees' Union, 1973-74

Industrial Agreement, Labor Dispute Decision

Creator: WSEU

Folder 6: Bolivia, 1996

Foreign Labor Trends Report - Bolivia

Creator: U.S. Dept. of Labor

Folder 7: Canada - Canadian Auto Workers, 1954-94

News Release, Newspaper Clipping, Educational Booklet, Union Magazine, Union Newsletter, Reports

Creator: CAW

Folder 8: Canada - Canadian Labour Congress, 1952-83

Publications List, Union History, Educational Pamphlet

Creator: CLC

Folder 9: Canada - Canadian Union of Public Employees, 1981-88

Collective Labor Agreement, Union Publication

Creator: CUPE

Folder 10: Canada - La Confederation des Travailleurs Catholiques du Canada, Inc., 1945

Publication - Syndicalisme ou Politique

Creator: CTCC

Folder 11: Canada - Council of Postal Workers (Conseil des Unions des Postes), 1970-84

Agreements, Handbook

Creator: CPW

Folder 12: Canada - Ontario Federation of Labor, CLC, 1961-81

Summaries of Policies, Historical Background, Educational Pamphlet, Legislative Proposals

Creator: OFL

Folder 13: Canada - Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, 1971-73

Agreements with the Treasury Board

Creator: PIPSC

Folder 14: Canada - Public Service Alliance of Canada, 1971-84

Agreements with the Treasury Board

Creator: PSAC

Folder 15: Canada - Public Service Alliance of Canada (2), 1971-74

Agreements with the Treasury Board

Creator: PSAC

Folder 16: Canada - Quebec Unions General, 1979-89

Agreements

Box 3

Folder 1: Canada - U - Canadian Railway, 1948

Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees History

Creator: CBRE

Folder 2: Canada - Mixed Unions, 1971-82

Agreements of Council of Graphic Arts Union, Canadian Merchant Service Guild, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Federal Government Dockyards Trades and Labour Council, Canadian Office Employees Union, Canadian Air Traffic Control Association

Creator: CGAU et al.

Folder 3: China - General, 1973-2002

Shandong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Conference Proceedings, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: SPFTU; Washington Post; New York Times; Chicago Tribune

Folder 4: Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Revolutionary Trade Union Movement, 1969-81

Congress Documents, Magazine

Creator: ROH

Folder 5: Denmark - General, 1973-86

Newspaper Clippings Regardings 1973 Strike, Report of National Union of General Workers' Growth Commission

Creator: Wall Street Journal; NUGW

Folder 6: France - General, 1946-73

Reports to Confederation Generale du Travail, Newspaper Clippings Regarding French Labor

Creator: CGT; Washington Post; Chicago Tribune; New York Times;

Folder 7: France - Confederation Francais des Travailleurs Chretiens, June, 1963

Report to the National Council

Creator: CFTC

Folder 8: Germany - Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft, 1974

Newspaper Clippings, Organization Chart

Creator: DAG; New York Times

Folder 9: Germany - Deutsche Gewerkschafts-Bund, 1955-66

Union Newsletters, Bulletins, Declaration on the Reunification of Germany

Creator: DGB

Folder 10: Germany - I.G. BAU (Construction Workers Unions), 1963-73

Address Before Convention; Newspaper Clipping

Creator: I.G. BAU; Washington Post

Folder 11: Germany - I.G. Metall, 1971-94

Newspaper Clippings, Agreements, Educational and Promotional Booklets, Anniversary Publication, Union Magazine, Theses Possibilities Regarding I.G. Metall

Creator: I.G.M.; Washington Post; Wall Street Journal

Folder 12: Great Britain - General, 1951-2004

Newspaper Clippings, Postcards, Union Journals, Anniversary Publications, Agreements, Union Newspapers, Constitutions and Rules, Conference Proceedings

Folder 13: Great Britain - Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, 1932, 1947

Conference Proceedings

Creator: AUBTW

Folder 14: Great Britain - Clerical and Administrative Workers' Unions, 1954-71

Handbooks, Conference Proceedings, Agreement

Creator: CAWU

Folder 15: Great Britain - Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Amalgamated Engineering Union), 1954-87

Conference Proceedings, Promotional and Educational Booklets, Handbooks, Agreements, Union Newsletter, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: AUEW

Folder 16: Great Britain - Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Amalgamated Engineering Union) (2), 1953-61

Conference Proceedings

Creator: AUEW

Folder 17: Great Britain - Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Undated

Negotiating Procedure and Agreements, Informational Publication

Creator: AESD

Folder 18: Great Britain - General and Municipal Workers, 1953-96

Union Journals, Accounts Report, Educational and Promotional Booklets, Handbooks, Policy Documents, Reports to Annual Congress, Rules,

Creator: GMW (GMB)

