Descriptive Summary
United Sugar Workers. Local Industrial Union No. 917 (Sugar Land, Tex.)
United Sugar Workers Records, Local Industrial Union No. 917 (Sugar Land, Tex.)
1938-1967
7 boxes (2.75 linear ft.)
AR54
Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library Materials are in English.
Historical NoteUnited Sugar Refinery Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 917 was affiliated directly with the CIO until July 8, 1947, when they voted to affiliate with the United Packinghouse Workers of America. It then became the United Packinghouse Workers of America, Sugar and Allied Products Division, Local 399. Due to charges of Communist domination in the UPWA, the local officially disaffiliated from the UPWA on June 15, 1954. It reaffiliated directly with the CIO, received a new charter and a new name, United Sugar Workers, Local Industrial Union No. 917.
Scope and ContentsCorrespondence, minutes, agreements, financial documents, reports, grievance cases, lists, clippings, news releases, certificates, contracts, proposals, and photographs. Includes records of Local 917 from 1939-1947, and 1954-1967, and records from the local’s affiliation with the UPWA as Local 399 from 1947-1954. Also includes minutes of the Southern Sugar Council from 1949-1953, and financial documents and political campaign materials from local, state, and national Committees on Political Education, 1959-1964.
AccessOpen for research.
Literary Rights Statement
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.
OrganizationMaterials are organized alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically. Two major divisions represent the different affiliations of the local, i.e. UPWA, Local 399 and USE, LIU 917.
ProvenanceGift of United Sugar Workers, Local 917, August 1971.
CitationUnited Sugar Workers Records, Local Industrial Union No. 917 (Sugar Land, Tex.), AR54, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
Related MaterialFor more information on Local 917's activities in UPWA as Local 399, see Sugar Conferences, UPWA (AR51) for the years 1948-1952.
Index Terms
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Organizations
United Sugar Workers. Local Industrial Union No. 917 (Sugar Land, Tex.)--Records and correspondence.Southern Sugar Council--Records and correspondence.United Packinghouse Workers of America. Sugar and Allied Products Division. Local 399 (Sugar Land, Tex.).
Alternate TitlesTexas Labor Archives
Container List
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1
Bilton, W. E., Secretary, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Corespondence,
1944-1946
1
2
Christopher, M. M., President, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Correspondence,
1960-1961
1
3
Christopher, M. M., President, USW, LIU #917, Outgoing Correspondence,
1960-1962
1
4
CIO, National Sugar Council, Convention,
1941-1946
1
5
Cooperative Committee of Sugar Workers, Meeting Minutes,
1955
1
6
Daniels, Mrs. Velah R., Secretary-Treasurer, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
1952-1953
1
7
Daniels, Mrs. Velah R., Financial Secretary, USW, LIU #917 Incoming Correspondence,
1955-1962
1
8
Daniels, Mrs. Velah R., Financial Secretary, USW, LIU #917, Outgoing Correspondence,
1954-1961
1
9
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
January-July, 1950
1
10
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
August 1950 thru March, 1952
1
11
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
April-June, 1952
2
1
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
July 1952 through April, 1953
2
2
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
May-December, 1953
2
3
