Redwood District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers - Finding Aid | Library Special Collections & Archives

The Redwood District of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Collection consists of the office files of the Redwood District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, an umbrella organization of industrially organized plywood, sawmill and logging local unions in Del Norte, Humboldt, and at one time, Lake, Mendocino and Trinity Counties. It was affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. At least 70 different locals were affiliated to the Council at different times in its history.

It also contains the complete office records of five constituent local unions which had been stored at the Council building and five small and one substantial accessions of personal papers and memorabilia.

The Redwood District Council, founded in October 1940, ceased to function in 1986. The California Northcoast Labor/Community Archives Project was formed to save the records and they were transferred to Cal Poly Humboldt in 1989. Dorothy Balke, widow of the RDC's first president and leader of the 1946 Redwood Strike, Martin Balke, contributed photographs and scrapbook. Raymond Nelson, U.B.of C.& J.of A. International Representative attached to the RDC (1952-78) contributed several items of early RDC material and personal memorabilia. Local historian and lumber worker Frank Onstine contributed several files of material used to write a book on the 1935 lumber strike and a projected book on the 1946 redwood strike. Noel Harris, long time Local 2931 leader, and his wife, Ina, contributed three boxes of materials documenting their roles as mainstays of the local labor and progressive communities. Patsy Givins contributed several items rescued from the demolition of the Arcata Labor Temple, long owned by Local 2808. Albin Gruhn, President of the California Labor Federation, and for many years the executive officer of the Humboldt and Del Norte Counties Central Labor Council, donated (along with a substantial financial contribution) his Fourteenth District Vice-Presidential Reports to the California State Federation of Labor Conventions (1941-1957).

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Arrangement

Much of the RDC office files were arranged without regard for original order before the advent of the project archivist. These, together with the bits and pieces of local lumber union pre-history collected by the RDC, several files of early materials collected by Frank Onstine, and the one file of Albin Gruhn's reports have been segregated into the RDC Manuscript Collection. The remainder of the RDC office files constitute the RDC record group. The records of five affiliated UB of C and J of A lumber and sawmill workers local unions were warehoused at the Council building. Each constitutes a discrete body of records of an institution with its own historical integrity. Each has been treated as an individual record group. Several of these record groups contain fragmentary records of other local unions merged into the final local. One record group, that of Local 2808, contains the records of five such mergers. Paper mergers of locals without contracts, few members, and no integration of files have been ignored. The several files of Ray Nelson memorabilia have been included as a sub-series of his office files.

Overall Collection Scope and Content

The collection extensively documents the mature phase and decline of lumber unionism in Humboldt County California. The great bulk of the records fall within the years 1958-85. There is a much more limited amount of material covering Del Norte and Mendocino Counties and earlier periods. Several of the record groups contain minutes from 1940-42, and one (Local 2592) contains sketchy correspondence files starting in 1946, including several letters about the 1946-48 Redwood Strike.

The one box Historical Series of the RDC Manuscript Collection contains bits of earlier Humboldt County lumber unionism, including the surprising addition of the 1917-1919 minutes of Eureka Local 12 of the International Union of Timber Workers. It also includes most of the records pertaining to the 1930s, the World War II period, and the 1946-48 Redwood Strike.

Overall collection highlights include a large number of industrial accident cases documenting the dangers of logging and sawmill operations, the politics surrounding the establishment and expansion of Redwood National Park and its aftermath and the 1983-85 final broken Louisiana-Pacific strike (Local 2592). There is also interesting shop steward correspondence from Local 2808. The artwork of two Local 2931 members is also represented, original cartoon drawings by Ellis Taylor and photographs by Ray Coon (RDC Manuscripts Collection Artifacts Series and Photographs Series) are other highlights.

The RDC reports to the annual conventions of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill workers and the Western Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers in the Periodical Series of the RDC Manuscript Collection provide a short year to year overview of the evolution of the RDC.

Albin Gruhn's 14th District Vice Presidential Reports to the California State Federation of Labor Convention in the Historical Series provides a similar picture for the region's unions as a whole from 1942-1958.

The RDC Quarterly Minutes Series of the RDC Manuscripts Collection is probably the researchers best single source for a comprehensive overview of the RDC. Most include short reports by each affiliated local of its doings for the prior three months.

The RDC Local Union Chart provides quick reference to basic data about most of the 70 local unions affiliated to the RDC at one time or another. The Merger Chart illustrates several of the most complicated local union evolutions: 2808, 3006 and the 1930s RDC precursor locals.

RDC Overall Historical Sketch

The lumber industry of the California Northcoast began almost immediately after the discovery of Humboldt Bay in 1849, and has remained the primary industry through the present day. The gigantic size of the region's Redwoods required its lumber companies to be world leaders in the development of mechanized mills and logging operations.

Lumber unionism also developed early in Humboldt County with arguably the first local union of lumber workers, a Knights of Labor local assembly established in 1884. The first national union of lumber workers, the International Brotherhood of Woodsmen and Sawmill Workers was located in Eureka and chartered by the American Federation of Labor in 1906. Both of these early attempts at lumber unionism, along with sporadic forays by the Industrial Workers of the World, were quickly crushed by the fiercely anti-union lumber barons despite the strong support of the dynamic local labor movement.

The first lumber union documented in the collection, Local 12 of the International Union of Timber Workers, was a product of the local and nationwide labor resurgence of the World War I period. It was crushed by the Hammond Lumber Company after a desperation strike to defend the eight hour day in 1919.

The history of the local unions which eventually formed the RDC begins in 1933. Local radicals affiliated with the leftist Trade Union Unity League began to build sketchy union nuclei in local lumber operations and carried out a short lived loggers strike. Galvanized by the successful coast wide maritime strike, lumber workers began to organize rapidly in the Pacific Northwest and shortly afterward in more isolated Humboldt County. The lumber workers first joined federal locals, which were directly affiliated with the A.F.L., including Federal Local 19576 covering Humboldt County from Arcata to Rio Dell. The A.F.L. gave jurisdiction over lumber workers to the U.B.of C. & J. of A. in early 1935. In May 1935, a large scale strike was called throughout the Pacific Northwest to force a pay raise and union recognition. Considerable friction developed between the U.B.of C.& J.of A. appointed strike leader Abe Muir and the local and regional lumber worker leadership over tactics and what they considered a "sellout" settlement. The strike was successful in firmly establishing lumber unionism in Oregon and Washington despite strong industry opposition.

On the California Northcoast, the results were different. While organizing was proceeding rapidly, the local union was not ready for a strike in May 1935. Local strike leader Mickey Lima had estimated they had only approximately one-third of the Humboldt County workers organized and had barely began to breach the forbidding territory of Pacific Lumber's company town of Scotia and they had not begun at all in Del Norte and Mendocino Counties. Foremen circulated company (anti-strike) loyalty petitions which even future strike leader Everett St. Peters felt compelled to sign rather than risk his job. An anti-union vigilante group, the Humboldt Nationals was formed. The local union leadership opposed a strike under those conditions; but U.B.of C.& J.of A. leader Muir distrusted them as radicals and convinced the local's membership to strike in support of the Pacific Northwest.

The results were disastrous and permanently shaped lumber industry labor relations in the redwood region. Less than half of the workers stayed out on strike on the first day. The strike rapidly went downhill and collapsed after three strikers were shot and killed by the Eureka police and vigilantes in the Holmes-Eureka massacre. The strike leaders were rounded up and tried in the aftermath. The strikers were acquitted but an effective blacklist drove active strikers from the industry and many from the region. St. Peters opened a restaurant and Lima first worked for the WPA and then bought a fishing boat in order to remain in Humboldt County. Interestingly, the Hobbs-Wall Co. in Crescent City and mills in the Southern Oregon area of Coos Bay, which were not well organized in 1935 and did not strike, were soon organized in 1936 and 1937.

The anti-union redwood operators were given confidence by their easy victory, while union-minded lumber workers were intimidated by defeat and the pervasive blacklist. Meanwhile U.B.of C.& J. of A. organizers pulled the charters of Local 2563 after failing to purge its radical leadership in an election soon after the strike. The new local remained radical and industrial union-minded and soon joined the Federation of Woodworkers, the nucleus of the new International Woodworkers of America, CIO. U.B.of C.& J.of A. organizer Don Cameron was not taken unawares when Local 2677 seceded to join the CIO. He immediately issued a new charter for workers of the California Barrel Company. In response to employer fears of the supposedly radical CIO, Cameron was apparently given a free hand to organize by the heretofore violently anti-union Cal-Barrel management. The plant was soon organized and under contract to Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2808 (the oldest union local represented in this collection with a significant body of records).

A second local, 2868 (not represented beyond a few fragments in the collection), soon signed a contract with the liberal-minded owners of the Arrow Mills. There were to be no other LSW contracts in the redwood region for five years.

The major redwood operators resisted organization vigorously and effectively. When the CIO Woodworkers organized Hobbs-Wall, the company shut down its mills --the mainstay of the Del Norte economy --with devastating results to the residents. The young and vigorous labor movement of Del Norte County, both AFL and CIO, virtually ceased to exist for a number of years. The other redwood operators were rumored to have subsidized Hobbs-Wall in this move. The operators next stopped shipping lumber from the ports of Fort Bragg and Crescent City and drastically curtailed their shipments from Eureka when they realized that the CIO intended to use their strong longshore worker base in these ports to organize the woods. These moves, together with strife between the left wing Eureka local and the right wing regional organizer, effectively drove the IWA out of the redwood region from 1941 to 1952. The active CIO presence was reduced to the Eureka longshore local and and the fishermen.

Meanwhile the AFL labor movement in Humboldt County, thriving under the able leadership of Albin Gruhn, secretary of the Labor Council, and business agent for the Retail Clerks, Butchers' Union and several other small locals, had a keen interest in organizing the basic industry of the county --lumber. The Council threw its full weight including its excellent weekly labor paper, the Redwood Empire Labor Journal, into aiding the U.B.of C.& J.of A. in organizing the redwoods.

The first step was to form the RDC in October 1940 to coordinate the campaign. The first target was the Hammond Lumber Company, close to Labor's Eureka stronghold. Local 2592 (one of the collection's record groups) had been established in May 1941 as the Hammond mill local. After several months of hard organizing, the RDC petitioned for an election and one was set for July. The CIO Woodworkers pulled out of the election on the day before the vote, disrupting the RDC's campaign. The election was reset for August and the RDC lost, 547 votes to 417.

The RDC regrouped immediately, opening an office in downtown Eureka within days of the defeat. U.B.of C.& J.of A. President, William Hutcheson, was induced to visit the redwood region and four new organizers were hired. By early spring, 1942, organizing was progressing rapidly in woods and mills from Arcata to Rio Dell. An office was set up in Rio Dell adjacent to the forbidding company town of Scotia, citadel of the intensely anti-union Pacific Lumber Company. Organizing further quickened with 2592's election victory at Hammond, on April 17, 1942, and by fall there were nine locals affiliated to the RDC.

The redwood operators, still confident from their 1935 victory, were unwilling to accept lumber unionism. 2592 was forced to strike Hammond on July 6, 1942 over the company's refusal to sign an agreement. The employee's new union loyalties were proven by the near total effectiveness of the picket lines.

The war both aided and complicated the RDC's organizing drive. Shipbuilding had begun on Humboldt Bay by late 1942, bringing new prosperity and a tight labor market. At the same time, it brought high turnover and new immigrants from rural Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas with little or no experience of unionism. They, at least, did not have the 1935 strike experience to inhibit them. The war also brought women to the lumber industry. They worked for the Cal-Barrel Company before the war, and many came to work at Hammond during the war. By 1943, the Financial Secretary and Business Agent of 2592 was a woman. Equal pay for women was a key RDC war-time issue. Most of all, the War brought the no-strike pledge and the War Labor Board (WLB). There is no record of further war-time lumber strikes in the redwoods and the companies took full advantage of this. WLB pay increase cases ground on slowly over a period of years. In the end, redwood region lumber pay rates were left lower than the other lumber areas of California. This was to build up powerful resentments for the future.

Meanwhile organizing went on apace. During 1943 six more new locals were established in Humboldt County with Pacific Lumber Company the only large operator without a certified RDC bargaining agent. There was also a breakthrough in what one observer had described as "notoriously anti-union" Mendocino County, with a charter being issued to Ft. Bragg Local 2610, covering the Union Lumber Company.

In 1944 the Mendocino breakthrough was complete. There were now six locals, four of them certified bargaining agents. All won by substantial margins. Local 2610 had signed "one of the first union contracts in Mendocino history." Organizing also went forward in Del Norte County with the chartering of 2505 Klamath and the forward momentum was capped by the establishment of a Redwood Master Agreement.

But 1944 also saw the momentum building toward a post war strike, when the no strike pledge would end. The RDC declared its top post-war priority would be the union shop and considerable anger was expressed when the unfavorable WLB decision was announced. The RDC leadership considered it a denigration of their hard fought organizing achievements and considered a war time strike. The employers organized the Redwood Industrial Relations Committee and reaffirmed their opposition to the union shop as first articulated at the time of the IBWSW strike in 1907. They remained confident that their complete dominance of economic life behind "the Redwood Curtain" would continue after the war. This confidence was bolstered by huge cash reserves generated by high war time profits.

Contract negotiations broke down in April 1945 followed by an 85% strike vote in November. 4,000 RDC members walked out of the nine major redwood producers on January 14, 1946 into what was to become the longest, most costly strike of the entire national post-war strike wave. The companies soon agreed to a substantial pay raise which would have nearly equaled the other organized regions but remained adamant on the union shop issue. They reopened utilizing strike breakers recruited from returning veterans and laid off shipyard workers and the unions responded with mass picketing. The U.B.of C.& J.of A. retaliated with a nationwide "hot-cargo" boycott of redwood by union carpenters hammering a new "AFL 8" union label (in the collection there are samples of these hammer-like devices that were used to mark the lumber) into "fair" lumber from the region and there was plenty of new lumber to hammer. The redwood companies lost their monopoly on the region's lumber industry at this time. Capitalizing on the post war housing boom and fir stumpage prices of only 1/3 of those in Oregon and Washington new small lumber companies mushroomed into existence, turning the Arcata area almost overnight into one of the nation's premier lumber centers. The number of lumber firms zoomed from nine in 1944 to two hundred in 1946. These new companies quickly absorbed the redwood strikers and the RDC followed them and signed agreements with their new employers. The number of RDC locals grew to thirty seven by 1948.

Under these conditions, the Hammond Company capitulated and signed a union shop agreement requiring all new employees to join 2592, but pre-strike non-unionists were allowed to remain non-union. The other redwood firms successfully rode out the strike to the bitter end. The testimony of Fentriss Hill of the Northern Redwood Company was featured prominently in the hearings on the Taft-Hartley Bill of 1947, which led to major revisions in U.S. Labor law which restricted union activities. Uncertainty on the legality of the redwood boycott in the aftermath of the bill's passage was the official reason for the end of the strike in 1948 after 27 months.

The strike was costly for both sides. The redwood companies lost both huge housing boom profits and their firm grip on the region's economy. The U.B.of C.& J.of A. spent $2 million on the strike, and its RDC membership was now for the most part centered in the less secure employment of smaller firms. They suffered high unemployment in 1949 when many of these firms did not survive the first sharp post-war housing downturn. A determined RDC attempt to reorganize the struck firms was stopped cold by recession unemployment and the cost of fending off raids by the Operating Engineers on their membership and jurisdiction. Retrenchment became necessary and organizers were laid off.

The RDC was spared more serious problems by the rapid expansion of the Pacific Northwest plywood industry into the region. This was the most highly profitable and unionized sector of the industry and quickly became the stable heart of the RDC. The Mad River Plywood plant of Humboldt Plywood Company opened in 1947 as the first plywood plant in California and was almost immediately organized into Local 2789. The Malarky and Malarky (M & M) Plywood Company opened its Eureka Plywood plant in 1948 and Local 2931 came into existence.

The Korean War period caused a new lumber boom with a new wave of plant openings with the center of the industry shifting from Washington and the Columbia River Basin region of Oregon to Southern Oregon (an IWA stronghold) and far Northern California, both coastal and the Redding area. The IWA-CIO reentered the RDC region in 1951 and by 1953 had a contract with the long established Northern Redwood Company at Korbel. The U.B.of C.& J.of A. responded to this plant expansion and new competition by placing control of the RDC and the newly merged Klamath Basin and Northern California (Redding area) district councils under the control of International Representative Clarence Briggs. This move was facilitated by a RDC financial crisis triggered by another sharp drop in the lumber market in early 1952. The RDC territory was reduced by the transfer of Trinity and Mendocino Counties into the jurisdiction of other district councils and a staff of four international representatives were assigned to organizing into the remaining Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Considerable organizing progress was made especially in Del Norte and the RDC gained membership despite its loss of territory. The abandoned Mendocino County remained unorganized.

A second aspect of the RDC reorganization was the encouragement of small single operation locals to merge and form locals large enough to hire a full time business agent. The small Arcata area sawmill locals merged into Local 2799. Local 3006 Hammond Loggers first absorbed the other RDC logger locals and then became a conglomerate local of heterogeneous parts.

These changes were in full swing in 1954 when the RDC entered its biggest strike since 1946. The men had not received a raise since 1951 and were unhappy but the industry was in the doldrums and the company strongly resisted any increase. This strike included the Northwest and marked the first cooperation between the LSW U.B.of C.& J.of A. and the IWA.

The strike was bitter, protracted and notably less successful in the RDC and Redding areas of far Northern California. The new Del Norte locals were roughly handled. In Arcata, the membership of Local 2697, whose membership consisted solely of the workers at the Twin Parks Lumber Company, voted (see RDC RG Strike Files) to walk through the RDC picket lines in mass to return to work. Post-strike efforts to stabilize the situation in northern Del Norte County by merging the small locals into Local 598 were only partially successful with several decertification votes. 1954 marked the high point and retreat for the RDC in Del Norte county.