Folder 19: Great Britain - General Federation of Trade Unions, 1937, 1971

Report of Trade Union Organization, Federation News - Quarterly Publications

Creator: GFTU

Folder 20: Great Britain - National and Local Government Officers Association, 1965-68

Constitution and Rules, Reports,

Creator: NALGO

Folder 21: Great Britain - National Union of Mineworkers, 1945-73

Organization Chart, Information Pamphlets, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: NUM; Chicago Tribune

Folder 22: Great Britain - Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen, 1956-74

Agreement, Reports

Creator: APAC (UPA)

Box 4

Folder 1: Great Britain - Society of Radiographers, July, 1974

Submission of Evidence to the Halsbury Committee of Enquiry

Creator: S of R

Folder 2: Great Britain - Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 1953-75

Agreements, Promotional Booklet, Conference Proceedings

Creator: CSEU

Folder 3: Great Britain - Association of University Teachers, January, 1978

AUT Bulletin

Creator: AUT

Folder 4: Great Britain - National Union of Teachers, 1968

NUT Member's Handbook

Creator: NUT

Folder 5: Great Britain - Trades Union Congress, 1954-84

Promotional Booklets, Training and Short Course Materials, Educational Booklets and Pamphlets,Union Reports on Economics and Membership, Rules and Standing Orders, Agreements, Policy Documents, Handbooks, Union Histories, Newspaper Clippings,

Creator: TUC; New York Times

Folder 6: Great Britain - Transport and General Workers Union, 1952-75

Union History, Handbooks, Agreement, Informational Booklets, Report, Union Newspaper, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: TGWU; New York Times; Chicago Tribune; Wall Street Journal;

Folder 7: India - Hind Mazdoor Sabha, 1958

Convention Report and Address, Code of Discipline in Industry, Submission to Pay Commission

Creator: HMS

Folder 8: India - Indian National Trade Union Congress, 1953-59

Reports, Session Proceedings and Addresses, Constitution

Creator: INTUC

Folder 9: India - Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh, Undated

Union Booklet, Union Newspaper

Creator: RMMS

Folder 10: India - Tata Workers' Union, 1956

Agreements

Creator: TWU

Folder 11: Ireland - Irish Congress of Trade Unions, 1980

Annual Report

Creator: ICTU

Folder 12: Israel - Histadrut, 1966-85

Union Newsletter, 50th Anniversary Publication, Union Magazine

Creator: Histadrut

Folder 13: Italy - General, 1972-74

Report to FISBA-CISL Convention, Newspaper Clipping

Creator: FISBA-CISL; New York Times

Folder 14: Japan - General, 1949-86

Labor Agreement, Union Newsletter

Folder 15: Japan - Denki-Roren (Electrical Machine Workers' Union), 1961-84

General Information, Handbook

Creator: Denki-Roren

Folder 16: Japan - Densan (Electrical Power Workers Union), April, 1953

Recent  Internal Trade Union Developments

Creator: Densan

Folder 17: Japan - Fujitsu Workers Union, Undated

Young Members' Publications

Creator: FWU

Folder 18: Japan - Japan Radio Workers Union, June, 1954

Resolution

Creator: JRWU

Folder 19: Japan - Jichiro (Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union), 1962

Summary of Union Activities

Creator: Jichiro

Folder 20: Japan - Jidosha Roren (Federation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions), 1983-84

Educational Booklet, Informational Booklet, Agreement

Creator: Jidosha Roren

Folder 21: Japan - Kokuro (Railway Workers' Union of Japan), 1961-73

Constitution and Rules, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: Kokuro; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Chicago Tribune; Wall Street Journal

Folder 22: Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Workers Union, 1979-86

Survey Results, Informational Booklet, Agreements, University of Illinois ILIR Translation of Union Materials (Constitution, By-Laws, Union Song, Collective Agreement, Sub-Agreements on Wages and Salaries and Severence Pay)

Creator: MEIWU; U of I ILIR

Box 5

Folder 1: Japan - Nikkyoso (Japanese Teachers' Union), 1964

Papers on the Japanese Teachers' Union

Creator: Nikkyoso

Folder 2: Japan - Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan), 1953-72

Informational Booklets, Summary of Union Activities, Union Correspondence, Policy Documents, Report on Wages

Creator: Sohyo

Folder 3: Japan - Tanro (Japan Coal Miners' Union), 1959

General Information Booklets

Creator: Tanro

Folder 4: Japan - Tekkororen, May, 1964

General Information and Organization Chart

Creator: Tekkororen

Folder 5: Japan - Zendentsu (Japan Telecommunications Workers' Union), ca. 1961

General Inforamtion Booklet

Creator: Zendentsu

Folder 6: Japan - Zenro (Japanese Trade Union Congress), 1954-60

Policy Documents, Charter

Creator: Zenro

Folder 7: Mexico - General', August, 1974

Newspaper Clipping Regarding Authentic Workers Front

Creator: Wall Street Journal

Folder 8: Netherlands - Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen (Netherlands Federation of Trade Unions), 1952

