- Title: VM-219
- Summary: UNION AT WORK: TEXTILE WORKERS UNION: TWUA.
- Description:00:47:42 - CU JUDGE BANGS MALLET ON GAVEL. UNION MEETING IN UNION HALL. UNION ORGANIZER, LEADERS & MEMBERS 00:48:31 - TEXTILE FACTORY WORKERS. UNION WORKERS. HUGE BALE OF COTTON COMING OUT OF DYE. 00:49:19 - PAN TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA CONVENTION. MEMBERS APPLAUD. SPEAKER AT PODIUM. UNION MEMBERS PLACING BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOX VOTING. REPRESENTATIVES FROM 800 LOCALS ELECTING EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN UNION ELECTION 00:49:43 - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, UNION GOVERNING BODY. OFFICERS MEETING OF TEXTILE WORKERS. POINTS TO MAP OF EASTERN STATE TEXTILE MILLS. 00:50:49 - LOW ANGLE ROAD SIGN: "GEORGIA US 411" 00:50:53 - SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN IN GEORGIA. TREE-LINED STREET. 1930s CAR PULLS UP TO CURB. UNION ORGANIZER VISITS FIXER IN COTTON MILL TRYING TO ORGANIZE UNION 00:51:54 - 1930s MOTHER WASHING BABY. TODDLER OUTDOORS HAVING "SPONGE BATH" 00:52:00 - RURAL GEORGIA HOME WITH FAMILY ON PORCH 00:52:28 - UNION ORGANIZER MEETING WITH SOUTHERN MILL WORKERS, 1930s. AT TRAIN STATION TRAIN PASSES IN BKGD 00:53:08 - "TWUA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE" SIGN ON DOOR 00:53:11 - CU MAN WRITES IN CHALK: "CIO GET OUT". ANTI-UNION SENTIMENT ON BRICK WALL 00:53:18 - CU BRICK IN THUG'S HAND. MEN THROWING BRICKS IN WINDOW OF TWUA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. UNION BUSTERS. YOUNG MAN OPENS DOOR & SEES MAN RUNNING AWAY. RUNS OUT, TWO MEN BEAT HIM UP. VIOLENCE 00:53:38 - UNION BUSTER DRIVER BEEPS HORN & SIGNALS "COME ON" WITH ARM 00:53:48 - UNION ORGANIZERS HAND OUT PAMPHLETS TO FACTORY WORKERS AS THEY LEAVE FACTORY GATES. 00:54:13 - MONTAGE UNION WORKERS ELECTION: BANNERS HANGING URGING MEMBERS TO VOTE 00:54:18 - UNION MEMBERS MARCHING WEARING SANDWICH BOARD PLACARDS READING "VOTE YES" 00:54:21 - MONTAGE FACTORY MILL WORKERS READING PAMPHLETS 00:54:25 - CU UNION OFFICER GIVING SPEECH (MOS) 00:54:28 - CU LOW ANGLE AMERICAN MEN & WOMEN 00:54:36 - ECU HAND FILLING OUT OFFICIAL SECRET BALLOT. CU PLACING PAPER BALLOTS IN BALLOT BOX, CASTING VOTES. ELECTION OFFICIALS GOING THROUGH PILES OF PAPER BALLOTS COUNTING VOTES 00:54:51 - ECU NEWSPAPER ELECTION RESULTS: "UNION RIGHTS WON AT FIVE TEXTILE MILLS". MONTAGE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON LABOR UNION VOTES 00:54:59 - CU MONTAGE TEXTILE MILL LOGOS & SIGNS: MOHAWK, BIGELOW, AMERICAN WOLLEN COMPANY, BATES, WAMSUTTA MILLS, AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION, 00:55:08 - EXTERIOR TWUA BUILDING IN NEW YORK. TILT UP 00:55:21 - UNION MEETING OF WOOL WORKERS. CONTRACT BETWEEN WORKERS & MANAGEMENT. 00:55:42 - PAN FROM WATER TEXTILE MILL 00:55:48 - DELEGATES FROM PLANTS SPEAKING AT UNION WORKERS MEETING (MOS) 00:55:58 - WOOL WORKERS LEAVING PLANT 00:56:03 - UNION SPECIALIST, DIRECTOR OF TWUA SPEAKING (MOS). WORKERS AT MEETING APPLAUD 00:56:18 - CHALK DRAWINGS WITH 1937 FIGURES IN CHALK ON BLACKBOARD 00:57:01 - STILLS 00:57:22 - 1934 LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS TEXTILE STRIKE: STRIKING WORKERS, POLICE WITH BILLY CLUBS, NATIONAL GUARD, WORKERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE FENCE, PRISONERS. 00:58:01 - STRIKING WORKERS PLACARDS: "CELANESE TREAT US LIKE CUMBERLAND" LOCAL 689. CU STRIKING WORKER LIGHTS CIGARETTE WITH MATCH 00:58:31 - STRIKE COMMITTEE MEETING. 00:58:49 - REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION HANDS PAPERS TO THE GENERAL PRESIDENT AT INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 00:59:02 - CU UNION PAMPHLET: "THIS IS YOUR FIGHT". WORKER STUFFING ENVELOPES. 