The strike, along with continued economic pressure on the small sawmills, destabilized even the merged local 2799. Local 2808 with its excellent finances, its own building --the Arcata Labor Temple --and its long established base at Cal-Barrel was chosen as the new super local to service not only Arcata but such far-flung areas as Hoopa, Orleans, and Salyer. It was to perform this function with distinction in marked contrast to the problems which occurred in conglomerate local 3006.

Local 2808 was immediately put to the test in the year of the takeover --1956. Roddiscraft, a company new to the area, bought out the Humboldt Plywood Corp. with its Mad River Plywood, a linked sawmill in Maple Creek and the Cal-Barrel Company. Cal-Barrel was bought solely for its large timber holdings and the obsolescent barrel factory. Arcata's largest employer was immediately closed, throwing over 800 out of work. Roddiscraft then began building a state of the art flakeboard plant --the RDC region's first.

This takeover was immediately followed in quick order by the Simpson Company's buyout of M & M Plywood and the Georgia-Pacific Company's buyout of Hammond.

These events rocked the RDC to its very foundations. It lost 25% of its membership in the Cal-Barrel closure and the RDC region became overnight an integral part of the Pacific Northwest lumber industry. This had its compensation, labor relations in the Pacific Northwest were well established with the larger companies accepting unions as part of doing business --unlike the entrenched antagonism of the old-line redwood firms. There is evidence of confusion and low morale in the RDC ranks but relations with new companies settled in remarkably quickly despite a sharp economic downturn in 1957-58.

Regional collective bargaining had evolved by fits and starts, with the first Redwood Master Agreement negotiated in 1944. The California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers was founded in 1948 as a direct outgrowth of the Redwood Strike with the stated objective of coordinating negotiations on a state basis. Meanwhile in Oregon and Washington, the Northwest Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers was becoming a full industrial union within the body of the craft U.B.of C.& J.of A. There was considerable dissatisfaction about the lack of coordination between the CSCLSW, the Northwest Council and their constituent district councils and local unions during the 1954 negotiations and strike. Al Draut, RDC Executive Secretary, lost his position for a perceived failure to keep the locals informed about higher level negotiations.

There were local variations. The Northern California Lumber Operators Association was established in 1951 to represent the small operators in both the Coastal and Redding areas. It reflected the attitudes and slim profit margins of its clients. It chose union-busting tactics when it could and engaged in collective bargaining when it had to. The region's Carpenters locals tried to interest the RDC locals in a different union model then the expanded industrial unionism offered by the Northwest Council. They wanted to merge the Carpenters and Millmen's District Council with the RDC, offering better area coverage and a base to organize Mendocino and Sonoma County and especially the smaller companies. The RDC locals were not interested. The LSW members in the Los Angeles area were in such a mixed District Council and it is interesting to note that the only non-carpenter to head the U.B.of C.& J.of A. came from that district council.

The RDC locals' integration into the renamed Western Council/LSW proceeded during 1956 and 1957 with such innovations as the new Western Council Defense (i.e. Strike) Fund and a new emphasis on gaining fringe benefits --pensions and company paid health and welfare which had been neglected, even denigrated, in earlier negotiations. These changes did not go entirely smoothly. Some old-line local leaders were not happy about the loss of local autonomy inherent in this shift to the Western Council. The largest Locals 2592 and 3006 attempted to secede from the RDC and join the Carpenters District Council. The U.B.of C.& J.of A. would not allow this, but it resulted in the replacement of RDC Executive Secretary Claude Heinig (1954-60) with Eddie Carroll (1960-62).

Eddie Carroll emphasized organizing during his tenure. The U.B.of C.& J.of A. organizing effort in the RDC area had slackened noticeably during the 1950s. The four International Representatives of 1952 had been reduced to one by 1957 and much of his efforts was wasted in fending off IWA raids --or counter raiding. Disaffected conglomerate Local 3006 lost its large Arcata Simpson mill to the IWA in 1961 and it was felt necessary to spin off its new G-P Samoa Plywood plant unit to form Local 3019 to prevent its loss as well. Meanwhile the RDC had receded from northern Del Norte County. Crescent City "hub" Local 598 contained by the results of the 1954 strike, was hit by a wave of plant closings in 1959-60 and eliminated by a bitter eight month strike in 1961.

Eddie Carroll believed that the key to solving the RDC locals' problems was organizing and that this organizing was the key function of the RDC. Joe Clark was hired by Carroll specifically to organize. The Council won six of twelve organizing elections in 1961 and reached a membership of 4,100 despite the losses at Simpson Arcata and in Del Norte County. But Carroll signed a contract without a union shop clause rather than lose the newly organized Weyerhaeuser loggers Local 3027. The union shop had been almost sacred to the RDC locals since the 1946 strike and local 2789 felt its own struggle to maintain a union shop agreement with Weyerhaeuser had been compromised. Carroll was forced to resign in February 1962 and replaced by Leonard Cahill. Cahill emphasized service to the existing locals and replaced organizer Clark with Claude Heinig as assistant business agent to handle the paperwork. Organizing was once again left to Ray Nelson, the International Representative and tapered off significantly.

The period 1958-64 was a period of significant technological change and increased productivity in the lumber industry leading to membership loss for the RDC locals. But, overall, the highly organized plywood sector of the industry continued to expand. When industry giant Weyerhaeuser bought out Roddiscraft, it gave 2789 and the RDC problems but it accepted unions as part of the industry. The RDC was by this time fully integrated into the mature industry-wide collective bargaining system that prevailed with the big operators in the Pacific Northwest. There were strikes attendant upon the "Big 6" Negotiations of 1963 and local issue negotiations held in tandem with the industry-wide negotiations sometimes led to single plant strikes. But in general, there was industrial peace and lumber workers earned wages only slightly below their compatriots in auto and steel.

By 1975 times began to change. New plywood plants were opening in the South and old growth was becoming more scarce on the Pacific Coast. The end of the Nixon mandated wage and price freezes led to a cost-of-living explosion and strong membership pressure for a substantial wage increase despite the fact that the industry was operating at only 70% of capacity. The Western Council successfully demanded a very sizeable raise from the industry, which put severe pressure on the small operators. The Rochlin companies had an almost 25 year history of negotiating with RDC locals. They closed their Arcata and Orleans operations under contract to 2808 and forced a union busting strike before closing and selling their Fortuna operations.

The expansion of the Redwood National Park accelerated the shortage of old growth logs, which combined with cheap Southern plywood and plywood substitutes such as waferboard, brought a swift series of plant closures and an end to the plywood industry along with the core locals of the RDC.

By 1979 the RDC could no longer afford a paid officer and Harry Merlo's adoption of a wage cutting Southern strategy forced a final bitter strike at Louisiana-Pacific's remaining operations ended the RDC's effective life by 1984. It also fundamentally altered the nature of collective bargaining in the West Coast lumber industry.

Related Materials

Books

Bullock, Paul. Building California: The Story of the Carpenters' Union. Los Angeles: Center for Labor Research and Education, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982.
Carranco, Lynwood. Redwood Lumber Industry. San Marion, CA: Golden West Books, 1982.
Cornford, Daniel. Workers and Dissent in the Redwood Empire. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987.
Glock, Margaret S. Collective Bargaining in the Pacific Northwest Lumber Industry. Berkeley: Institute of Industrial Relations, 1955.
Jensen, Vernon. Lumber and Labor. NY: Farrar and Rinehart, 1945.
Lembcke, Jerry & William Tattam. One Union in Wood. NY: International Publishers, 1984.
Melendy, Howard B. One Hundred Years of the Redwood Lumber Industry, 1850-1950. Palo Alto: Stanford University, 1952(Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation).

Papers and Studies

Bradley, Anita H. "Labor Relations in the California Lumber Industry." San Francisco: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1945.
Cornford, Daniel. "Lumber, Labor and Community in the Progressive Era in Humboldt County California, 1900-1920." Paper submitted to the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch meeting, August 11-14, 1982, University of San Francisco, California. Copy in the Reading Room, Cal Poly Humboldt Library.

Articles

Dana, John L. "Bargaining in the Western Lumber Industry," Monthly Labor Review, August 1965, pp. 925-931.
Duke, John & Clyde Haffstutler. "Productivity in Sawmills Increases as Labor Input Declines Substantially," Monthly Labor Review, April 1977, pp. 33-37.
Kleinsorge, Paul L. "The Lumber Industry," Monthly Labor Review, May 1959, pp. 558-563.
Sugg, Matilda R. "Labor Situation in Western Logging Camps and Sawmills," Monthly Labor Review, December 1942.

Archival Collections

Title: Records of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, 1947-. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Inventory by Richard C. Davis, 1976.
Title: Records of the International Woodworkers of America, 1936-1987. 557 linear feet. Special Collections, University of Oregon Library, Eugene, OR. Inventory by Michael Ridderbusch, 1989.

The Becking Collection came to Cal Poly Humboldt in three installments, and processing began between the arrival of the second and third installments. When the materials were packed to be delivered to the library, their original order was disrupted. At the library, to prepare for final processing, Archivist Edie Butler and Processing Archivist Adrienne Harling sorted the collection according to topic and geographic area.

Processing was completed primarily off campus, in several installments of 10-20 boxes at one time. The collection was processed efficiently, and series were arranged at different levels of detail (based on need and perceived research value).

Description of Record Groups and Container Lists

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Redwood District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Collection RDC Record Group No. 1, 1946-1987

Physical Description: 13 cubic feetRecord Group IScope and ContentThis record group consists of the Redwood District Council (RDC) office files that remained in original order.The Organizing Series consists of an intact series of alphabetical files dating from 1951-64, with the majority from the reorganization period when the U.B.of C.& J.of A. assigned up to four International representatives to organize in the RDC area. These files represent the failures. When a company was successfully organized, assigned to a local union, and had signed its first contract, it was transferred to the Contract files. If the organizing failed, the company was left in the Organizing files to provide material for future attempts. The Mutual Plywood Corporation and its successor the Mutual Plywood Division of U.S. Plywood show no less than six attempts to organize between 1951 and 1965.The early 1950s Mutual files also provide information on the functioning of a worker-owned cooperative plywood plant. They especially illuminate the relationships between the owner-workers and non-stockholding employees and the attitudes of the RDC organizers toward stockholder employees and vice versa.The Rainbow Lumber Company 2799 files contain a transcript of an NLRB unit determination hearing which gives a detailed description of the organization and functioning of a small mainly family-owned sawmill operation circa 1952 and the role of the Northern California Lumber Operators Association in preventing and containing union organization.The Nelson and Walker Milling Company is a joke file purporting to be the "Onion" Agreement between International representative organizers Nelson and Walker and a house of ill repute.The Negotiations and Contract series is incomplete, consisting of those files still in original order. When processed, the Negotiations files are a series within a series, interfiled folders of the records of the negotiations of a specific contract. The Contract files consist of organizing material from successful organizing campaigns, negotiating records, grievance material, signed contracts and miscellaneous materials. The series was filed alphabetically by company.The Strike Files Series is a hodge-podge. The two files on the Local 598 Grants Pass Veneer Co. Cal-Ore Division Strike were created specifically for the bitter 1961 strike that basically marked the end of the RDC's presence in northern Del Norte County. The Local 2952 -Morrison and Jackson and the Local 2697 -Twin Parks files have apparently been converted from "contract to "strike" files. The Local 2952 -Morrison and Jackson file contains organizing records from 1946, contracts, and monthly financial reports and other data on Local 2592 Myers Flat --an apparently quite active small local. The strike era material details the destruction of the union hall and heavy damage to the company mill in the 1955 flood which together with the sharp lumber industry recession of 1957 apparently drove the company to force a bitter union busting strike in that year.The Industrial Accident Case Files Series in this record group and in the records of the individual locals were created in the process of filing claims for Workers' Compensation, a service performed by the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers and its contracting law firms. The files contain a wealth of information on injuries incurred in sawmill accidents and, to a lesser extent because of the smaller membership base, logging injuries. Working at sawmills and especially logging, rank at the very top of dangerous occupations.The Cahill Era Subject Files document the RDC locals' political role. They reveal the unions' self-conception as an integral part of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party in the "Great Society" period, working for Civil Rights and Medicare legislation at the Federal level, and fighting for liberal County Welfare benefits and the creation of the County Human Rights Commission. The file, "Reagan and the Birchers" aptly sum up their feelings toward the rise of the Reagan Right in California during the late 1960s. There are three thick files on Congressman Donald Clausen, a political enemy. The fight against the California State Right to Work Initiative in 1958 would appear to have initiated this period of political activism.The Roy Clement Era files of the mid to late 1970s are less concerned with politics and what there is mostly concerns trying to prevent the expansion of the Redwood National Park and fighting for the best compensation and retraining package for affected lumber workers --The Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP). The Diamond International Strike, Marysville File contains correspondence that best illuminates the Western Council's role in negotiations and the frictions inherent in its role as an industrial union operating within a craft union.The Henderson Village Townhouses, Humboldt Plaza Apartments Series documents the RDC's role in creating moderate income housing in both Arcata and Eureka and certain unexpected landlord/tenant problems including having to deal with an unhappy tenant's union.The highlight of the Walt Newman Era Files are those dealing with the aftermath of the Redwood National Park Expansion and the rash of plant closures during the late 1970s and the recession of 1981-82. The several REPP files and the Roundtable and Union Defense Committee files deal with this and most especially the Reagan Administration Labor Department's attempt to rewrite the REPP guidelines to drastically curtail worker benefits.

I: Negotiations & Contracts

Box 1 (1-1)

1. Contract Booklet: Crescent Plywood Co., Klamath -- Local 2792. (10/9/50)
Scope and Content Note
Includes Local Minutes (5/11/51) on Back Pages 1950-51

2. Georgia-Pacific (G-P) Corp. -- Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Erickson Veneer Operation -- Local 3006 & Successor Local 3019 (Includes Negotiations--1961) 1960-61
3. G-P -- Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Samoa Sawmill, Eureka Big Lagoon & Van Duzen Operations & Sawmill Local 2592 & Loggers Local 3006. 1957-61
4. G-P -- Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Samoa Plywood Operation Local 3019 (Includes Negotiation & Grievance) 1961-69
5. Local 2592 -- Misc. Negotiations, Contracts & Correspondence. 1963-73
Scope and Content Note
Re: Grievances & Merger with 3006, etc.

6. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co. (Rochlin) Mill B, Arcata Local 2808
Scope and Content Note
(Includes Misc.: Arbitration, Health & Welfare & Negotiation Material) 1958-74

7. Precision Lumber Co., Arcata. 1949-71. Locals 2799 & 2808
8. Precision Lumber Co., Negotiations File. 1961
9. Precision Lumber Co., Negotiations File. 1969
10.R & J Salvage Co., Crescent City. 1961-62
Scope and Content Note Includes 1962 Negotiations Information

11. Roddiscraft Inc., Humboldt Plywood Division, Arcata Local 2789. 1956-60
12. Roddiscraft Inc., Timblend Div., Arcata -- Local 2789. 1956-60
13. Weyerhaeuser Co., Arcata Operations -- Local 2789. 1961-65
14. Samsonite Redwood Products, Arcata -- Local 2592. 1977
15. Simpson Redwood Co., Klamath Div., Local 2505. 1949-66,Misc. to 1972
16. Simpson Redwood Co., Klamath Div., Local 2505. 1949-66,Misc. to 1972
17. Simpson Redwood Co., Arcata Div., Local 2656, 1951-61,& Successor Local 3006
Scope and Content Note
(Includes Negotiations & Misc.)

18. Simpson Redwood Co., Eureka Plywood Plant Local 2931
Scope and Content Note
Contains Verbatim Transcript of 1962 Western Council --Simpson Negotiations. 1956-70

19. Simpson Timber Co. Mad River Plywood, Arcata Local 2789
Scope and Content Note
Contains Verbatim Transcripts of 1st Contract Neg. (1965) 1965-78

20. Simpson Redwood Co., Fairhaven Plywood Plant Local 2931
Scope and Content Note
Contains 1967 Negotiations & Misc. 1967-72

21.Redwood Construction Co., Arcata Teamsters. 1973
22. Mecca Lumber Co., Tidewater Division, Eureka Local 3018
Scope and Content Note
Also Contains Negotiation Notes, etc. 1962-63

23. Tidewater Mills Inc., Eureka Local 3018. 1963-71
Scope and Content Note
Includes Misc. Correspondence Re: Negotiations, Plant Closure 1971, etc.

24.Tidewater Mills Inc., Eureka Local 3018 Negotiations. 1969
25. Trans-Wood Co., Arcata Local 2808. 1960-63
Scope and Content Note
Includes Organizing Material (1960), etc.

