Scope and Content Note

This collection contains the minutes, correspondence and chronological files of Locals 1, 3, 17, 164, 388, and 579, including executive and grievance boards, general membership meetings as well as the papers of Presidents Frank Dutto, and Harry Lorber and Business Agent Michael Sandroff. Also included in the collection are documents on standard contract negotiations as well as collective bargaining negotiations between individual shops and corporate entities. General files include records pertaining to by-laws, elections, legal disputes and grievances, the Cross indictment, and union label samples, amongst others. Souvenir programs and photographs from a variety of locals are also included.