00:59:05 - ECU MAN ON TELEPHONE. CU SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR CONNECTING PHONE LINES. CU MONTAGE PEOPLE ON PHONE 00:59:11 - CU SIGNING CHECK: WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA 00:59:15 - CU SECRETARY TYPING ON TYPEWRITER, CIRCA 1937 00:59:19 - CU TICKER TAPE BEING READ 00:59:23 - TWUA-CIO LOCAL 689 UNION STORE: GLASS STORE FRONT. LONG LINE OF STRIKING WORKERS IN FRONT OF UNION COMMISSARY. MAN CARRIES PET MILK SIGN. 00:59:37 - MEN UNLOADING SACKS FROM TRUCK INTO STORE WINDOW. COUNTING INVENTORY 00:59:45 - STRIKING WORKERS RECEIVE FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES FROM UNION COMMISSARY 00:59:50 - WOMAN & PRETEEN STOCKING UNION STORE. MAKING PYRAMID OF CANS. WORKERS STOCKING SHELVES WITH CANNED GOODS. 00:59:57 - UNION WORKER CARRIES OUT BUSHEL BASKET OF FOOD PAST LONG LINE OF STRIKING WORKERS WAITING FOR THEIR SHARE 01:00:14 - 1930s HOUSEWIFE SHUTS REFRIGERATOR. BRINGS GLASS OF MILK TO HER PRETEEN SON. PIPE-SMOKING, NEWSPAPER- READING FATHER LOOKS ON. MOTHER SITS ON COUCH NEXT TO TEEN SON READING NEWSPAPER. 1930s FAMILY SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. HUSBAND SHOWS WIFE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. POV OVER WOMAN'S SHOULDER 01:00:46 - TEEN SON SHOWS HIS FATHER UNION NEWSPAPER. POV OVER MAN'S SHOULDER READING TEXTILE LABOR ARTICLE 01:01:18 - POV OVER MAN'S SHOULDER READING "TEXTILE LABOR" IN UNION NEWSPAPER 01:01:24 - STRIKING WORKERS LISTEN TO SPEAKER ON PODIUM. CU MONTAGE WORKERS & THEIR FAMILIES. SPEAKER LEADS WORKERS IN SONG, "WE SHALL OVERCOME" 01:02:03 - CU ARTICLE IN UNION PAPER TEXTILE LABOR 01:02:13 - PAN TEXTILE MILL FROM WATER 01:02:25 - INTERIOR WOOLEN TEXTILE MILL: WORKERS, MACHINES, HUGE LOOMS, SEWERS. CHECKING FABRIC FOR FLAWS. 01:05:08 - CU THICK BOOK "MOODY'S INDUSTRIALS 1949". INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OFFICE. 01:05:28 - CU ACCOUNTANT TALLYING ON ADDING MACHINE IN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. BOOK KEEPER 01:05:33 - CU FINANCIAL REPORT: TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA FISCAL YEAR MARCH 1, 1948 - FEBRUARY 28, 1949. 01:05:38 - LEGAL DEPARTMENT. LAWYER READING THICK BOOKS 01:05:50 - EXTERIOR CAPITOL BUILDING 01:05:59 - TWO MEN HOLDING POSTER: "YOUR PAC DOLLAR WORKS FOR YOU". POLITICAL ACTION DIRECTOR & GENERAL SECRETARY TREASURER PLANING PAC DRIVE 01:06:11 - ECU FINGER RINGING DOORBELL. HOUSEWIFE ANSWERS DOOR 01:06:19 - YOUNG BLACK WOMAN TALKING ON TELEPHONE 01:06:22 - CU HAND WRITTEN NOTE: "MRS. JACOVIC NEEDS BABY SITTER. PETER JACKSON" 01:06:24 - UNION MEMBERS VOTING. CLOSING CURTAINS. 01:06:43 - SLUM, TENEMENT, URBAN SHACKS 01:06:46 - CLEAN APARTMENT BUILDING. CHILDREN PLAYING ON SWINGS, SLIDING DOWN SLIDE 01:06:49 - CHILDREN RUN AT CAMERA 01:06:50 - MIXED CROWD CLAPPING, APPLAUD. POLICE ON BORDER OF CROWD 01:06:52 - POLICE GET VIOLENT TOWARD STRIKING WORKERS. 01:06:56 - WORKERS WALK DOWN STEPS 01:06:58 - CU OLDER MEN WHO LOOK CONCERNED 01:07:07 - FDR GIVING SPEECH: "THE CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN OF THE WHOLE WORLD MUST LIVE & CAN LIVE" 01:07:29 - CU POLL CURTAINS OPENING, VOTER EXITS AFTER PLACING VOTE 01:07:46 - MEN HOVER OVER HARRY TRUMAN AS HE DIPS HIS PEN & SIGNS BILL. 01:07:59 - CU NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON 75c MINIMUM WAGE 01:08:04 - REPORTERS, WORKERS IN TEXTILE LABOR NEWSPAPER OFFICE. CU PAN PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS SPREAD OUT ON DESK. 01:08:25 - COLLEGE STUDENTS LEAVING BUILDING. WALKING ON CAMPUS CIRCA LATE 1940s 01:08:39 - CU DOOR: "THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE" 01:08:43 - STUDENTS IN CLASS LEARNING LABOR HISTORY. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, GRIEVANCE HANDLING. ADULTS IN CLASSROOM. MATURE STUDENTS 01:09:12 - UNION REPRESENTATIVES TALKING TO STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 01:09:40 - UNION MEETING CIRCA 1949. CU MEMBERS 01:09:52 - CU JUDGE BANGS GAVEL }W
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-219