26. Trans-Wood Co., Arcata Local 2808 Negotiations. 1960-61
27. Vacation Language from Western Council. 1975
28. Van Vleet Wood Products Co., Arcata Local 2808 Negotiations. 1958
29. Van Vleet Wood Products Co., Arcata Local 2799 & Successor Local 2808.
Scope and Content Note
Contains Misc. Correspondence Re: Negotiations, Plant Closure (1964) 1954-64

30. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Local 2808 Negotiations. 1958
31. West Coast Orient Co., Log Export Operation -- Eureka Local 2808 Organizing & Contract File. 1967-69
32. Western Council Contract Negotiations: Demands & Settlement Agreement. 1958
33. Agency Shop Agreement: Weyerhaeuser Company. 1964.Arcata Mills & Orick Woods-Locals 2789 & 3027
34. Operation Closure Agreement: Weyerhaeuser Co. 1965 Arcata Mills & Orick Woods -- Locals 2789 & 3027
35. Contract File: Weyerhaeuser Co., Loggers -- Orick -- Local 3027. 1963-65

Box 2 (1-2)

II: Wage Scales 1956-67

1. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council of LSW. 1956-57
2. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council of LSW. 1960
3. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council of LSW. 1961-64
4. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council of LSW. 1963-64
5. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council of LSW. 1963-64
6. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council Locals. 1963-65
7. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council Locals. 1963-65
8. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council Locals. 1963-65
9. Wage Scales -- Willamette Valley Dist. Council. 1963-65
10. Wage Scales -- Redwood District Council of LSW. 1967

III: Organizing

11. Al Boldt Lumber Company, Boonville. 1951
12. Arcata Lumber Service. 1952
13. Arcata Redwood Lumber Company. 1953
14. Arkley Lumber Company. 1961
15. B & R Lumber Company. 10/7/52
16. Bay Lumber Company, Eureka: Case No. 20-RC-3397. 1957
17. Brightwood Lumber Co., Arcata: Attempted Decert. Filed. 1/55Case No. 20-UA-2781 & Case No. 20-RD-128 1951, 1955
18. Brix, Walter G., Inc., Briceland. 1951, 1956
19.California Barrel Co., Arcata: Contract File. 1953-55
Local 2808 Bylaws & Working Agreement. 1947-51
20. California Pacific Plywood Company. 4/15/52
21. Cannonball Lumber Company, Arcata. 4/30/53
22. Capitol Lumber Company, Fort Seward. 1952
23.Carlotta Lumber Company. 1953
24. Cedar Creek Plywood, Leggett Valley Undated
25. Cheney Redwood Company, Inc. 1961
26. Cheney-Brand Lumber Company, Arcata. 1952-53, 1956
27. Clay Brown Lumber Co., Fortuna. 1952
28. Coast Pacific Lumber Company. 1949, 1953-54
29. Coast Plywood Manufacturing Co. -- Local 2975. 1951
30. Coast Redwood -- Bankruptcy Case. 1953-54
31. Coastal Plywood & Timber Company. 1953
32. Columbia Basin Logging Scales CIO. 1951
Columbia Basin Sawmills & Loggers -- Bylaws. 1/1/47
Working Agreement. 1951
33. Crag Lumber Company, Smith River. 1951-52
34. D & M Lumber Company, Bayside Undated
35. Davis Fir Mills: Case No. 20-RC-4592. 1961
36. Del Norte Lumber Processing Co. -- Local 598. 1959
37. Del Norte Milling Company. 1951
38. Del Norte Veneers. 1952-53
39. Denny Brothers Logging Company. 1952
40. A.C. Dutton Sawmill: Case No. 20-RC-3612. 1956-61
I.W.A. Petition. June 1958
41. Englewood Lumber Company: Case No. 20-CA-1653. 1959
42. Englewood Lumber Company: Case No. 20-CA-1653. 1959

Box 3 (1-3)

1. Englewood Lumber Company: Case No. 20-CA-1653. 1960
2. Englewood Lumber Company: Case No. 20-CA-1653. 1961
3, Eureka Lumber Company. 1956
4. Eureka Lumber & Crossarm Company. 1956
5. Eureka Redwood Lumber Co., Eureka (Carson's) 1952-54
6. Fairhurst Mill Company, Carlotta -- Local 3008. 1952
7. Feather Falls Jobs. 1951
8. Ft. Seward Mill & Veneer Co., Ft. Seward. CA 1957
Scope and Content Note
File Includes 2808 Contract for Veneer Side

9. Fortuna Mills, Inc. 1953
10. G & L Lumber Company (Crescent City) 1951-52
11. Georgia-Pacific Plywood. 1951
12. Hansen Pacific Corporation, Fortuna. 1953-56
13. Hollow Tree Lumber Co. -- Local 2839. 1951
14. Holmes & Douglas Mill Undated
15. Holmes Eureka. 1949
16. Honeydew Veneer Plant, Daniel J. Wentworth Undated
17. Humboldt Fir Lumber Company, Hoopa. 1955
18. Independent Redwood Company, Booneville. 1951
19. Industrial Plywood Corporation, Willits. 1951
20. J & W Lumber Company, Orick. 1952, 1957, 1960
Case No. 20-CA-1311 & Case No. 20-RC-2030
21. Jolly Giant Lumber Company. 1957
22. Lamb Lumber Company Undated
23. Little Lake Lumber Company. 1952
24. Lucas Lumber Company, Del Norte. 1950-52
25. M & M Wood Working Co., Shadowood Division. 1954
26. McIntosh Lumber Company. 1951
27. Marine Lumber Re-Manufacturing: Case No. 20-RC-4464. 1960-61
28. Mecca Lumber Co., Ft. Seward -- Local 2808. 1957
Scope and Content Note
Includes Contract

29. Mill Creek Lumber Company -- Local 2727. 1951
30. Miller & Brittan Undated
31. Miscellaneous Lumber Companies. 1948, 1955-57
32. Moss Lumber Co., Burnt Ranch Undated: Circa early. 1950s
33. Mutual Plywood Corp., Fairhaven. 1951
34. Mutual Plywood Corp., Fairhaven. 1952
35. U.S. Plywood Mutual Division, Fairhaven. 1958
36. U.S. Plywood Mutual Division, Fairhaven. 1960
37. U.S. Plywood Mutual Division, Fairhaven. 1961
38. U.S. Plywood Mutual Division, Fairhaven
NLRB File. 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961
39. U.S. Plywood Mutual Division, Fairhaven. 1964-65
40. U.S. Plywood Mutual Division, Fairhaven. 1960
Authorization Cards
41. National Pacific Timber Products, Smith River -- Local 2884. April 1953
42. Nelson & Walker Milling Company. 1953
43. North Fir Lumber Co., Fortuna & Honeydew. 1956
44. Northern Redwood Lumber Company. 1949-51, 1958
Certification Election
45. Orick Lumber Company. 1953
46. Orleans Logging & Plywood Corporation. 1953
47. The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia. 1951
48. Park Forest Products Company, Fortuna. 1954

Box 4 (1-4)

1. Pat Veneer Company, Salyer. 1956-57
2. Patten & Goshan Lumber Co., Redwood Creek Undated
3. Peters Lumber Company (Planing Mill) 1954
4. Pritchard & Company -- Local 2525. 1951, 1953
5. Quigley Lumber Company, Fortuna Undated
6. Rainbow Lumber Company -- Local 2799. 1952-56
7. Rainbow Lumber Company Brief -- Official Report. 1952
8. Rehreg Brothers Lumber Company. 1952
9. Riverside Lumber Company Undated
10. Robinet Wood Products, Klamath. 1956-57
Case No. 20-RC-3159 & No. 20-CA-1239
11. Rochlin Enterprises. 1954
12. Rochlin Veneer Company: Case No. 20-RC-3641. 1955, 1958
13. Roddiscraft, Inc.: Petition for Certification. 1956-- Local 3006 Former Cal-Barrel Woods
14.Roddiscraft, Inc. (Logging Division) 1957
NLRB Election Case No. 20-RC-3342
15. Shasta Plywood, Inc., Working Agreement. 1949
16. Shingle Weaver Operations. 1955
17. Simpson Redwood Co.: CIO Petition for Election. 1958-- Local 3006 -- Case No. 20-RC-3533
18. Simpson Redwood Co., Korbel: Case No. 20-RC-3484. 1958
19. Sisco Lumber Company, Brookings Undated
20. Siskiyou Hardwood, Red Crest. 1955-56
21. Stegman Lumber Company. 1947-48, 1952
22. Stewart, E.L., Log Trucking Contractor, Korbel. 1952
23. Stohl Lumber Company, Ukiah. 1951
24. Sugar Pine Lumber Company, Hoopa -- Local 2666. 1951
25. Superior Timber Company. 1953
26. Fred Svinth Lumber Company. 1952-53
27. Timber Incorporated of California. 1952-53
28. Trinity National Lumber Co., Fort Seward. 1951-52, 1957
29. Universal Forest Products. 1952-53
30. V.K.V. Lumber Company. 1953
31. Valentine Logging Company, Miranda. 1951
32. Decertification Election -- Van De Nor Lumber Co. Arcata -- Locals 2579, 2799, & 2808. 1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes: Negotiations & Contracts 1946-55

33. Van Duzen River Lumber Co., Bridgeville. 1952-53
34. Walker & Sons Logging Company. 1952
35. Warm Springs Redwood Company, Willits. 1951-52
36. West Coast Sawmills, In c. 1951
37. Westwood Planing Company Undated
38. Willits Plywood Company. 1953
IV: Strike Files
39. Morrison & Jackson Lumber Co., Myers Flat. 1946-57-- Local 2592. (1957)
Scope and Content Note
Also Includes: Contracts, Local Financial Statements & Misc. From Founding of this Small Local in 1946

40. Twin Parks Lumber Co., Arcata -- Local 2697. 1954
Scope and Content Note
Includes Contracts & Wage Scales 1947-53, Local Financial Records & Correspondence Re: Strikebreaking 1954 & "Unfair" Listing 1956

41. Local 598 Grants Pass Plywood, Cal-Ore Veneer Div., Crescent City; Local 598 Strike -- Defense Fund File. 1961
42. Grants Pass Plywood, Cal-Ore Veneer Div., Crescent City
Local 598 Strike; Correspondence & NLRB Case File. 1961
43. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Hearings -- Big Six & Weyerhaeuser -- 1963 Strike. 1963-64
44. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Hearings -- Big Six & Weyerhaeuser -- 1963 Strike. 1963-64
V: Industrial Accident Case Files
45. Baker, Alvin E. (2592) 1968-69

Box 5 (1-5)

1. Bean, Bertha M. (2808) 1967-68
2. Benjamin, Theodore C. (2808) 1965
3. Benson, Charles (3006) 1959-60
4. Best, Pryor (2592) 1972
5. Bishop, Melvin M. (2592) 1971-72
6. Blackford, Thomas A. (2808) 1971-72
7. Blake, Eugene W. (3006) 1970-72
8. Borges, Gerald T. (2592) 1970-71
9. Bishop, Billy G. (3019) 1967
10 . Bowman, Jessie L. (2592) 1968
11. Burke, Vestal (2592) 1971
12. Bynum, Larry G. (3006) 1963-67
13. Cader, Travis (3006) 1960
14. Caprai, Glenn M. (2808) 1965
15. Carr, William E. (2592) 1962-63
16. Carter, Aren J. (2789) 1960-62
17. Cary, Refel (2789) 1961-64
18. Casey, Mrs. Delma M. (3019) 1967-68
19. Clark, Lynn P. (3006) 1963
20. Coats, Elton H. (2808) 1961
21. Colliver, Ottis M. (2592) 1965-72
22. Colson, Chester G. 1963
23. Cooley, Darrell L. (2931) 1961
24. Cornelius, Elmer. 1964
25. Cornelius, Raymond E. (3019) 1965
26. Cover, Cyril C. (2988) 1959
27. Cummings, James (2808) 1959
28. DaRosa, Manuel (2592) 1971-72
29. Desimone, Girda (2592) 1972
30. Dempsey, Floyd K. (2931) 1964
31. Denman, Ary Sr. (3006) 1960
32. Depew, Ted (2808) 1970-71
33. Doane, Lynn J. (3018) 1967-70
34. Downey, George W. (3006) 1962-63
35. Drain, Henry W. (2808) 1959
36. Duncan, Harold. 1964
37. Emery, Luther H. (2808) 1961
38. Esskew, Thomas Warren (2592) 1970-71
39. Farnsworth, Floyd George (3006) 1962
40. Farris, Bennie E. (2808) 1965-66
41. Faul, Jeofrey. 1967
42. Faville, Virginia. 1969
43. Fike, Lonnie A. (3019) 1965
44. Francis, Calvin L. (2592) 1961
45. Frost, Marion E. (2505) 1969
46. Gibson, Robert L. (598) 1961-62
47. Gipson, Clarence S. (2808) 1964-65
48. Gipson, William B. (3006) 1965
49. Gladden, Darwin L. (2931) 1965-66
50. Gosvener, Orville G. (2808) 1971-72
51. Graham, Duncan (2931) 1965
52. Graham, Edward G. (2808) 1958-60
53. Hamilton, Robert (2505) 1957-61
54. Harrison, Lonnie R. (2789) 1962
55. Hartman, Charles (2505) 1959-60
56. Hauser, Martin (3018) 1963-64
57. Hendershot, Leslie (2789) 1966-67
58. Henry, Milton J. "Boyd" (2505) 1963-68
59. Hillenburg, Steven (2808) 1970
60. Hilstad, Lewis J. (3006) 1959-60
61. Hornbrook, David L. (2808) 1964-67
62. Hoxworth, James S. (2592) 1963
63. Hubbard, James H. 1963
64. Hubbard, Robert L. (2808) 1969-70
65. Hughes, Franklin (2808) 1970-72
66. Hurley, Moses Clifton (2808) 1969
67. Ingram, Dale I. (2592, 3006) 1964, 1972
68. Jackson, Raymond L. (3006) 1965-68
69. Jarrett, Marlin G. (2592) 1969-70
70. Jay, Martin W. (2808) 1970-72
71. Jewett, Claude (3018, 2931) 1961-63
72. Jones, Donald W. (2808) 1959-65
73. Kent, James A. (2592) 1970
74. Kilmer, Orville O. (2808) 1970
75. Kitchen, Lewis L. (2808) 1963-64
76. Kittredge, Howard R. (2808) 1962-66
77. Landreth, Clifford (3018) 1964-65
78. Lawler, Herman E. (2808) 1964-65
79. Lemley, Richard H. (2592) 1961-62
80. Lesley, Ira C. (2505) 1964-65
81. Little, Alvin (2808) 1964-66
82. Love, Leatis L. (2505) 1961-65
83. Lovett, Charles E. (2808) 1971-72
84. Luzzi, Aldo B. (3006) 1962-63
85. Lyon, Kenneth S. (2808) 1969-70
86. Manson, Stanley J. (2789) 1979
87. McDonald, Fred H. (2505) 1967-68
88. McDonald, Charles E., Sr. (2505) 1965
89. McQueary, Albert J. (2789) 1961-63
90. Mayton, Richard G. (3019) 1968-69
91. Meyers, Lawrence (2505) 1959
Death Benefit Claim: Mrs. Bonnie Meyers
92. Mikolas, John Irving (2789) 1964-65
93. Mills, Edgar E. (2789) 1959-62
94. Moreno, Ramiero C. (3019) 1969-70
95. Myer, Edwin H. (2931) 1960
96. Napoleone, Louis (598) 1960
97. Nardiello, Marlin (3006) 1959
98. Nelson, Frank H. (2505) 1964
99. Nelson, Maxine (3019) 1971
100. Newell, Bob (2808) 1959
101. Noble, Gary (2592) 1961-62
102. Oliver, Richard C. (3019) 1969-71
103. Pires, Alvin M. (2592) 1962-63
104. Pires, Frank V. (2592) 1972

Box 6 (1-6)

1. Potter, Don J. (2505) 1963-64
2. Radcliff, Charles H. (2808) 1970-71
3. Reed, Harold. 1961
4. Rhodes, Gary D. (2505) 1970
5. Roberts, Claude A. (2592) 1971
6. Rodrigues, Vitorino A. (2592) 1963-68
7. Roe, Keith D. (3019) 1963-66
8. Rogers, Marvin J. (3019) 1970-71
9. Roman, Alfonso T. (2592) 1964
10. Rowley, Walter (2931) 1971
11. Strum, Shirril W. (3019) 1974-77
12. Wahlund, Robert E. (2808) 1969-71
13. Industrial Accident Cases: General. 1973(Mostly Dec.)