International Information Bulletin (4 editions - 15, 18, 19, 20)

Creator: NVV

Folder 9: New Zealand - New Zealand Federation of Labour, 1977-86

Minutes and Reports of Conference Proceedings, Presidential Address, Report of Unemployment Conference, Union Newspaper

Creator: NZFoL

Folder 10: New Zealand - New Zealand Federation of Labour - Bulletin, 1978-81

Union Newspaper

Creator: NZFoL

Folder 11: Nigeria - General, 1971

Reprinted Agreement of Nigerian Union of Bank, Insurance and Allied Workers (International Institute for Labour Studies)

Creator: IILS

Folder 12: Norway - General, 1947-55

Agreements of the Norweigan Federation of Trade Unions

Creator: NFTU

Folder 13: Pakistan - General, February, 1956

All Pakistan Confederation of Labour Publication (Including Constitutions and Lists of Unions)

Creator: PCL

Folder 14: Philippines - General, 1982-89

Agreement of Precesion Electronics Corp. Workers Union, Newsletter of Philippine Workers Support Committee

Creator: PECWU; PWSC

Folder 15: Philippines - Kilusang Mayo Uno, 1986-2003

Union International Newsletter

Creator: KMU

Folder 16: Philipinnes - Philippines Trade Union Council, 1958

Newspaper Clippings, Leadership Listing, Yearbook

Creator: PTUC

Folder 17: Singapore - General, June, 1973

Newspaper Clipping Regarding Singapore Workers Unrest

Creator: Washington Post

Folder 18: Singapore - National Trade Unions Congress, 1981-98

Conference Reports and Addresses, Policy Documents, Promotional Booklets,May Day Souvenir Magazine

Creator: NTUC

Box 6

Folder 1: Singapore - Perjuangan, 1968-73

Official Organ of the National Trade Union Congress

Creator: NTUC

Folder 2: Singapore - Perjuangan, 1974-80

Official Organ of the National Trade Union Congress

Creator: NTUC

Folder 3: Singapore - National Union of Plantation Workers, 1965

Photographs, General Report

Creator: NUPW

Folder 4: Singapore - Amalgamated Union of Public Employees, 1966-67

Mimbar - Journal of the AUPE

Creator: AUPE

Folder 5: South Africa - General, November,1972

Newspaper Clipping Regarding Right-Wing White Unionists

Creator: New York Times

Folder 6: Spain - General, April, 1972

Newspaper Clippings Regarding Matadors' Strike

Creator: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Folder 7: Sweden - Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), 1973-95

Union Library Materials, Union Newsletter, Union History, Educational Material, Informational Booklets, Report Summaries, Addresses, Organization Chart

Creator: LO

Folder 8: Sweden - LO Agreements, 1946-58

Agreements

Creator: LO

Folder 9: Sweden - LO Press Releases, 1962-70

Press Releases

Creator: LO

Folder 10: Sweden - LO Press Releases, 1971-91

Press Releases

Creator: LO

Folder 11: Sweden - Swedish Metalworkers' Union, 1965-82

Promotional Booklet, Report, Union Magazine

Creator: SMU

Folder 12: Sweden - Swedish Railwaymen's Union, ca. 1948

Promotional Booklet

Creator: SRU

Folder 13: Sweden - Central Organization of Salaried Employees (TCO), 1964-94

Promotional and Educational Booklets, Newspaper Clipping

Creator: TCO; Wall Street Journal

Folder 14: Sweden - Swedish Professional Workers, 1967

Informational Booklet

Creator: SACO

Box 7

Folder 1: Switzerland - Schweizerischen Metall- und Uhrenarbeitnehmer-Verbandes, 1976-77

Union Newspaper - SMUV Zeitung

Creator: SMUV

Folder 2: Taiwan - Chinese Federation of Postal Workers, 1980-2002

Union Newsletter

Creator: CFPW

Folder 3: Thailand - General, 1996

Foreign Labor Trends Report - Thailand

Creator: U.S. Dept. of Labor

Folder 4: Trinidad - General, ca. 1974

Agreement of Seamen and Waterfront Workers' Union

Creator: SWWTU

Folder 5: Turkey - General, 1977

News Bulletin of Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TURK-IS)

Creator: TURK-IS

Folder 6: USSR - General, December, 1990

Newspaper Clipping Regarding Soviet Military Labor Movement

Creator: Memphis Commercial Appeal

Folder 7: USSR - All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, 1951-72

