Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Printed Ephemera Collection on the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union
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Abstract
The Printed Ephemera Collection on the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union is an artificial collection, collected and assembled by the Tamiment Library over the course of several decades. Material in the collection originates with the national bodies of the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union as well as the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union and the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union of America. The collection also contains material from locals around the country, most notably, from Bakers' Union Local 3 of New York City, which was formed as a Local for all New York City bakers who were previously organized as small, often ethnically based locals.
Historical/Biographical Note
The Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union of America, a pioneer of the North American labor movement, was organized in 1886. In 1969, it united with the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union. Again, in 1978, the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union of America saw that it had common goals with the Tobacco Workers International Union, and so the two merged, creating the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union. As another merger occurred in 1999 with the American Federation of Grain Millers, the union is known today as the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union. As of 2009, the Union represented more than 120,000 workers in both Canada and the United States and its dedication remains strong in bringing economic and social justice to all workers in its jurisdiction.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series. Folders are arranged alphabetically within series. Series I: General Files, 1909-1990; Series II: Locals, 1924-1989.
The collection is arranged into two series. Folders are arranged alphabetically within series.
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- Series I: General Files, 1909-1990
- Series II: Locals, 1924-1989
Scope and Content Note
The material in the Printed Ephemera Collection on the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union ranges in date from 1909-1990 and was generated by the international and national bodies of the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Workers International Union as well as the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union of American and the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union. The collection consists of agreements, contracts, constitutions, by-laws, and reports, as well as printed ephemera such as fliers, brochures, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other publications. Locals from around the country also have material in the collection. Notably, Bakers Union Local 3 of New York City consists of constitutions, pamphlets and publications as well as fliers, materials from rank and file committees, and documents related to various strikes of local New York businesses.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Archives is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this collection have been compiled by the Tamiment Library.
Custodial History
The provenance of the materials is varied. Items were obtained through purchases, donations, standing orders with publishers, arrangements with labor unions and other organizations, exchanges with other libraries, and through ongoing collecting by Tamiment staff.