VI: Business Files 1958-79

A. Federal & State Tax Reports & Records
14. Census Report. 1977
15. Federal Employer Quarterly Tax Returns. 1961-79
16. Employers Pension Return: I.R.S. Form 4848. 1974
17. Federal Unemployment Taxes: Form 940. 1975-78
18. State Compensation Insurance Fund. 1963-79
19. State Dept. of Employment Payroll Taxes. 1961-79
20. Calif. Exempt Organizational Form: Form 199. 1961, 1970-77
21. State Income Tax & Franchise Tax Exempt Forms. 1958-71

B. General Office
22. Bills -- Paid. 1969-71
23. Bills -- Paid. 1979
24. Bills -- Misc.: Typewriter Repair, Floral, Advertising, Janitor, etc. 1962-66
25. Bond Reports -- U.B.of C.& J.of A.
26. Cahill, Leonard: Local Unions & Councils Pension Contributions
Scope and Content Note
(Also Includes Claude Heinig's Retirement Application 1969) 1967-73

27. Cahill, Leonard: Health & Welfare (Hazard) 1965-73
28. Clement, Roy: Carpenters Local Unions & Councils Pension File -- Local 3019 & RDC 1967-78
29. Clement, Roy: G-P Health & Welfare. 1973-78
30. Nelson, Raymond K. -- Retirement Dinner. 1978
31. Office & Professional Employees Int. Union Local 3: Union Clericals, Negotiations & Contracts File. 1959-66
32. Office Employees Insurance & Pension Trust Fund. 1959-60
33. Per Capita Taxes -- Humboldt COPE, Calif Labor COPE, Calif. Labor Federation, et c. 1961-68
34. Periodical Subscriptions. 1961-67
35. RDC Property File: Building Fund, Mortgage Insurance. 1953-79
36. Sewer Construction Jacobs Avenue. 1969-71
37. Union Label: Forms, Decals & Rules Undated
38. The Union Register -- Correspondence. 1961-62
Scope and Content Note
Re: RDC's Request to Discontinue "Archie's Column & Article on Rep. Clem Miller's Death

C. Forms
39. Bond Report Blanks. 1968
40. Carpenters Home -- Lakeland Florida: Application for Admission. Undated
41. Charter Applications -- U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1961
42. City of Hope -- Patient Admissions Procedure, etc. 1956
43. Death Certificate & Application for Death or Disability Donation -- Blanks. Undated
44. Fair Employment Practices -- Complaint Forms. Undated
45. Lumber Industry Pension Forms For Disability & Retirement. 1975
46. Mediation Service: Dispute Notice Forms. 1975
47. Passport Application Forms. Undated VII: Leonard Cahill Subject Files

Box 7 (1-7)

1. Anti-Poverty Program -- Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Re: Establishment of a Humboldt Co. APP & Human Rights Comm. 1965

2. Assoc. of Calif. Consumers: Organizational Membership & Newsletters. 1963-65
3. Assoc. of Western Pulp & Paper Workers (AWPPW) 1965-66
Scope and Content Note
Re: Creation of AWPPW, Organizing at G-P & Crown Simpson Pulp Mills & Jurisdictional Dispute Re: Samoa Powerhouse

4. John Birch Society File. 1965-66
5. Birchers & Reagan: Articles & Pamphlets Linking Reagan & the Far Right. 1965-66
6. Congressman Don Clausen File: General. 1963-66
7. Congressman Don Clausen File: General. 1963-66
8. Congressman Don Clausen File: General. 1963-66
9. Correspondence & Notes Re: Pote, Frederick G.
Guarantee of Employment Upon Release from Menard Penitentiary, ILL. 1963
10. Dept. of Employment: Legislative Update & Statistics. 1965
11. District Councils Reports to Union Register. 1971-73
12. Eighth District (U.B.of C.& J.of A.) Organizing & Education Conference Meetings: Reports, etc. 1964-66
13. Executive Board Policy Comm. (RDC) -- Mailing List. 1961
14. Fair Housing -- Rumford Law. 1964
15. Food Stamp Program for Members Locked Out: Articles, Forms, Leaflets. 1963
16. Humboldt County Budget: Area Labor's Support for Budget & Opposition to Taxpayers League. 1965
17. Humboldt -- Del Norte Counties COPE. 1968-70
18. Institute for American Democracy. 1967 Homefront: Issue on Extremism
19. Keene, Barry -- Clipping
Scope and Content Note
Re: Candidacy for Assembly. Undated

20. Labor & Civil Rights. 1969
21. Labor Studies Program: Proposed
Two-Year Course of Study Undated: Circa Mid 60s
22. Legislative Data: Legislation, Legislators, Newsletters, Articles, et c. 1962-64
23. Liberty Amendment to Repeal the Federal Income Tax & Rep. Clausen's Support. 1963-64
24. List of SCABS at Wallal, Oregon. April 1964
25. Log Exports -- Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Re: Legislation Renewing Federal Log Export Legislation 1968

26. Medicare & National Health Insurance. 1965, 1970
27. Memorandum of Agreement: Union Recognition & Agreement to Bargain Forms -- Blank. Undated: Circa Mid 60s
28. More for Non-Members: Ad Stressing Labor's Role in Legislation for All Workers. Undated: Early 60s
29. Multiple Use of Forest: Formation of Calif. Chapter of "Outdoors Unlimited" to Oppose Wilderness Area Expansions. 1972
30. Mutual Funds: Brochures & Articles. 1964-68
31. National Labor Relations Board -- General Info. 1959-67
32. New Construction: Jurisdiction & Pay Rates Undated
33. Political File -- General. 1958-68
34. Political File -- General. 1958-68
35. Political File -- General. 1958-68
36. Political File -- General. 1958-68
37. Presidential Pay Board Re: Contract Approval Under Wage Controls. 1972
38. Proposed Uniform Contract Provisions. Undated: Circa Mid 60s
39. Proxy Forms -- Blank: Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee. Undated
40. Pulp Mills & Pollution. 1965
41. Redwood National Park File -- General. 1964-65
42. Redwood National Park Re: Effects of Proposed Expansion. 1971

Box 8 (1-8)

1. Referendum Vote -- $5.00 From Initiation Fee to District Council. 1957-60
2. Referendum Vote -- To Add to By-Laws: The Per Capita Tax Shall be Paid by Each Local Union on All Employees from Whom the Union Receives Dues, or Agency Shop Required Fees Equivalent of Dues. 1964
3. Right to Work Data. 1965-67
4. Shingle Weaver Settlement Agreement. 7/1/67 to 7/1/69
5. Shop Steward School. 1969-71
6. State Safety Conference & Misc. Safety News. 1959-70
7. Subcontracting -- General. 1961-63
8. Teamsters -- Local 684: Correspondence & Log & Lumber Haulers Contract. 1958-63
9. Timber Sales -- Six Rivers National Forest -- Lobbying Presentation to Interior Committee U.S. Senate. 5/20/59
10. Tunney -- Calif. Labor Comm. for: Tabloid. 1970
11. Veterans' Reemployment Rights. 1960-64
12. Welfare & et c. 1971
13. Welfare Legislation Material. 1964
14. West Coast Coordinating Office U.B.of C.& J.of A. (Kenneth Davis) 1959-66
15. Wilderness Areas, etc.: Opposition to. 1973
16. Workmen's Compensation Study Comm. Hearings. 1964
17. Workmen's Compensation Study. 1964

VIII: Roy Clement Era

18. Agreement Notices -- Locals 2505, 2592, 2789, 2931, 3019. 1975
19. Assoc. of Western Pulp & Paper Workers (AWPPW) 1974-76 Louisiana Pacific (L-P) Strike
20. Calif. State Council of LSW -- Constitution & By-Laws. 1978
21. Calif. State Council of LSW -- Financial Reports. 1974
22. Contract Openings: Locals 2505, 2592, 2789, 2931, 3019. 1977
23. Correspondence -- Outgoing. 1974-78
24. Delegate Sign-In for Council Convention. 2/9/76- Locals 2592, 2789, 2808, 2931, 3019
25. Diamond Int'l Strike, Marysville Local 2687. 1976
Scope and Content Note
Re: Conflict Between Western Council & Central Council

26. Employment Development Department. 1974-75
27. Fire Inspection Report. 1976, 1978
28. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust & Health & Welfare Trust. 1975-78
29. Health & Safety Guidebook: Institute of Industrial Relations. 1974
30. Industrial Accident Case Files A-L. 1975-76
31. Industrial Accident Case Files M-Z. 1975-76
32. Jacobs Avenue Dike Repair. 1978
33. Lawsuit -- Smith & Lundy vs. RD C 1975-76
Scope and Content Note
Re: Failure to Notify Simpson About Contract

34. Labor Law Reform -- Information Kit. 1977
35. Leave of Absence -- Richard Mayton. 1972
36. Local Unions Affiliated with the RDC. 3/20/75
Scope and Content Note
Re: Contracts with Companies

37. M & J Lumber Co.: Seniority List, Negotiations. 1975
38. Pension -- Robert Wahlund. 1974
39. Redwood District Council Historic File (Undated) Contains: Local 2868 Envelopes, Cahill Era Stationery & State Trademark Regis. of "AFL 8" Union Label. (1966)
40. Redwood District Council Luncheon. 1975
41. REPP (Redwood Employee Protection Program): Federal Assumption of Health & Welfare Insurance Coverage for Laid-Off Samoa Plywood Workers from G-P/LPIW H & W Trust. 1978
42. Redwood Park Expansion: Job Loss, REPP Program. 1978-79
43. Referendum Vote on Initiation Fees. 1976 Locals 2505, 2592, 2789, 2808, 2931, 3019
44. Roofing Bids -- RDC Building on Jacobs Avenue. 1974
45. Sample Organizing Letter to Employer. Undated
46. Settlement Agreements. 1977
47. Simpson Pension Plan. 1974-78
48. State Labor Law -- Mandatory Lunch. 1975
49. Unemployment Insurance Handbook, Disability Info. 1976
50. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Circulars. 1973-75
51. U.B.of C.& J.of A. District Council By-Laws. 1974
52. Western Council LP & IW (LSW) Correspondence. 1976-79

IX: Clement Era: Henderson Village Townhoused, Humboldt Plaza Apartments

Box 9 (1-9)

1. Field Survey for Rental Housing. 1967
2. Application for Housing Units; Vance Hotel Inquiry; Articles of Incorporation. 1970-76
3. Architect -- William M. Van Fleet. Undated
Scope and Content Note
Re: Henderson Village Specifications

4. Barcelon-Burger Management Corp.: Memos, Correspondence, Management Agreement. 1973-74
5. Barcelon-Burger Management Corp: Management Agreements. 1973-79
6. By-Laws, Meeting Minutes, Rental Information. 1970-74
7. Financial Statements -- Humboldt Plaza. 1973-77
8. Financial Data: HUD Monthly Operating Summary. April 1974
9. Financial Statements -- Humboldt Plaza. 1977-80
10. Financial Statements -- Henderson Village. 1977-80
11. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. 1977
12. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. 1978
13. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. Jan-June 1979
14. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. July-Sept 1979
15. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. Oct-Dec 1979
16. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. Jan-Feb 1980
17. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report -- Humboldt Plaza. March-May 1980
18. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. July 1980
19. Financial Data: Monthly Property Report. March 1981
20. HUD (Housing & Urban Development, U.S. Dept. of) "Transmittal Notice"
Scope and Content Note
Re: Handbook on Financial & Accounting Procedures. 1974

21. HUD -- General (Memos, Correspondence, Bulletins, Regulations) 1977-82
22. HUD Compliance: Physical Inspection Rpts. 1976, 1979-80
23. Henderson Village -- Construction Bills for Services & Materials. 1974
24. Henderson Village -- General. 1973-80
25. Henderson Village -- General. 1974-79
26. Henderson Village -- Kenneth Whitmore, Contractor Contractor's Requisition; Marshal's Sale
Scope and Content Note
Re: Judgement Against K. R. Whitmore Co., Inc. 1973, 1977, 1980

27. Humboldt Plaza -- Correspondence. 1974-76
Scope and Content Note
Re: Management Tenure of Charles Aldrich Includes Tenant Dispute of Tom Rist

28. Humboldt Plaza -- Tenants Union. 1977-78
Correspondence Re: Management Tenure of Nora & Bob Kilbourne
29. Humboldt Plaza -- Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Re: Management Tenure of Floyd & Lucille Bonebrake. 1979

30. Humboldt Plaza: Policies & Procedures. 1973-74
31. Humboldt Plaza: Real Estate Tax Bills
32. Humboldt Plaza: Realtor Papers: Authorization to Sell
Scope and Content Note
Includes HUD Applications & Forms. 1978

33. Miscellaneous: Correspondence, Minutes, Power of Attorney Form. 1976-79
34. Redwoods United, Inc.: Grounds Care & Maintenance Proposal. 1978
35. Rent Increases. 1974-80

X: Walt Newman Era

Box 10 (1-10)

1. California Labor Federation -- General. 1979-86
2. California Labor Federation -- General. 1979-86
3. California Labor Federation -- General. 1979-86
4. California State Agencies: Board of Equalization, Board of Forestry, Dept. of Forestry University of Calif. at Berkeley, Employment Training Parcel. 1984-85
5. California State Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers: General -- Primarily Industrial Accident Cases. 1979-86
6. Calif. State Council of LSW: General. 1979-86
7. Central Labor Council of Humboldt & Del Norte Counties: General. 1984-86
8. CETA Dept. (County Employment & Training Assistance) County of Humboldt -- Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Re: Economic Development & Employment Training. 1982-83

9. Calif. Coastal Commission: Bulletins, Meeting Notices & Reports
Scope and Content Note
Re: Local & Regional Land Use Regulation. 1975-76

10. C.O.P.E.: Calif. Labor Federation Committee on Political Education: Bulletins
Scope and Content Note
Re: State & National Politics. 1984-86

11. Contracts: Blank Form Letter
Scope and Content Note
Re: Opening Contracts Negotiations & Contract 1980, Local 2592/McNamara & Peepe, Crescent City. 1980

12. Correspondence, Miscellaneous. 1976-82
Scope and Content Note
Re: Members, Non-Lumber Unions, Etc.

13. Dept. of Forestry, Calif. State Correspondence. 1979
14. Employment Development Dept. (E.D.D.) State Unemployment Tax Returns for RDC Employees; Proposed Changes to Unemployment Law, etc. 1979-81
15. Dike: Correspondence Re: Jacobs Avenue Dike Repair & Reconstruction. 1975-86
16. Displaced Workers Center: Correspondence, Brochures, Bulletins & Leaflets
Scope and Content Note
Re: Services for Displaced Lumber Workers, Etc. 1981-84

17. District Councils & Local Unions (U.B.of C.& J.of A.) Correspondence & Bulletins. 1978-86
18. First Far West -- Correspondence Re: Hazard Health & Welfare Claims. 1982-83
19. Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service: Blank Labor Dispute Forms & Conference Agenda. 1979
20. Georgia-Pacific (G-P) Health & Welfare Trust: Correspondence, Employer Monthly Reports, Financial Statements & Minutes. 1978-84
21. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: General. 1979-85
22. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: General. 1979-85
23. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: General. 1979-85
24. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: General. 1979-85

Box 11 (1-11)

1. Gray Panthers of the North Coast: Jobs Committee (Ray Nelson) Bulletins. 1982
2. Housing Credit Newsletter from National AFL-CIO. 1982-86
3. HUD: U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development: Bulletins, Guidelines & Memoranda, Etc. 1978-86
4. HUD: U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development: Bulletins, Guidelines & Memoranda, Etc. 1978-86
5. Insurance: RDC Building. 1981-86
6. Legal Misc. Correspondence: Redwood Legal Assistance Funding, Liability Suit Concerning RDC Building, Etc. 1981-85
7. Local 2505: Misc. Correspondence Re: Per Capita Payments to the RDC & Western Council, Contract Opening Letters, Etc. 1979-87
8. Local 2592: Misc. Per Capita Receipts &. 1976-83Correspondence -- Primarily
Scope and Content Note
Re: McNamara & Peepe 1980 Contract & Plant Closure L-P Negotiations 1980-83

9. Local 2789: Misc. Correspondence, etc.:
Scope and Content Note
Includes Correspondence & Newspaper Clippings Re: Plant Closure of Mad River Ply in 1979 1979-82

10. Local 2931 Misc.:
Scope and Content Note
Includes Merger of Local 2808 into Local 2931. (1978),Plant Closure (1981) & Merger into Local 2592 (1983)
11. Lumber Industry Pension Fund (Hazard): Correspondence & Financial Records. 1984-86
12. Lumber Industry Pension Fund (Hazard): Correspondence & Financial Records. 1984-86
13. Lumber Industry Pension Fund (Hazard): Correspondence & Financial Records. 1984-86
14. Lumber Industry Pension Fund (Hazard): Correspondence & Financial Records. 1984-86
15. Lumber Industry Pension Fund (Hazard): Correspondence & Financial Records. 1984-86
16. Lumber Industry Pension Fund (Hazard): Correspondence & Financial Records. 1984-86
17. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Re: McNamara & Peepe Crescent City & Int. Assoc. of Saw Filers & Fitters. 1980

18. Office Expenses: Paid Bills & Receipts. 1980-87
19. Office Expenses: Paid Bills & Receipts. 1980-87
20. Office Expenses: Paid Bills & Receipts. 1980-87
21. Office Expenses: Paid Bills & Receipts. 1980-87
22. Office Expenses: Paid Bills & Receipts. 1980-87

Box 12 (1-12)

1. Payroll: Misc. Forms & Correspondence. 1979
Scope and Content Note
Re: Federal & State Employer Taxes

2. Politics: Correspondence & Misc. 1980-86
Scope and Content Note
Re: Local, State & National Legislation & Politics

3. Politics: Correspondence & Misc. 1980-86
Scope and Content Note
Re: Local, State & National Legislation & Politics

4. REPP: Redwood Employee Protection Program: General
Scope and Content Note
Includes Correspondence, Legal Briefs & Decisions, Newsclippings, etc. 1980-82

5. REPP: Redwood Employee Protection Program: General
Scope and Content Note
Includes Correspondence, Legal Briefs & Decisions, Newsclippings, etc. 1980-82

6. REPP: Redwood Employee Protection Program: General
Scope and Content Note
Includes Correspondence, Legal Briefs & Decisions, Newsclippings, etc. 1980-82

7. Roundtable: Correspondence, Leaflets, Press Releases
Scope and Content Note
Re: Organizing Against Plant Closures. 1980-81

8. Safety: Primarily CAL/OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) 1982-86
9. Safety: Primarily CAL/OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) 1982-86
10. Safety: Primarily CAL/OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) 1982-86
11. Safety: Primarily CAL/OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) 1982-86
12. Safety: Primarily CAL/OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) 1982-86
13. Simpson/LPIW Pension General: Applications, Correspondence, Financial Statements, etc. 1979-86
14. Simpson/LPIW Pension General: Applications, Correspondence, Financial Statements, etc. 1979-86
15. Simpson/LPIW Pension General: Applications, Correspondence, Financial Statements, etc. 1979-86
16. State Compensation Insurance Fund: Premiums for RDC Employees. 1980

Box 13 (1-13)

1. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
2. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
3. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
4. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
5. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
6. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
7. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
8. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
9. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence & Bulletins. 1976-87
10. Union Defense Committee: By-Laws, Correspondence, Leaflets, Press Releases
Scope and Content Note
Re: Defending REPP Against Cut-backs. 1980-82

11. Union Labor Directory/Bill Szemkus
Scope and Content Note
Re: Billboard Ads in RDC Building. 1978-79

12. Union Register Newspaper: Subscription Receipts. 1982
13. Western Council Convention Resolutions. 1983
14. Western Council LP & IW (LSW) Correspondence. 1981-83
15. Western Council LP & IW (LSW) Correspondence. 1981-83
16. Western Council LP & IW (LSW) Correspondence. 1984-87
17. Western Council LPIW -- Timber Operators Council Health & Welfare Fund -- General. 1985-87

XI: RDC Financial Records

Box 14 (1-14)

Monthly receipts and expenses, bound volumes. 1954-78

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Lumber & Sawmill Workers RDC Manuscript Collection Manuscript Collection, No. 2, 1917-1985

Physical Description: 22 cubic feet
Record Group II
Scope and Content
The bulk of the RDC Manuscript Collection consists of Redwood District Council records taken out of original order and arranged into artificial series by volunteers before the advent of the project archivist.