Constitution, Report, Policy Document, Rules

Creator: AUCCTU

Folder 8: USSR - Metallurgical Workers Union, 1966

Agreement

Creator: MWU

Folder 9: Yugoslavia - General, 1968

Report of Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia

Creator: CTUY

Series 2: International Federations

Box 7

Folder 10: Arab Federation for Petroleum Workers, 1966-67

Educational Pamphlets, Federation Journal

Creator: AFPW

Folder 11: Caribbean Congress of Labour, October, 1997

Union Newsletter

Creator: CCL

Folder 12: Central European Federation of Christian Trade Unions, 1952

Informational Booklet Against Communism

Creator: CEFCTU

Folder 13: European Federation of Public Service Unions, ca. 2003

Informational Pamphlet

Creator: EPSU

Folder 14: European Trade Union Confederation, 1973-2002

Federation Newsletter, Publication Lists, Federation Bulletin, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: ETUC; Wall Street Journal; Washington Post

Folder 15: FIET Info, 1986-91

News Publication of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees

Creator: FIET

Folder 16: FIET Info, 1992-2000

News Publication of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees

Creator: FIET

Folder 17: FIET Press, 1987-95

News Releases of the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees

Creator: FIET

Folder 18: Inter-American Mine Workers Federation, 1960-62

Federation News Publication

Creator: IAMWF

Folder 19: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 1950-2002

Confederation Newsletter, Promotional Materials, Reports, Congress Proceedings, Policy Documents, Federation History, Informational Booklets, Lecture Programs, Organization Chart, Constitution

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 20: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - Education Materials, 1952-67

Informational and Promotional Booklets, Conference Reports and Agendas (1st ICFTU World Conference on Education in the Labor Movement), Policy Documents, Lecture Notes

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 21: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - Asian Regional Organization, 1959, 1985

Informational Pamphlet, Federation Bulletin, Federation History,

Creator: ICFTU-ARO

Box 8

Folder 1: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - Executive Board, 1962-86

Executive Board Reports, Resolutions and Meeting Proceedings

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 2: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - ORIT Inter-American, 1987-91

Federation News Publication, Agreements

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 3: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - Press and Radio Service, 1955-66

Federation Press Releases

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 4: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - Press and Radio Service, 1967-75

Federation Press Releases

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 5: International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - World Congresses, 1949-79

Policy Documents, Press Release, Reports

Creator: ICFTU

Folder 6: International Federation of Building and Wood Workers, 1992-93

Federation Journals

Creator: IFBWW

Folder 7: International Federation of Christian Trade Unions, January, 1955

Information Publication

Creator: CISC

Folder 8: International Metalworkers' Federation, 1968-89

Conference Publications, Proceedings, and Addresses, Reports, Policy Documents, Confederation Bulletin, Rules, Informational and Educational Booklets

Creator: IMF

Folder 9: International Metalworkers' Federation Press Release, 1975-83

Federation Press Releases

Creator: IMF

Folder 10: International Metalworkers' Federation News Release, 1984-94

Federation Press Releases

Creator: IMF

Box 9

Folder 1: International Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers, ca. 1965-75

Congress Report, Informational Pamphlet, Federation Newsletter, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: IFPCW; New York Times; Wall Street Journal

Folder 2: International Textile and Garment Workers' Federation, 1963

Federation Bulletins

Creator: ITGWF

Folder 3: International Textile and Garment Workers' Federation - Asian Regional Organization, 1958-68

Federation Bulletins, Federation Newsletters, Conference Proceedings, Reports

Creator: ITGWF-TWARO

Folder 4: International Transport Workers' Federation, ca. 1952

Federation History and Informational Booklet

Creator: ITF

Folder 5: International Union of Food and Allied Workers Associations, 1960-70

Federation Newspaper, Federation Newsletter

Creator: IUF

Folder 6: Latin American Christian Trade Unions Confederation (CLASC), 1965-93

Reports, Federation Newsletters, Agreements

Creator: CLASC

Folder 7: Miners' International Federation, 1962-63

U.S. Department of Labor News Release, Federation Information Sheet

Creator: MIF; U.S. Dept. of Labor

Folder 8: Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers (ORIT), 1953-65

Informational Materials, Educational Booklets, Conference Reports and Proceedings, List of Affiliated Organizations, Federation Bulletin, History of Federation (LIR 447 Student Term Paper, UIUC), Policy Documents

Creator: ORIT

Folder 9: Postal, Telephone and Telegraph International, ca. 1961-63

Informational Pamphlet, PTTI-Asia Newsletter

Creator: PTTI

Folder 10: Public Services International, November, 1997

Clippings from PSI Publication

Creator: PSI

Folder 11: World Federation of Unions, 1954-88

Federation Congress Reports, Documents and Proceedings, Memoranda Regarding WFTU, Federation Bulletin, Policy Documents, Informational and Educational Pamphlets, Newspaper Clippings

Creator: WFTU; New York Times