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
January-June, 1954
2
4
Pomikal, Melvin, President, UPWA, Local #399, Outgoing Correspondence,
1950-1953
2
5
Pomikal, Melvin, President, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Correspondence,
June 1954 through May, 1955
2
6
Pomikal, Melvin, President, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Correspondence,
June 1955 through April 1957
2
7
Pomikal, Melvin, President, USW, LIU #917, Outgoing Correspondence,
1954-1957
3
1
Rister, A. A. President, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Correspondence,
March 1939 through October 1948
3
2
Rister, A. A., President, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Correspondence,
June 1957 through April 1961
3
3
Rister, A. A., President, USW, LIU #917, Outgoing Correspondence,
1945-1959
3
4
Rome, F. J., Financial Secretary, UPWA, Local #399, Incoming Correspondence,
1949-1952
3
5
Rome, F. J., Financial Secretary, UPWA, Local #399, Outgoing Correspondence,
1950
3
6
Streich, Howard H., Secretary, USW, LIU #917, Incoming Correspondence,
1939-1941
3
7
Streich, Howard H., Secretary, USW, LIU #917, Outgoing Correspondence,
1939-1940
3
8
Single "S" Club, Sugarland Industries Employee's Association, Miscellaneous Records,
1957-1958
3
9
UPWA & Amalgamated Meat Cutters (AFL), Memorandum of Understanding,
1953
3
10
UPWA, International Union, Audit Report,
1948
3
11
UPWA, Local #399, Agreements & Negotiations,
1950-1953
3
12
UPWA, Local #399, Audit Reports,
1947-1952
3
13
UPWA, Local #399, Convention Credentials,
1950-1952
3
14
UPWA, Local #399, Disaffiliation with International Union,
1953-1954
4
1
UPWA, Local #399, Financial Records,
1947-1951
4
2
UPWA, Local #399, Government Reports,
1953
4
3
UPWA, Local #399, Grievance Cases,
1949-1950
4
4
UPWA, Local #399, Local Union Officer Lists,
1952-1954
4
5
UPWA, Local #399, Newsclippings,
1950
4
6
UPWA, Miscellaneous
4
7
UPWA, News Releases,
undated
4
8
UPWA, Southern Sugar Council, Minutes,
1949-1953
4
9
USW, LIU #917, Agreements,
1942-1962
4
10
USW, LIU #917, Audit Reports,
1956-1962
4
11
USW, LIU #917, Bond Certificates,
1944-1957
4
12
USW, LIU #917, COPE Materials & Political Activities,
1959-1964
5
1
USW, LIU #917, Contract Negotiations, Correspondence,
1954-1962
5
2
USW, LIU #917, Contract Negotiations, Proposals,
1954-1962
5
3
USW, LIU #917, Contract Specifications for Construction of a Union Hall
5
4
USW, LIU #917, Contributions to Texas Rehabilitation Center
5
5
USW, LIU #917, Dues Deductions,
1965
5
6
USW, LIU #917, Financial Records,
1954-1956
5
7
USW, LIU #917, Fort Bend Utilities Co., WLB Case # 8-26, 777,
1945
5
8
USW, LIU #917, Government Reports,
1946-1959
5
9
USW, LIU #917, Imperial Sugar Co., Consent Election,
1939-1940
6
1
USW, LIU #917, Imperial Sugar Co., Job Postings,
1964
6
2
USW, LIU #917, Imperial Sugar Co., Miscellaneous
6
3
USW, LIU #917, Imperial Sugar Co., WLB case # 8-13, 285,
1944
6
4
USW, LIU #917, Local Union Officer Lists,
1946-1967
6
5
USW, LIU #917, Miscellaneous
1945-1960
6
6
USW, LIU #917, Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1942-1965
6
7
USW, LIU #917, Pension Plans,
1955-1965
6
8
USW, LIU #917, Sugarland Industries, NLRB Case #16-R-1220,
1945
6
9
USW, LIU #917, US Tax Relief Bill, Correspondence,
Undated
6
10
USW, LIU #917, Workman's Compensation Bill, Correspondence,
1957
6
11
Photographs
6
12
USW, LIU #917, Meeting Attendance Ledger,
1960-1963
6
13
USW, LIU #917, Meeting Attendance Ledger,
1963-1967
OS152
1
UPWA, Local #399, Dues Ledger
OS152
2
UPWA, Local #399, Minutes,
1947-1954
OS152
3
USW, LIU #917, Minutes,
1938-1947
OS152
4
USW, LIU #917 Minutes,
1954-1958
OS152
5
USW, LIU #917, Minutes,
1958-1960