The Historical Series contains essentially all of the material in the collection pertaining to Northcoast lumber unionism before and during the 1946 redwood strike. This one box series was created by the archivist for researcher convenience. It is divided into five sub-series according to the provenance of the material. The RDC sub-series consists of the bits and pieces of old records saved by the RDC when it destroyed most of its own records upon moving into a new building in 1958. The material as saved has little in common except for its oldness. Perhaps the most pleasant surprise in the entire collection are the 1917-1919 International Timber Workers Local #12 minutes. They constitute a brief glimpse into an earlier cycle of lumber unionism in Humboldt County that ends in a broken desperation strike to preserve the eight hour day achieved during World War I. The provenance is unclear, as the minutes were stored with fragmentary records of the first 1930s precursors of the locals which eventually formed the RDC. These include Dues Books of the American Federation of Labor Federal Local 19576 for 1934-35 and financial records for its successor renumbered 2563 when it received its charter from the U.B.of C.& J.of A. These include the expense records (but nothing more) from the broken 1935 lumber strike. The local was reorganized and rechartered as Local 2677 after the strike. The Historical Series contains the minutes of this local from late 1935 to September 1937. Two months after it bolted the U.B.of C.& J.of A. to join the International Woodworkers of America, CIO. Stuck into the back of the Minute book and now foldered separately are: A 1935 contract with a small lumber company; a CIO plan to organize the redwoods; and several dues arrears notice forms from the now IWA-CIO Local #78. The box also contained the earliest RDC convention minutes, 1941-42, which have been moved into the RDC Convention Series and certain fragmentary records from the 1946 Redwood Strike.

Part of this series are the materials contributed by local author Frank Onstine. The material on the 1935 strike was used to produce his excellent local history, The Great Lumber Strike of 1935. There is a thick folder of material on the 1946 Redwood Strike, copied from originals then in the RDC office by Noel Harris, and intended for use to produce a projected sequel on the '46 strike. The originals of this material and much more from the '46 strike period subsequently disappeared from the RDC files. The RDC brief for the War Labor Board has also been placed in this series. This box, together with a few files in the 2592 Record Group Early Office Files Series, a very few files in the Ray Nelson Collection, the 1941-42 and the fragmentary 1945 -48 RDC Conventions constitute the sum total of the collection records on the early organizing and Redwood Strike period.

The created RDC Convention Series has been expanded from partial runs in the other Record Groups to constitute as complete a set as possible. It is the best source to chart the overall evolution of the RDC locals from beginning to end with each local giving a short report of its activities --amounting to four snapshots a year per local.

Ray Nelson was the U.B.of C.& J.of A. International Representative attached to the RDC from 1952 to 1978. His duties encompassed organizing and oversight of the U.B.of C.& J.of A. locals (Construction Carpenters as well as Lumber and Sawmill) in the RDC region. The Ray Nelson Series contains three sub-series: the relatively intact Ray Nelson Desk Files consisting of 1970 organizing files; The Ray Nelson Organizing materials, created from a mass of loose material spanning 25 years with islands of original order including the 1961 Correspondence File, the only material documenting his oversight role; and lastly, there are three folders of early material including a photo of his father with a steam donkey woods crew circa 1910 (the photo is being kept with the other Ray Nelson materials as per his request) and the contracts between the Holmes-Eureka Lumber Company and Logger's Local 3061 in 1943 and 1945.

I: HistoricalA. RDC Materials

Box 1 (2-1)

1. Int'l. Union of Timber Workers Local #12 Eureka, Minutes. 8/19/17
Scope and Content Note
(first meeting of local) --12/29/18

2. Int'l. Union of Timber Workers Local #12 Eureka, Minutes. 1/1/19-9/26/19
3. Dues Book: A.F.L. Federal Local 19576. 2/35-5/35
4. Dues Book Cover: A.F.L. Federal Local. 19576
Scope and Content Note
Most Info. is Post-19576 May 1934-37 LSW 2563

5. Day Book Local LSW Local 2563. 1/35-9/35 IWA Local. 78 8/7/37-9/1/37
6. Local 2563 Contract & Post-1935 Strike Local Union Election Letter Found in Local 2677 Minute Book. 1935
7. Minutes: Local 2677. 11/5/35-7/9/37
8. Daybook: Local 2677. 11/5/35-11/16/37
9. Dues Book: Local 2677. 11/35-6/37
10. IWA-CIO Materials Found in Back of Local 2677 Minute Book Local 78: Includes 1937 CIO Plan to Organize the Redwood. 1936-37
11. National War Labor Board -- Union's Brief. c.1943
12. National War Labor Board -- Union's Brief. c.1943
13. National War Labor Board -- Union's Brief. c.1943
14. "Labor Relations in the California Lumber Industry" Anita Bradley. U.S. Dept. of Labor. 1945
15. RDC Strike Policy Committee -- '46 Redwood Strike. 1946-47
16. '46 Strike Policy Committee Financial Records & "Passes", "Men Working" & Official Ballot 2592. 6/27/47 & 6/23/50
17. Northern Redwood Co. 1942-49
18. RDC Strike Bulletins #s. 2, 3 & 5 '46 Redwood Strike. 1946-47
19. U.B. of C.& J.of A.: "Secretary's Order Book" with the RDC's Receipts for '46 Strike Expenses. 3/16/46-5/11/46
20. Redwood Empire Labor Journal Issue Commemorating The Golden (50th) Anniversary of the Central Labor Council of Humboldt County. 1952
21. 1954 Strike: Governors' Lumber Fact-Finding Panel AFL Opening Exhibit Brief. 1954
B. Frank Onstine Accession
22. "The Humboldt County Lumber Strike of. 1935", Phil Simon, Unpublished Class Paper Humboldt State College 1950
23. Court Records. (1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine) 1935
24. Humboldt Times(1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine) 1935
25. Western Worker(1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine) 1935
26. Humboldt Standard, Arcata Union.(1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine) 1935
27. Clair St. Peters -- Notes. (1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine) 1935
28. Articles & Clippings. (1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine)
29. International Labor Defense & Elaine Black Yoneda Material. (1935 Strike Material from Frank Onstine)
30. * Humboldt Standard-- 2 Vols.: June, July 1935
Scope and Content Note
(Located in Map Case)

31. La Follette Committee Hearings on Industrial Munitioning -- Hammond and '35 Strike Federal Labs.
32. RDC Rebuttal Brief on War Labor Board Hearing Copied from RDC Records by Noel Harris in. 1978 & Given to Frank Onstine. Contributed to Cal Poly Humboldt in 1990 by Mr. Onstine. Undated-1944
33. "Report of Trade Dispute" Filed by Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co. with the Calif. Dept. of Employment Listing the 320 Striking Members of Loggers Local 3601 & LSW Local 3056 by Name & S.S.#. 1/14/46
34. 1946 Redwood Strike Material Copied by Noel & Ina Harris from RDC Records for Frank Onstine (1977) 1946

C. Ina and Noel Harris Accession

35. Northern California Union Labor NewsCrescent City, CA Partial Series 11 Editions. December 7, 1937-August 17, 1938
Last Edition Titled Northern California Free Press* (Second full size copies in Map Case)

D. Martin Balke Accession

36. Martin Balke Scrapbook -- Redwood Empire Labor JournalNewsclippings. 1942-43
* See Balke photos in Photograph Series
E. Albin Gruhn Accession
37. Albin Gruhn's Annual Report to the California State Federation of Labor. 1942-58

II: Constitution/By-Laws

Box 2 (2-2)

1. By-laws
2. Constitution and By-laws/By-law Referendum. 1968

III: Executive Committee Minutes

3. Minutes. 1946
4. Minutes. 1951-60
5. Minutes. 1961-70

IV: Quarterly Minutes and Financial Statements

6. RDC Quarterly Conventions Work Copies of Minutes (first drafts) 1969-71
7. RDC Minutes. 3/7/41-6/4/42& '46 Strike (hot boxcar)
8. RDC Minutes. 1945
9. RDC Minutes. 1946
10. RDC Minutes. 1947
11. RDC Minutes. 1948
12. RDC Minutes. 1951
13. RDC Minutes. 1952
14. RDC Minutes. 1953
15. RDC Minutes. 1954
16. RDC Quarterly Conventions Election Results. 8/1/54
17. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1955
18. RDC Quarterly. 11/5/55-11/6/55& Joint Council Meeting RDC & NCCDC. 11/5/55
19. RDC Quarterly. 5/6/56& Joint Committee Meeting RDC & NCCDC. 5/5/56
20. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1956
21. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1957
22. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1958
23. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 2/2/58
24. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 11/58
25. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1959
26. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1960
27. RDC Quarterly Conventions -- Transcript of. 5/1/60;Meeting 5/1/60
28. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1961
29. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1962
30. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 10/28/62

Box 3 (2-3)

1. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1963
2. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1964
3. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1965
4. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1966
5. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1967
6. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1968
7. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1969
8. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1970
9. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1971
10. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1972
11. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1973
12. RDC Mailing List and Revised Mailing List. 1974
13. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1974
14. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1975
15. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1976
16. RDC Quarterly Convention Delegate List. 1976-1985
17. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1977
18. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1978
19. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1979
20. RDC Quarterly Convention Correspondence. 1979-1986
21. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1981
22. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1982
23. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1983
24. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1985
25. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1986
26. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 1961-1985(Bound Volume)
27. RDC Quarterly Conventions. 11/3/51-5/7/61(Bound Volume)

V: United Brotherhood of Carpenters

28. Correspondence Re: Disaffiliation. 1960
29. Organizational Chart
30. Financial Statement. 1973-79
31. Union Label Application
32. Carpenter's 1040- General Info. on UBC
VI: Western Council
33. Per Capita Standing by District. 1956-58
34. Western Council Defense Fund. 1961, 1978
35. Executive Meetings, Negotiations. 1974-79
36. Minutes, General Fund, Defense Fund, Health and Welfare Fund. 1960-73
37. Western Council Referendum. 1972-73
38. Minutes, Constitution and Bylaws, Member Lists. 1967-73

Box 4 (2-4)

1. Western Council Convention. 1977
2. Western Council Convention. 1977 Resolutions Proposed
3. Correspondence Re: Negotiations. 1957-59.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Executive Committee Meeting 8/12/58

4. Western Council Defense Fund VII: California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers
5. California State Council- Kennedy, J.F.
6. California State Council. 1960-73
7. California State Council Financial Report. 11/63
8. California State Council Legislation. 1969-71
9. California State Council Financial Standing Forms
10. California State Council Legislation. 1969-70

VIII: California Labor Federation

11. California Labor Federation. 1959-71
12. Calif. Labor Federation Legislation. 1969-70
13. Calif. Labor Federation Correspondence. 1968
14. Calif. Labor Federation- Legislation, Executive
Council Meetings, Correspondence. 1969
15. Calif. Labor Federation- Executive Council, Standing Committees. 1972

IX: RDC Strikes

16. Strike- Simpson- Local 2931. 1975
17. Strike- Simpson- Local 2931. 1975
18. Strike- Simpson- Local 2789. 1975
19. Strike- Louisiana-Pacific. 1984
20. Strike Fund. 5/17/79
21. Strike- Defense Fund/Western Council. 1960
22. Strike- Louisiana-Pacific- Local 2592. 1983
23. Strike- Louisiana-Pacifi c 1983
24. Strike- Georgia-Pacific- Local 2592. 1962

X: Political
25. Political- State Board of Forestry. 1975
26. Political- Forest Practices Act. 1975
27. Political- COPE- c.early. 1950s.
Candidate Interview Survey
28. Political- COPE- Fundraising
29. Coalition Against Plant Shutdowns. 1981
30. Political- Legislation- Misc. 1957-63
31. Humboldt County Labor League for Political Education. 1958-60
32. California State Chamber of Commerce. 1971
33. Political- "Right to Work" Prop. 18. 1958
34. Political- Water Resources Prop. "A". 1965
35. Political- "Right to Work" Prop. 18. 1958
36. Political- "Environment and the Economy" Newsletter. 1976
37. California Senate Voting Record. 1971
38. Political- General Election. 1958
39. Political- COPE. 1970-72
40. Political- Proposition. 22. 1972
41. California Labor League for Political Education. 1958-70

XI: Organizing

42. Arcata Redwood Co. 1976
43. Arkley Lumber Co. 1964
44. Brookings Plywood, Salyer -- Local 2808. 1977-78
45. Cal-Pacific Manufacturing -- Local 2808. 1977
46. Cal-Pacific Redwood Co., Orick. 1951 & 1961
47. Carolina California Plywood Inc., Salyer. 1962 (Former Pat Veneer)
48. Carolina California Plywood Inc., Salyer. 1967
49. Carlotta Lumber Co. -- Local 2592. 1966-76
50. Carlotta Lumber Co. -- Local 2592. 1976
51. Dinsmore Veneer. 1961
52. Crown Redwood Local 3006. 1968
53. Crown Redwood Co., Fortuna -- Local 3006. 1968
54. Dinsmore Lumber Co. 1965
55. Elections Held. 1960-61
56. Fali Corp., Orleans. 1967
57. Gang Nail/Thomas Industries -- Local 2931. 1975
58. Geneva Lumber Co. -- Local 2564 -- Wage Scales. 1947, 1948, 1952
59. G-P Corp. Local 3006 -- Teamster Petition. 1961-62
60. G-P Office Employees circa mid- 1970s
61. Halstead Lumber Co. Local 2515 -- Election Records. 1948-58
62. Halverson Lumber Co., Eureka. 1973
63. Hamilton Bros. Lumber Co., Crescent City -- Local 598. 1950-55

Box 5 (2-5)

1. Hulbert & Muffly Co., Carlotta -- Local 3006. 1967-68
2. Humboldt Fir Inc., Redding. 1967
3. Humboldt Flakeboard, Arcata -- Local 2808. 1969
4. Humboldt Flakeboard, Sierra Pacific, Arcata. 1970
Local 2808
5. Lindroth Lumber Prod., Fort Seward. 1958-63
6. McIntosh Lumber Co., Blue Lake IWA. 13-98 1950-51
7. McNamara & Peepe. 1965-66
8. McNamara & Peepe, Crescent City. 1965-67Del Norte Lumber Proc., Cal. Bark, Crescent City Chip Co./LSW & Teamsters 684
9. McNord Lumber Co., Arcata LSW, IWA. 3-98. 1960-61
10. Miller Redwood Co., Crescent City (Rellim Redwood Co.) 1965-69
11. National Assoc. of Manufacturers -- Review of Industrial Relations in the Non-Union Plant. 1960
12. Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia. 1945
13. Paragon Plywood Corp., Crescent City Local 2779. 1952-54
14. Peavey Lumber Co. 1965
15. Pozum Bros. 1969
16. Redwood Constr. Co. & G-P Co., Samoa. 1961-63 Local 3006/Jurisdictional Dispute vs. Teamsters 684
17. Redwood Construction Co. 1967
18. Redwood Hi-Way Lumber Co. LSW 2515. 1946-51
Scope and Content Note
Includes RDC "Area Standard Agreement" 1946

19. Samsonite Redwood Products, Arcata. 1974
Local 3019
20. Schmidbauer Lumber Co. 1975-76
21. Simpson. 1961
22. Simpson Timber Co., Arcata. 1961-62 LSW 3006, IWA. 3-98
23. Sound Stud Co., Dinsmore, Arcata. 1961-62
24. South Bay Redwood Co., Alex H. Christie Lumber Co. 1965
25. Standard Plywood Corp., Crescent City. 1975
26. Timber Salvage Co., Eureka. 1964
27. U.S. Plywood Corp. 1964-65
28. U.S. Plywood Corp. -- Mutual Division, Fairhaven. 1965
29. Van De Nor Lumber Co., Arcata. 1968
30. Van Vleet Wood Products Co., Hoopa. 1957
31. West Coast Orient, Samoa -- Local 2808. 1967-68
32. West Coast Veneer Co., Crescent City. 1948-50
NLRB Petition, LSW 3059
33. Weyerhaeuser Co. 1961-62

XII: Contracts

Box 6 (2-6)

1. A.C. Dutton Co., Crescent City -- Local 598. 1953-61
2. A.C. Dutton Co. -- Local 598. 1961
3. John Alquist Mill, Eureka. 1952
4. John Alquist Mill, Eureka -- Local 2883. 1952
5. All-Brite -- Local 2799, 2808. 1955-58
6. Arcata Plywood- Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co.
Local 2808. 1974
7. Arcata Plywood Corp -- Local 2808, 2789. 1951-70
8. Arrow Mill Co. 1952-61
9. Arrow Mill Co. -- Local 2868. 1948-52
10. Boise Cascade, Arcata -- Local 2688. 1965
11. Brightwood Lumber Co. -- Local 2799, 2808. 1952-66
12. California Fabricators, Arcata -- Local 3006. 1951-63
13. Cal-Ore Veneer Inc., Crescent City -- Locals 598 & 2779
14. Coast Components Co -- Local 2931. 1966-67
15. Crescent Plywood Co., Klamath -- Local 2792. 1948-57
16. Davis Fir Mills -- Local 2808. 1963-65
17. Davis Fir Mills, Arcata -- Local 2808. 1961-63
18. Del Norte Box Co. -- Local 2505. 1975-77
19. Del Norte Box Co.- Del Norte Operations
Local 2505. 1960
20. Del Norte Box Co., Arcata -- Local 2592. 1967
21. Del Norte Veneer Co. -- Local 2779. 1953
22. Del Norte Box, Klamath -- Locals 2505, 2592. 1967-74
23. Diebold Mills Inc., Smith River -- Local 2884. 1951-59
24. Dolly Varden Lumber Co. -- Local 2799. 1952-55
25. Durable Fir Lumber Co. -- Local 2799. 1952
26. Durable Plywood Co., Arcata -- Local 2808. 1951-61
27. Edwin R. Carlson Operation -- Local 2931. 1966-67
28. El Dorado Lumber Co., Arcata -- Local 2799. 1955
29. Eureka Forest Products -- Local 2592. 1968-75
30. Eureka Plywood Co. -- Local 2931. 1955-56
31. Eureka Plywood Co. -- Local 2931. 1948-56
32. Fairhurst Lumber Co., Carlotta -- Local 3008. 1948
33. Fluor Corp., Los Angeles -- Local 2288. 1948
34. Fort Seward Mill & Veneer -- Local 2808. 1957
35. Fortuna Wood Products -- Local 3006. 1961-66
36. Fortuna Veneer Co. -- Locals 3008, 3006 & 2592. 1953-69
37. Fortuna Veneer Co. -- Local 3008. 1953-69
38. Fortuna Wood Products -- Local 3006. 1960-1962
39. Gang Mill, Arcata -- Local 2931. 1974
40. Louisiana-Pacific, McNamara & Peepe -- Local 2592. 1972
41. Georgia-Pacific Corp., Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Sawmill Operations. 1964
42. Georgia-Pacific, Hulbert & Muffly
Local 3006. 1966
43. Georgia-Pacific -- Locals 2691, 2572, 2592, 2787, 2801, 2970, 3006, 3019 & 3064. 1964-66
44. Georgia-Pacific, Samoa Plywood, Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Louisiana-Pacific -- Locals 3019, 3006. 1959-77

Box 7 (2-7)

1. Georgia-Pacific -- Locals 2592, 3006. 1967-69
2. Georgia-Pacific, Myers Flat -- Local 2592. 1976
3. Fortuna Wood Products, Humboldt Dock & Shipping, Georgia-Pacific, Louisiana-Pacific
Local 2592
4. Georgia-Pacific, Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Sawmill Operations, Samoa. 1959-60, 1969, 1973
5. Glendale Lumber Co., Arcata -- Local 2799. 1955
6. Granada- Local 2592. 1976-77
7. Hammond Calif. Redwood Co., Louisiana-Pacific
Local 3019, 3006, & 2592. 1961-74
8. Humboldt Dock & Shipping
Local 2592. 1958
9. Humboldt Dock & Shipping
Local 2592. 1970
10. Humboldt Fir, Hoopa
Local 2808. 1969-75
11. Humboldt Flake Board. 1968
12. J. Hurn Shingle Co., Burnt Ranch
Local 2931. 1962
13. Klamath River Veneer, Roberts Veneer Co.
Local 598. 1959-61
14. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Local 3019. 1973
15. Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Samoa
Local 3019. 1975-77
16. McNamara & Peepe, Arcata
Local 2592. 1972
17. McNamara & Peepe, Arcata
Local 2592. 1973
18. Local 2641- Maple Creek & Local 2789. 1948-58
19. Marine Lumber Re-Manufacturing Co., Eureka
Local 3018. 1961
20. Masonite Corp., Hoopa Div. -- Local 2808. 1967-76
21. Mecca Lumber- Tidewater Mills Inc., Eureka
Marine Lumber Sales -- Local 3019. 1962-63
22. Mecca Lumber Co. (Tidewater Div.), Tidewater Mills Inc. NLRB
23. Mighty Mite Inc. -- Local 3006. 1968
24. Morrison & Jackson Lumber, Myers Flat
Local 2952. 1953
25. National Pacific Timber Products Inc., Smith River
Local 2884. 1953
26. North Coast Co.
Local 2799. 1954
27. Northern California Plywood Inc., Crescent City
Local 2779. 1955-58
28. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co.
Local 2808. 1962-64
29. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co.
Local 2917. 1956
30. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co., Arcata
Local 2808. 1972
31. Orleans Veneer & Plywood
Local 2808. 1975
32. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co.
Local 2808. 1955, 1964
33. Pacific Lumber Co. Scotia
Local 2570. 1944-45
34. Pacific Veneers, Crescent City
Local 598. 1954-55
35. Pacific Veneers Inc. Crescent City
Local 598. 1951-55
36. Precision Lumber Co.
Local 2808
37. Roberts Veneer Inc., Crescent City
Local 598. 1959
38. Roddiscraft- Humboldt Plywood Div., Arcata
Local 2789. 1954-56
39. Roddiscraft
Local 2641. 1955
40. Santa Rosa Plywood Inc.
Local 2459
41. Seeley Creek Lumber Co.
Local 2515
42. Swortzel & Swan -- Shingle Weavers #2868. 1953-55
43. Simpson
Locals 2931 & 2789
44. Simpson
Locals 2931 & 2505
45. Sound Lumber Co., Arcata
Local 2799. 1948-61
46. G.L. Spier Co., Arcata
Local 2799. 1947-52

Box 8 (2-8)

1. Trinity River Lumber Co.
Local 2666. 1951-61
2. Van Vleet
Local 2808. 1963
3. Washington Lumber Co.
Locals 2592 & 2505. 1954-57
4. Water Cooling Equipment Co., Arcata
Local 3006. 1947-60
5. Western Handle Co.
Local 598. 1955-59
6. L.S. Whaley Lumber Co., Garberville
Local 2515. 1946-51
7. Willamette Sheathing Inc., Arcata
Local 2789. 1959-60
8. Settlements. 1961
9. Contracts
10. Locals with Contracts List. 1953-56
11. Blank Agreement Forms

XIII: Negotiations

12. Marine Lumber Re-manufacturing Co., Arcata
Local 3018. 1962
13. Brightwood Lumber Co. 1961
14. Water Cooling Equipment Co. 1954
15. Humboldt Lumber -- Local 2641. 1954
16. Simpson Redwood, Arcata-Local 3006. 1958-67
17. Durable Plywood, Arcata-Local 2808. 1961
18. "Opening of Negotiations" Form Letters
19. Correspondence. 1969
20. A.C. Dutton Co., Crescent City-Local 598. 1961
21. Northern California Lumber Operators Assn. 1953-61
22. Georgia-Pacific, Humboldt Dock & Shipping
Local 2592. 1961-64
23. Humboldt Dock & Shipping Co., Eureka
Local 2592. 1966-67
24. Simpson Timber Co., Del Norte Box Co.
Local 2505. 1962-63
25. Del Norte Box Co., Arcata
Local 2505. 1966
26. Simpson Timber Co., Arcata
Local 2505. 1966
27. A.C. Dutton Corp., Crescent City
Local 598. 1961-62
28. Georgia-Pacific Corp., Samoa
Local 2592. 1966-68
29. Weyerhaeuser Co., Arcata
Local 2789. 1962-64
30. (Simpson) Mad River Plywood, Arcata
Local 2789. 1966
31. Brightwood Lumber Co.
Local 2808. 1966
32. Precision Lumber Co.
Local 2808. 1966
33. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co. (Mill A)
Local 2808. 1961, 1966
34. Arcata Plywood Corp.
Locals 2808 & 2678. 1952-66
35. Van Vleet, Precision, Durable, Arcata Ply
Local 2808. 1962-63
36. Twin Harbors (Davis Fir Mills)
Local 2808. 1966
37. Orleans Veneer & Lumber Co. Mill B, Arcata
Local 2808. 1966-67
38. Trans-Wood Co., Arcata
Local 2808. 1966
39. Simpson- Eureka Plywood Div.
Local 2931. 1966-67
40. Simpson- Eureka Plywood Div.
Local 2931. 1962-63
41. Fortuna Wood Products
Local 3006. 1966
42. Georgia-Pacific Corp., Samoa
Local 3006 & 2592. 1966-68
43. Georgia-Pacific, Arcata
Plywood, Fortuna Veneer, Fortuna Wood
Local 3006. 1962-63
44. Fortuna Veneer
Local 3006. 1966
45. Georgia-Pacific (Hulbert & Muffly Co.), Carlotta
Local 3006. 1968
46. Tidewater Mills, Eureka
Local 3018. 1966-69
47. Georgia-Pacific, Samoa
Local 3019. 1962-63, 1966-67
48. Weyerhaeuser, Arcata
Local 3027
49. Mediation Services. 1969-72
50. Western Council. 1961, 1963& 1966
51. Mediation Services- Federal & Calif. 1962
52. Openings. 1955-57
53. Hammond, Georgia-Pacific & Various Locals. 1951-66
54. Negotiations. 1966
55. Cal Coast Plywood. 1979
56. Simpson
Locals 2505 & 2789. 1962-72
57. Georgia-Pacific
Local 3019. 1972
58. Negotiations- Several Companies
Locals 2931, 2789, 2808, & 2505. 1975
59. Bayside Plywood
Local 2808. 1973
60. Western Council & Local Unions. 1966, 1972

Box 9 (2-9)

1. Negotiations-Local 2808. 1977
2. Negotiations. 1975-76
3. Negotiations-Local 2931. 1969-72
4. Negotiations- RDC. 1955-57 & 1968-69
5. Conciliation Service- State & Federal. 1960-69
6. Recommendation. 1955
7. Del Norte Box, Arcata
8. Opening Dates- List of Operations. 1962
9. Pulp Loaders- Labor Pool
10. Proposal on Holidays. 1958
11. Orleans Veneer, Arcata Plywood. 1972-75
12. Proposed Contract Changes. 1975
13. Georgia-Pacific-Local 3006. 1961-62
14. Humboldt Fir, Hoopa-Local 2808. 1967-68
15. Louisiana-Pacific-Local 3019. 1977
16. Simpson-Local 2789. 1977
17. Simpson- Arcata Re-manufacturing. 1979
18. Granada Rest Home, Eureka-Local 2592. 1976
19. Wage Settlements. 1963
20. Western Council- California State Council. 1962
21. Western Council. 1955, 1973
22. Western Council Proposal. 1977, 1980
23. Western Council- McNamara & Peepe. 1977
24. Weyerhaeuser-Local 2789. 1962-63

XIV: Wage Scales

25. Wage History with Scales. 1935
26. Wage History. 1935-55
27. Wage History with Scales. 1935-65
28. Wage History w/Scales/Western Council. 1935-76
29. Roddiscraft Inc., Maple Creek. 1948-55
30. Crescent Plywood Co., Klamath. 1950-56
31. Wage Scales. 1951-55
32. A.C. Dutton Lumber Co., Crescent City. 1951-59
33. Arrow Mill Co., Klamath, Eureka. 1953-56
34. El Dorado Lumber Co., North Coast Lumber Co. 1954-56
35. Cal-Ore Veneer, Crescent City. 1954-59
36. Trinity River Lumber Co., Hoopa. 1954-59
37. California Fabricators, Arcata. 1954-60
38. Misc. Local, No. Cal., Oregon. 1954-66
39. All-Bright Lumber Co., Arcata. 1955
40. Arcata Plywood. 1955
41. Brightwood Lumber Co., Arcata. 1955
42. Cheney Forest Products. 1955
43. Fortuna Plywood. 1955
44. Fringe Benefits- All Operations. 1955
45. Georgia-Pacific Corp. Woods Operation. 1955
46. Glendale Lumber Co., Arcata. 1955
47. Northern Calif. District Council, LSW. 1955
48. Northern California District Council. 1955
49. Northern Redwood Lumber Co., Korbel. 1955
50. Obsolete. 1955
51. Oregon Companies. 1955
52. Blue Mountain Dist. Council, Baker, Oregon. 1955-56
53. Wage Scales RDC, LSW. 1955-56
54. Wage Scales RDC, LSW. 1955-57
55. Various Companies. 1955-62
56. Willamette Valley. 1955-65
57. Fortuna. 1955, 1965
58. Brightwood Lumber Co., Arcata. 1955, 1967

Box 10 (2-10)

1. Humboldt Dock Shipping, A.C. Dutton Co., Crescent City, Palantic Steamship Co. 1955-59, 1974
2. Durable Ply Co., Orleans Mill B. 1955-74
3. Simpson Redwood Co. 1955-75
4. Blue Mountain District Council. 1956
5. Central Calif. District Council. 1956
6. Central Oregon District Council. 1956
7. Morrison & Jackson, Myers Flat. 1956
8. Northern California Plywood, Crescent City. 1956
9. Van Vleet Wood Products Co., Arcata. 1956
10. Wage Scales- Various Companies. 1956
11. Orleans Veneer & Lumber. 1956, 1967
12. Precision Lumber Co. 1956, 1967
13. Simpson Redwood Co., Eureka Ply/Fairhaven. 1956, 1967, 1975
14. Roddiscraft (Humboldt Ply Div) Arcata. 1956-59
15. RDC Area- Several Companies. 1957-60
16.)Wage Scales:

Humboldt Co.
Out of Humboldt Co. 1957-61

17. Fluor Products, Santa Rosa. 1958
18. Wage Scales- Various Companies. 1959-60
19. Wage Scales. 1960
20. Klamath River Plywood Co., Crescent City. 1960
21. Wage Scales- Various Companies. 1960-67
22. Georgia-Pacific, Toledo, Oregon. 1961
23. Willamette Valley District Council. 1961-62
24. Precision Lumber Co., Arcata. 1962
25. Wage Scales- LSW. 1963
26. Brightwood, Tidewater, U.S. Ply. 1963-67
27. Wage Scales- Various Companies. 1963-67
28. Willamette Valley District Council. 1963-68
29. Wage Rates/Building Trades. 1964
30. Coos Bay Area District Council. 1964-69
31. Montana Carpenters Dist. Council. 1965, 1968
32. Building & Construction Trades Council. 1966-71
33. UBC/Custom Millwork. 1966-67
34. Georgia-Pacific, Samoa. 1967
35. Simpson Redwood. 1967
36. Tidewater Mills, Eureka. 1967
37. Wage Scales- Various Companies. 1967
38. Central Washington Dist. Council. 1967-69
39. Georgia-Pacific Ply Co. 1967-74
40. Over-All Wages. 1968-71
41. Willamette Valley District Council. 1969-71
42. U.S. Ply/Ray Nelson. 1973
43. L.P. Bucking & Falling. 1973-74
44. Louisiana-Pacifi c 1974
45. Simpson, Mad River Plywood. 1974
46. Hoopa Operation. 1976
47. Simpson. 1976
48. Willamette Valley District Council. 1977-80
49. Simpson, Korbel. 1980-82
50. Wage Scales- Maintenance

XV: Benefits

Box 11 (2-11)

1. Fringe Benefits- Various Companies. c.1956
2. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare (Hazard Trust) 1959-66
3. Pension- Western Council Retirement Committee. 1959-67
4. Georgia-Pacific Pension. 1960-70
5. Lumber Industry Pension Fund. 1961-73
6. Lumber Industry Pension Fund. 1961-73
7. Lumber Industry Pension Fund. 1961-73
8. Western Council LSW Retirement Fund. 1962-66
9. Georgia-Pacific Pension. 1963
10. Health & Welfare. 1963
11. Georgia-Pacific- Pension, Health & Welfare. 1964
12. Hazard Trust vs. Arcata Plywood Plan. 1965
13. Georgia-Pacific- Pension, Health & Welfare. 1965
14. Tidewater Mills Health Program. 1965
15. Georgia-Pacific- Pension, Health & Welfare. 1966
16. Georgia-Pacific- Pension, Health & Welfare. 1967
17. Simpson Pension. 1967
18. Pension Trust- Simpson/LSW. 1967-69
19. Carpenters Local Union & Councils Pension Fund. 1967-78
20. Simpson Pension. 1968-69
21. Eureka Low Rent Housing Project- Worthington. 1969
22. Health & Welfare- Simpson Lumber Industry Pension Fund. 1969
23. Health Insurance. 1969-70
24. Simpson Pension, Health & Welfare. 1969-71
25. Georgia-Pacific Pension, Health & Welfare. 1970
26. Henderson Village. 1970
27. Lumber Industry Pension, Health & Welfare. 1972-73
28. Simpson Pension. 1972-74
29. Georgia-Pacific/Louisiana-Pacific Pension, Health & Welfare. 1973
30. Simpson LPIW Pension. 1974-75
31. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund. 1974-77

Box 12 (2-12)

1. Georgia-Pacific/Louisiana-Pacific & LPIW Pension Trust. 1974-79
2. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust. 1975-76
3. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust. 1975-77
4. Eureka Housing Advisory Board. 1976-77
5. Georgia-Pacific/Louisiana-Pacific & LPIW Pension Trust- Minutes. 1976-77
6. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust. 1976-78
7. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust. 1977
8. Georgia-Pacific/Louisiana Pacific & LPIW Pension Trust- Notices & Forms. 1977
9. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust- Correspondence. 1977
10. Eureka Housing Advisory Board/Simpson- LPIW Pension Trust. 1977-78
11. Eureka Housing Advisory Board. 1978
G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Pension Funds
12. Eureka Housing Advisory Board- LPIW Health & Welfare Fund (Hazard Trust) 1978
13. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust. 1978
14. Simpson- LPIW Retirement Plan. 1978
15. U.S. Dept. of Labor: Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP) 1978
16. Group Accident & Disability Insurance. 1979
17. G-P/L-P LPIW Pension Plan. 1980
18. Lumber Industry Pension Fund. 1987

XVI: Office Files

19. Locals Affiliated with RDC. 1954-60
20. Locals Affiliated with RD C 1961
21. Local 598 (2505) 1953-64
22. Local 2505. 1951-79
23. Local 2592. 1955-67
24. Local 2779 (598) 1952-55
25. Local 2789. 1952-1979
26. Local 2789. 1965
27. Local 2789 (2931) 1977
28. Local 2799. 1951-55
29. Local 2808. 1969, 1977
30. Local 2808. 1952-67
31. Local 2808. 1964-67

Box 13 (2-13)

1. Local 2931. 1950-73
2. Local 2931. 1962-79
3. Local 2931. 1966-68
4. Local 2988. 1961
5. Local 3006. 1954-67
6. Locals 3006 & 2592. 1966, 1971
7. Local 3018. 1961-69
8. Local 3018. 1964-76
9. Local 3019. 1961-77
10. Local 3019. 1977-78
11. Local 3019. 1978
12. Locals 3027 & 2505. 1961-66
13. Local 3108. 1955
14. Advertising Brochures. 1958-63
15. Advertising- Clock Board. 1965-66
16. Advertising- Sign Board. 1974-78
17. Bills- Paid. 1977-79
18. Bills- Unpaid. 1977-78
19. Business Agent
20. Business Receipts. 1959-67
21. Calif. Dept. of Employment- Manpower & Development Training Act. 1964
22. Calif. Dept. of Industrial Relations. 1959-62
23. Calif. Dept. of Industrial Relations- Conciliation Service
24. Calif. State Council of Carpenters & Local 1040. 1958-66
25. Center for Labor Research. 1980
26. Central Labor Council. 1960-66
27. Certificate of Service. 1952
28. Clement, Roy- Notes. 1974-77
29. Contract Drafts
30. Contract Re: Frank Sinatra Jr. 1977
31. Correspondence. 1951, 1966, 1974-79
32. Correspondence. 1952-58
33. Correspondence/Central Oregon District Council. 1958-62
34. Correspondence/Representatives, etc. 1959-63
35. Correspondence/UBC. 1959-72
36. Correspondence/Hammond/Georgia-Pacific. 1962

Box 14 (2-14)

1. Correspondence. 1963
2. Correspondence ('64 Flood) 1965
3. Correspondence. 1968-72
4. Correspondence. 1973-74
5. Councils, Misc. 1959-68
6. Del Norte Co. Lumber Manufacturers. 1963
7. Dept. of Human Resources. 1970-71
8. Disability Insurance. 1954, 1960, 1971
9. Environment. 1972-73
10. Forms: Arrears Notices, Reinstatement Forms
11. Forms: Calif. Dept of Industrial Relations Death Claim- Application for Hearing
12. Forms: Dept. of Industrial Relations- Labor Law
13. Forms: Calif. State Council LSW- Applications
14. Forms: Calif. State Federation of Labor- Applications
15. Forms: Contracts- Memo. of Agreement. 1961-62
16. Forms: Industrial Accident Commission
17. Forms: Letterhead Samples
18. Forms: Local Union Authorization to RD C 1962
19. Forms: Miscellaneous
20. Forms: NLRB. 1954-58
21. Forms: NLRB Petition for Elections
22. Forms: Opening of Agreement. 1962
23. Forms: Non-Communist Oath
24. Forms: Petition for Union Shop Election
25. Forms: RDC
26. Forms: UBC- Maintenance of Membership
27. Forms: U.S. Citizenship Stipulation
28. Forms: U.S. Dept. of Labor- Confidential Complaint
29. Forms: U.S. Dept. of Labor- Withdrawal Request
30. General Hospital. 1961
31. Georgia-Pacific/ U.S Plywood Corp. 1963
32. Gyppo Logging
33. Hotels & Reservations. 1953-64
34. Holiday Cards. 1984
35. Humboldt Co. Manufacturer's Directory. 1961
36. International Woodworkers of America/Pickering Lumber
37. Longshormen (ILWU) 1964-69
38. McNamara & Peepe. 1967
39. Mailing List LSW Locals. 1957, 1977
40. Office Files: Miscellaneous. 1959-65
41. Mutual Plywood Corp. 1955
42. Nelson, Raymond- Retirement Dinner
43. Office Expenses. 1960-76
44. Office Sign- Eureka Neon. 1961-72
45. Parliamentary Proceedings
46. Posted Information. 1977-78
47. Ray, Otha- Notes
48. RDC Contract Dates. 1972
49. RDC Delegates. 1961-64
50. Redwood National Park. 1977
51. Salary & Expense Reports- Cahill, Leonard. 1968
52. Salary & Expense Reports- Heinig, Claude
53. "To the Membership"
54. UBC General Office- Info. Bulletins. 1965-72
55. UBC General Convention Report. 1960

XVII: Health & Safety

56. Health & Safety. 1973-74
57. Dept. of Industrial Relations. 1959-64
58. Disability Benefits, etc. 1978
59. Industrial Accident Application for Benefits
60. Industrial Safety Conference. 1962
61. Occupational Safety & Health Standards Bd. 1975
62. Workmen's Comp. 1957
63. Workmen's Comp. Correspondence. 1974
64. Alford, James N.- Application to Industrial Accident Commission. 1961
65. Avelar, J.- Industrial Accident Disability. 1967
66. Sanchez, A.- Workmen's Comp. 1965-66
67. Sandall, G.- Industrial Accident. 1963-64
68. Sargent, H.- Industrial Accident. 1964-66
69. Savage, Cecil- Industrial Accident. 1964
70. Schamehorn, E.- Workmen's Comp. 1971
71. Schroeder, I.- Industrial Accident. 1970-71
72. Schunk, E.- Industrial Accident. 1964
73. Shaw, H.- Industrial Accident. 1968-70
74. Skiles, B.- Industrial Accident. 1969-70
75. Smith, J.- Workmen's Comp. 1968
76. Sproul, A.- Industrial Accident. 1961-62
77. Sproul, L.- Industrial Accident. 1972
78. Sweatman, L.- Workmen's Comp. 1968-70
79. Wright, Perry- Industrial Accident. 1970

XVIII: Grievances

80. Arcata Plywood-Local 2808. 1956-66
81. Durable Plywood Co., Arcata-Local 2808. 1957-64
82. Roberts Veneer Co.-Local 598. 1959
83. Humboldt Flakeboard, Arcata -- Local 2808. 1966-70
84. Georgia-Pacific, Big Lagoon -- Local 3006. 1967
85. Georgia-Pacific -- Locals 3006 & 2592. 1967-72
86. Fortuna Wood Products, Inc. -- Local 3006. 1969
87. Humboldt Fir. 1970-72
88. Arbitration-Local 3019. 1972
89. Simpson -- Local 2789. 1977
90. Louisiana-Pacifi c 1979
91. Local 2789. 1979
92. Hammond Cal. Redwood Co -- Local 3006. 1961
93. Jordan, Stan
94. Simpson- Arcata Re-manufacturing (IWA)

XIX: Compliance

Box 15 (2-15)

1. Local 2505. 1961-67
2. Local 2592. 1961-79
3. Local 2808. 1961-68
4. Local 2868. 1952-58
5. Local 2931. 1960-66
6. Local 2988. 1951-59
7. Local 3018. 1961-68
8. Local 3018. 1961-71
9. Local 3019. 1961-66
10. Local 3027. 1961-66
11. Various Unions. 1950-58
12. RDC. 1951-53
13. RDC. 1952-54
14. RDC. 1954-55
15. RDC. 1956-57
16. RDC. 1957
17. RDC. 1958
18. RDC. 1958-60
19. RDC. 1959-60
20. RDC. 1964-79
21. Labor Management Reporting & Disclosure Act. 1959-63
22. U.S. Treasury Dept. 1957

XX: Financial

23. Local 2515, Garberville. 1946-53
24. Local 2988. 1952-61
25. Local 2884, Smith River. 1954-55
26. Organizational Fund. 1956-58
27. Local 2808. 1957-64
28. RDC Financial Report. 4/1/60-4/30/60
29. Bank Deposit from RDC. 1960-61
30. RDC Monthly Reports. 1967
31. Checking Account Statements. 1969-75
32. Local 2666, Hoopa. 1951-56

XXI: Photographs

Box 16 (2-16)

1. Anti-Redwood Park Photographs
2. Balke Photographs & Negatives
3. California State Council LSW -- 15th Annual Convention, San Francisco. 1/24/62
4. Convention Delegates. 1960s
5. Ingomar Club Rally Protesting Plant Closures. circa 1981
6. Labor Temple, Eureka -- Raising Funds for. 1954Strike
7. Local 2592 Picnic Photographs
8. Local 2592 L-P Strike -- Negatives (Walt Newman)
9. Local 2931 Floyd Coon Photographs (2931 Member)
Scope and Content Note
Work Process Eureka Plywood, Lunch Room Scenes, Company/Union Picnic, "The Snug" (Workingmen's Bar), etc. Undated: Mid. 1950s-60s(Photos Identified by Noel Harris)

10. Local 2931 Floyd Coon Photographs (2931 Member)
Scope and Content Note
(Photos Identified by Noel Harris)

11. Local 2931 Strikes. 1975 & 1979
12. Miscellaneous Photographs -- RDC Officers, etc. circa Late 50s-Early 70s
13. Northcoast Community Archives Project
14. Ray Nelson, Gov. Jerry Brown, Noel Harris
15. Redwood District Council (RDC) Photographs
16. REPP Rally/Carson House,. May 22, 1982
(See Harris Papers Collection)
17. Weyerhaeuser/Timblend Strike. 1963
Times-Standard Front Page. Sept. 26, 1962

XXII: Ray Nelson Series

A. Donated Papers and Photographs
18. Photographs: Reinert "Louie" Nelson & Steam Donkey. circa 1910
19. Contracts: Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co. 1943-45
20. Wage Scales: Various Companies. 1943
21. Strike: Employer's Proposal. January 1946
22. Strike: Restraining Order, Injunction. 1947
23. Wage Scales: Various Companies. 1951-60
24. Wage Scales: Various Locals/Companies. 1955-56
25. "Lumber -- Logging & Forest Products Plants of Humboldt County" with Annotations. 1956 & 1957
26. Office Files: Mills in Humboldt County. 1961
27. California State Board of Forestry: Centennial II Conference. 12/85
28. Misc.: Clipping, Business Cards, RDC Brochures Undated
B. Political, Organizing and Office Files
29. Agricultural Labor Relations Board (California) & National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): Regulations Undated
30. Cal-Pacific Redwood Co.: Organizing File. 1961, 1969
31. Cal-Pacific Manufacturing Co.: Organizing File. 1977
32. Carlotta Lumber Co.: Organizing File. 1976, 1980
33. Carpenters Eighth District Organizing & Election Program: Conference Minutes. 1967
34. Contracts: Primarily Non-LSW. 1960s
35. Correspondence File -- Ray Nelson. 1961-62
36. Correspondence File -- Ray Nelson. 1969
37. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB): Administrative Regulations. 1976
38. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- ALRB: Charge Against Employer. 1977
39. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- ALRB: Petition for Election. 1976
40. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- ALRB: Employer Petition Re: Objections to Election. 1976-77
41. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Contract Negotiations. 1977
42. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Correspondence: Employer -- Robert D. Herrick. 1976
43. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Correspondence: Union Representative -- Clarence R. Cornwell. 1976-77
44. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Negotiation Meetings -- Local 3019. 1977
45. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Pesticide Information & Safety Manual -- Local 3019. 1976
46. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Labor Code Regulations & Explanation -- Local 3019. c. 1976
47. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Petition for Election & Withdrawal -- Local 3019. 1976
48. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Raymond K. Nelson's Documentation of Events -- Local 3019. 1976
49. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- Strike File -- Local 3019. 1977
50. Cottage Gardens Nursery: Organizing File -- U.B.of C.& J.of A. -- Local 3019. 1977
51. Crown Redwood Negotiations File. 1968
52. Crocker Citizens Bank, Eureka: Organizing File. 1969
53. Eel River Sawmills: Organizing Contracts. 1976 54. Eureka Redwood Co.: Organizing -- Employee Lists. 1954, 1957

Box 17 (2-17)

1. Forest Industries: Organizing Leaflets. 1971
2. Georgia-Pacific -- Local 2592: Organizing -- Truck Drivers: Cloverdale & Samoa. 1969
3. Granada Convalescent Hospital -- Local 2592. 1977
4. Humboldt Flakeboard -- Local 2808: NLRB Election File. 1968, 1970
5. Humboldt Flakeboard -- Local 2808: Negotiations & Contract File. 1968
6. Humboldt Flakeboard -- Local 2808: Organizing File -- Decertification Election. 1969 Organizing Election 1970
7. Humboldt Plaza Apts.: Management File. 1978
8. Jurisdictional Dispute: Samoa Power Plant (G-P) -- Local 2592/Assoc. of Western Pulp & Paper Workers/Electrical Workers (IBEW) 1972-74
9. Local 3018 Negotiations: Marine Lumber Co. & Tidewater Mills Inc. 1961-66
10. Medford Corp. Plywood: Organizing Leaflets. 1972
11. Molalla, Arcata: Organizing Leaflets. 1968
12. Morrison & Jackson Lumber Co.: Organizing & Negotiations -- Local 2592. 1970, 1975
13. Organizing Leaflets: Decertification Elections & Raids circa. 1955-61
14. Organizing Leaflets: Plywood Workers Early. 1950s
15. Organizing Leaflets: Various Companies. 1960-75
16. Pacific Lumber Co.: Organizing -- NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Case: Barsanti, Lawrence L. 1979
17. Politics: Local Election Candidate Questionnaires. 1958
18. Politics: Proposition 18 -- "Right to Work" Open Shop Initiative. 1958
19. Politics & Legislation. 1970s
20. Pum Redwood Company, Inc. 1976
21. Redwood Park Expansion. 1971-75
22. Schmidbauer Lumber Co. -- Local 3019: Organizing. 1973-75
23. Sierra Pacific Industries -- Emmerson Division -- Local 2592: Organizing. 1972-74
24. Timber Operators Council: Newsletter & Mis c. 1960-66
25. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Generic Organizing Leaflets. circa 1970s
26. U.S. Plywood -- Mutual Division: Organizing Leaflets. 1961-64
27. VOC (Volunteer Organizing Committee) 1974 Locals 2789 & 2931
28. Weyerhaeuser Loggers, Orick: Organizing & First Contract. 1961

XXIII: Printed Materials

Box 18 (2-18)

Western Council Convention Proceedings 18 Vols. 1958-59, 1961, 1963-69, 1971-73, 1975, 1977, 1980-81, 1983
California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Convention Proceedings 21 Vols. 1948, 1951-55, 1957-62, 1964-65, 1967-73

Box 19 (2-19)

1. Booklets: By-laws- RDC/LSW, General
Locals 2656, 2789, 2808
2. Booklets:
By-laws/Constitution- Non-Woodworking Unions
3. Booklets:
By-laws/Const. Woodworking Outside California
4. Booklets:
By-laws/Const. Woodworking California
5. Booklets:
Constitutions- California State Federation of Labor
6. Booklets:
Jurisdictional Disputes
7. Booklets:
Union Label Shop List/U.B.of C.& J.of A.
8. Booklets:
Working Agreements -- Local 250
9. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 2592
10. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Locals 2678, 2779
11. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 2789
12. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 2792
13. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 2799
14. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 2808
15. Booklets:
Working Agreements/By-laws- Local 2868
16. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 2931
17. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Locals 2952, 2988
18. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 3006

Box 20 (2-20)

1. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Locals 3008, 3018
2. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Local 3019
3. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Woodworking Local Humboldt Non-RDC (Includes Paper & Pulp)
4. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Woodworking California Non-RDC
5. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Woodworking Outside California
6. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Woodworking Outside California
7. Booklets:
Working Agreements/By-laws Non-Woodworking- Local Humboldt
8. Booklets:
Working Agreements- Non-Woodworking Outside Humboldt
9. Codes: Safety- Logging & Sawmill, General
10. Directories- Union
11. Leaflets- Organizing
12. Manuals- Company Employee
13. Pamphlets: Shop Stewards, Union Officers, Running a Local

XXIV: Artifact Series
Note: Artifacts are in temporary storage in or near the map case

Advertising Signs -- RDC Building
Ballot Box -- Local 2931
Banner from. 1946 Strike Era -- Local 2592
Banner from. 1946 Strike Era (Scotia) -- Local 3008
Business Agent Location Cards -- Local 2931
Buttons & Rubber Stamps -- Local 2808
Charter (Framed) -- Local 2931
Convention I.D. Cards & Memorabilia
Door Sign (Wooden) -- Local 2931
Ellis Taylor Hand Drawn Cartoons & Memorabilia -- Local 2931: 17 Hand Drawn Workplace Bulletin Board Cartoons. Re: Politics, Hunting, Safety & Work Related Issues. Includes two Poems, Photographs & Other Memorabilia.
Gavels Local 2931
Hammers -- Union Label -- 1946 Strike
Humboldt Labor History Project -- Posters, Map
Louisiana-Pacific Strike Boycott Bumperstickers & Hat -- Local 2592
L-P Strike Picket Signs, Placards
Miscellaneous Humor, Cartoons, Poems, etc.
Political & Anti-Environmental Bumperstickers & Pins
Political Signs
RDC Historical Display Panels
Tear Gas Shells (Mounted) from '35 Strike with Commemorative Plaque
U.B.of C.& J.of A. Round Insignia Plaque -- Local 2808

XXV: Oral Interviews, Tapes and Transcripts

A. Oral Interviews, Tapes
Interview of Don Andreasen by Edie Butler -- 2/27/90
Scope and Content Note
Re: Employment at Cal-Barrel from 1935-44 & '35 Strike-Breaking Activities

"California Loggers" WTTG 5's 10 O'Clock News. 5/24/77
Scope and Content Note
(Cassette & Reel-to-Reel)

Interview of Albin Gruhn by Jeffrey Lustig

Labor/Community Rally: Tuesday. Oct. 11, 1983
Interview of Bill Landis by Gordon Webb
Scope and Content Note
re: Locals 2678, 2808 & Arcata Plywood. 3/13/91

Interview of Albert J "Mickey" Lima by Frank Onstine
Scope and Content Note
Re: '35 Eureka Lumber Strike. 4/14/77

Interview of Helen Lima by Gordon Webb
Scope and Content Note
re: CIO in Humboldt County, Fishermen & Allied Workers of America --Local 38 and CIO Lumber Workers Organizing Comm. 1939-45.

6/29/91
Local 2592 Louisiana-Pacific Strike: Public Hearing before the Board of Supervisors. c.1983
Scope and Content Note
Speakers Include: Bill Landis, Ray Peart, Noel Harris, Lynn Schultz, Richard Khamsi, Leonard Cahill

Local 2592 Louisiana-Pacific Strike: Redwood Acres Strike-Support Rally (T.V. Broadcast/Bledsoe) 1983
Local 2931 Strike: Newscasts. 1975
Interview of Ray Nelson, U.B.of C. & J. of A. International Representative. 1952-78,by Jeff Lustig -- 6/11/87 & 7/8/88
Interview of Andrew Oberdorf by Edie Butler & Ina Harris -- 4/30/87 & 5/4/87
Interview of Jack Wagner Re: '34 San Francisco Strike -- Bloody Thursday. 1979
Interview of Elaine Black Yoneda by Frank Onstine Re: 1935 Lumber Strike. 4/77
U.B.of C.& J.of A. Hearing Re: Forced Merger of 3006 into 2592
Scope and Content Note
(Cassette & Reel-to-Reel)

U.B.of C.& J.of A. Sixty Second Radio Spots & Jingles
Scope and Content Note
(Cassette & Reel-to-Reel) Undated

B. Transcripts
Interview of Don Andreasen by Edie Butler -- 2/27/90(Annotation)
Interview with Anonymous Strike Sympathizer Re: 1935 Eureka Strike. 4/6/77
Interview of Noel Harris by Richard Khamsi. 6/17/87
Interview of Albert J. "Mickey" Lima by Frank Onstine. 4/14/77

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Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 2592 Record Group No. 3, 1946-1986

Physical Description: 21 cubic feet
Record Group III
Historical Sketch

Local 2592 was chartered in May 1940. The local lost an organizing election at the Hammond Redwood Company in August 1941. The second attempt in April 1942 was successful and marked the RDC's first breakthrough victory into the primary redwood lumber industry.

Collective bargaining began tempestuously with a wartime strike in July 1942 before certification to the War Labor Board. The Hammond Redwood Company, like the rest of the large redwood producers, was not reconciled to permanent collective bargaining. Negotiations broke down in April 1945 (for details of the strike period see overall historical sketch) and the major redwood producers were struck in January 1946.

Local 2592 and its sister Hammond locals 2893, Carlotta, and 3006, Big Lagoon, were the only redwood locals to emerge intact and victorious from the strike of 1946-48. Hammond broke ranks with the other companies and signed a union shop contract with minimal exceptions in February 1947.

The immediate post-war period marked other momentous changes for Local 2592. Hammond hired many women during the war and women filled the top financial secretary position in the union from 1943-45. By the early 1950s, there were no women in the local.

The strike period saw an explosion of small sawmills in the region. Local 2592 represented workers in several of these mills until the harder economic times of the mid 1950s. The local was involved in long bankruptcy proceedings with the Manila Mills Company and Coast Redwood/A.K. Wilson to secure back wages for the men.

The Georgia-Pacific Company bought Hammond in 1956 and operated it under the name of Hammond Redwood Company until the early 1960s and thereafter under the Georgia-Pacific name. The sale brought confusion and low morale to the local at first, but Georgia-Pacific had developed a stable collective bargaining relationship with its operations in the Pacific Northwest and Local 2592 was integrated into this system. Local 3006, the Hammond Woods Local, shared a common contract with Hammond and later G-P. Both showed dissatisfaction with a perceived loss of autonomy attendant upon their integration into industry-wide bargaining through the Western Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers centered in Portland Oregon. The Western Council Defense (strike) Fund, procedures for separate local issue negotiations, and the success of the 1963 negotiations and strike, converted 2592's membership into firm supporters of the Western Council by 1965. Collective bargaining relations were to remain stable for the next fifteen years.

The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period of rapid technological change. The old plants #2 and #3 were closed in 1960 and an entirely new automated sawmill was built at Samoa, which opened in 1964 with a loss of 90 members to Local 2592. Despite such setbacks, Georgia-Pacific's extensive timber holdings allowed for a measure of job security unknown by workers in the region's small sawmills.

The U.B.of C. & J. of A. forced Local 3006 to merge with 2592 in 1971 bringing in the Georgia-Pacific Woods, Big Lagoon, and Carlotta operations. Georgia-Pacific's Cloverdale trucking and later a Hayward lumber yard were added. When Georgia-Pacific was forced by federal anti-trust action to spin off Louisiana-Pacific Corp., 2592 represented the workers in the heart of the new company. The 3006 merger also brought in Fortuna Veneer and Fortuna Wood Products, owned by Abe Rochlin (See 2808) for their final three tumultuous years. The Rochlin interests closed down their operations under Local 2808's jurisdiction in 1974 and tried strikebreakers, a decertification election and finally plant closure of the Fortuna operations rather than accept the high 1975 Western Council settlement.

The 1970's saw the successful organization of both McNamera & Peepe's Arcata and Crescent City operations amid a number of other unsuccessful drives. The late 1970's saw the collapse of the plywood industry in the RDC region and the opening of a number of non-union Louisiana-Pacific operations in Northern California and elsewhere. By 1981, Locals 2592 and 2505 (Simpson Klamath sawmill) were the last remaining RDC locals with contracts.

Louisiana-Pacific labor relations grew increasingly more combative with the advent of the Reagan Administration. In 1983, Louisiana-Pacific adopted a full scale southern strategy calling for wage freezes, a two-tier wage scale with much lower wages for new hires and the gyppoing (contracting out) of woods operations. Louisiana-Pacific broke away from the industry-wide negotiations and prepared to take and break a strike. This strategy was successful despite a nationwide boycott and corporate campaign by the U.B. of C. & J. A. Local 2592 was decertified in June 1984 with the strikebreakers voting. Other Louisiana-Pacific locals were also decertified and the strike officially called off when the election appeals procedure was exhausted in 1985. The breaking of the strike was to have strong repercussions on all collective bargaining in the western lumber industry.

McNamera-Peepe went into bankruptcy and closed during the Louisiana-Pacific strike. Local 2505, Klamath, expired along with the Simpson Klamath sawmill operation in 1989. Local 2592 maintains a shadow existence as the sole survivor of the former RDC locals as of this writing in 1991.

Scope and Content
The 2592 Record Group represents the one large company sawmill local, and after a 1971 merger with Local 3006, the one extensive body of records from a woods or loggers local.

This Record Group contains our earliest correspondence files, a partially surviving series dating to 1946, with some correspondence and other records of the 1946 Redwood Strike. It also contains a two box series on the Louisiana-Pacific (L-P) Strike of 1983-85 which ended the active life of the RDC and radically transformed collective bargaining for the entire lumber industry. This series includes strike bulletins from 2592, other striking L-P locals at Oroville and in the Pacific Northwest, and from local strike support groups as well. It also contains an extensive body of newsclippings and articles on the strike, correspondence on pre-strike grievances, the union boycott and corporate campaigns. There are several files of legal documents pertaining to L-P's court injunction limiting the Local's right to picket.

The record group is arranged in a chronological progression of three complete series organized alphabetically representing systems set up by three consecutive office secretaries. They contained large accordion files which have been split up into multiple folders. There are four series paralleling the Late Series of main office files: Grievances, Job Bids, Health, Welfare and Pension Files, and the Louisiana-Pacific Strike Files. The Grievance Files are mainly copies made when union records were seized by the Federal Government (see REPP Harris Papers historical sketch) and have been organized by the archivist. The L-P strike records were somewhat disordered, as in not unusual in a strike situation.

The final series represents the records of Local 3006 and, a four year extension of records after the merger in 1971, of the Fortuna Veneer and Fortuna Wood Products Companies through a strike and final plant closure in 1975. The records were fragmentary and required a more imposed arrangement. This local began as the Hammond Woods local and shared a common contract with 2592, at first with Hammond and then with Georgia-Pacific. This record group contains most of the collection's meager holdings on loggers. The 3006 series minutes contain 1960s minutes of the loggers unit meetings and these are completed in the post merger 2592 unit meeting minutes. The 2592 contract files contained within the three series of office files contain specific loggers sections detailing logging conditions There are also loggers' grievances within the 3006 Series many of which deal with company attempts to gyppo (contract out) more of the Woods operation. The amount of logger's material is surprisingly limited even in this record group and reflects the RDC locals' concentration in the sawmill, and most heavily the plywood, sections of the timber industry.

I: By-laws and By-laws Committee

Box 1 (3-1)

1. Local 2592 By-Laws & By-Laws Committee Undated

II: Minutes

2. Executive Board Meetings. 4/46-4/47, 5/48 & 12/51
3. Minutes -- Local 2592. 1947
4. Plant Committee -- Hammond Lumber Co. 1947-49, 1955-56
5. Plant Committee -- Hammond -- California Redwood Co. 6/11/59
6. Executive Board Meetings. 1960, 1963-65
7. Hammond California Redwood Co. & G-P Samoa. 1960-65
Negotiations & Plant Committees Handwritten
8. Special Meeting. 11/7/63
9. Local 2592 Regular, Special & Executive. 1/67-9/70
10. Unit Meetings: Georgia-Pacific (G-P), G-P Trucking Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin), Fortuna Veneer (Rochlin) 1971-73
11. Local 2592 Executive Board: G-P "Samoa" & Big Lagoon (G-P) 1972
12. Local 2592 Units: G-P Carlotta & Cloverdale (G-P)
Executive Board & Regular & Special Meetings. 1972-73
13. Unit Meetings: Fortuna Wood Products. 2/22/72-6/19/73
Regular & Special Meetings
14. Unit Meetings: McNamara & Peepe. 2/28/72-6/18/73
15. Unit Meetings: Fortuna Veneer -- Regular & Special Meetings. 4/10/72-6/19/73
16. Unit Meetings: Carlotta Mill (G-P), Cloverdale (G-P) & McNamara & Peepe; Plant Committee Meetings, Contract, Regular & Special. 1972-81
17. Unit Meetings: Fortuna Wood Products, Fortuna Veneer Carlotta (G-P), McNamara & Peepe; Plant Committee & Regular. 1973
18. 2592 Executive Meetings: Fortuna Wood Products. 1973-74
McNamara & Peepe; Plant Committee & Regular
19. Unit Meetings: Big Lagoon (G-P), Fortuna Veneer & McNamara & Peepe; Plant Committee & Regular. 1973-75
20. Executive & Unit Meetings: McNamara & Peepe, Fortuna Veneer, Fortuna Wood Products, & Louisiana-Pacific (L-P) Regular & Special Meetings. 1973-75
21. Unit Meetings: McNamara & Peepe, Cloverdale Truck Drivers; Plant Committee & Regular Meetings. 1973-80
22. Unit Meetings: L-P, McNamara & Peepe Executive Board, Regular & Special Meetings. 1975-81
23. Unit Meetings: McNamara & Peepe, G-P (Myers Flat), & L-P Plant Committee, Regular & Special. 1977-78
24. Unit Meetings: L-P (Carlotta), McNamara & Peepe, Big Lagoon (L-P); Plant Committee, Regular & Special. 1979
25. Unit Meetings: Cloverdale Drivers (L-P) Re: Gyppo Loggers Plant Committee & Regular Meetings. 1980
26. Unit Meetings: L-P; Negotiations Committee. 1980
27. Unit Meetings: L-P (Carlotta) Local 2592 Executive Board Plant Committee, Negotiating Committee, Regular & Special. 1980-81
28. Local 2592 Executive Board, L-P Plant Committee, Regular & Special Meetings. 1981-85
29. Unit Meetings: L-P; Plant Committee Meetings. 1982-83
30. Executive Board Meeting; Unit Meetings: McNamara & Peepe, L-P (Carlotta) & L-P (Samoa) 1983-85
31. Unit Meetings: McNamara & Peepe, L-P (Carlotta) 1981 Plant Committee & Regular Meetings
32. Unit Meetings: L-P; Negotiations Committee. 1983

III: Office Files: Early Series

33. California State Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers Founding Convention -- Minutes, etc. January, 1947
34. California State Federation of Labor. 1946-47
35. The Carpenter List: National U.B. of C. & J. of A. Periodical Mailing List 2592 circa 1946-55
36. Contracts: Hammond Lumber Co. (Joint with Locals 2863 & 3006) Manila Mills & Washington Lumber Co. 1951-54
37. California State Council Lumber & Sawmill Workers Correspondence Reports & Financial Reports. 1949-54
38. Central Labor Council of Humboldt Co. & Northern California A.F.L. Political League. 1944-47
39. Correspondence -- Hammond Lumber Co. 1946-54
40. Financial Reports: Local 2592. 1946
41. "Letter Duplicates" Outgoing Correspondence. 1953-54, 1957
42. A.C. Dutton Corp.: General -- Mainly Contracts. 1952-55 Crescent City Local 598 & Eureka Local 2592
43. Hospital: Correspondence & Circulars. 1949
Scope and Content Note
Re: General Hospital Building Fund

44. Industrial Accident Cases. 1947-53
45. Letters Received: Contains One Letter from U.B.of C.& J.of A. Re: Dues. 1954
46. Manila Mills Bankruptcy Proceedings. 1951-55
47. Monthly Report of Financial Secretary to U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1943-46
48. "Paid Bills -- Union Refreshments". 1950-51
49. Petition for Union Shop: Local 2592 Members -- 1946 Strike. June 1946
50. Portal to Portal Pay Issue. 1944-47

Box 2 (3-2)

1. Wage Scales: Local 2592 & other RDC Locals with Cal-Barrel, Dolly Varden, Humboldt Plywood, Peerless, Sound, etc. (Mainly 1947-49) 1947-52
2. A.K. Wilson & Coast Redwood Co.: General -- Mainly Correspondence Re: Bankruptcy of Coast Redwood & Manila Mills (Leased from Coast) 1949-54

IV: Office Files: Mid-series

3. Artcraft Printers -- Invoices. 1961-67
4. Blood Bank. 1960-62
5. Blue Cross Letter Duplicates. 1963 & 1965
6. Bond Reports: General Office (U.B.of C.& J.of A.) Semi-Annual. 1943-66
7. Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Invoices. 1963-65
8. Calif. Labor COPE: Per Capita Payment Invoices. 1960-67
Humboldt Co. COPE, C.L. COPE & National AFL-CIO COPE
Correspondence. 1963 & 1966
9. Calif. Labor Federation: Per Capita Payment Invoices. 1961-67. Correspondence & Circulars. 1957-58
10. Calif. State Council of LSW -- General. 1958-60, 1966-74
11. Calif. State Council of LSW -- General. 1959-60, 1966-74
12. Calif. State Council of LSW -- General: Includes Information Bulletins, Reports, Correspondence Re: Industrial Accident Cases. 1966-74
13. Calif. State Council of LSW -- General. 1958-60, 1966-74
14. Calif. State Council of LSW -- General. 1958-60, 1966-74
15. Calif. State Council of LSW -- General. 1958-60, 1966-74
16. Calif. State Council of LSW -- Per Capita Payment Invoices. 1962-73
17. Contracts -- Misc.: Older 2592 & Other Unions. 1947-69
18. Contracts -- Misc.: Older 2592 & Other Unions. 1947-69
19. Contracts -- Misc.: Older 2592 & Other Unions. 1947-69
20. Del Norte Box Co. Lathe Mill at G-P -- Contract File. 1967
21. Del Norte Box Co. Membership & Dues. 1969-71
22. Dues Delinquency Notices. 1960-64
23. Employment, Calif. Dept. of -- General. 1946-70

Box 3 (3-3)

1. General Hospital & Union Labor Hospital Association: Assoc. Constitutions, Board Agendas, Correspondence & Financial Statements. 1959-64
2. G-P Attorneys: King, Miller, Anderson, Nash & Yerke Correspondence -- 1960-66
3. G-P: Correspondence. 1969-72(Bulk --1970-72)
4. G-P: Correspondence. 1963-67
5. G-P Health & Welfare: Monthly Report Forms for Union Staff. 1963-67
6. Minutes & Financial Reports: Joint Committee G-P & Lumber & Sawmill Workers (LSW) Health & Welfare (H & W) 1961-65
7. G-P LSW H & W: Plan Documents & Correspondence. 1959-68
8. G-P LSW H & W: Plan Documents & Correspondence. 1959-68
9. G-P LSW H & W: Plan Documents & Correspondence. 1959-68
10. G-P: Negotiations, Contracts & Wage Scales. 1959-69
Locals 2592 & 3006
11. G-P: Contract Amendment Agreements. 1970-72
12. G-P: Negotiations, Contracts & Wage Scales. 1959-69
13. G-P: Negotiations, Contracts & Wage Scales. 1959-69
14. G-P: Negotiations, Contracts & Wage Scales. 1959-69
Locals 2592 & 3006
15. Minutes: Joint Committee -- G-P & LSW Pension. 1960-67
16. Minutes: Joint Committee -- G-P & LSW Pension. 1960-67
17. Minutes: Joint Committee -- G-P & LSW Pension. 1960-67

Box 4 (3-4)

1. G-P & LSW Pension: Plan Documents, Correspondence & Financial Reports. 1960-67
2. G-P & LSW Pension: Plan Documents, Correspondence & Financial Reports. 1960-67
3. G-P & LSW Pension: Plan Documents, Correspondence & Financial Reports. 1960-67
4. G-P & LSW Pension: Plan Documents, Correspondence & Financial Reports. 1960-67
5. G-P & LSW Pension: Plan Documents, Correspondence & Financial Reports. 1960-67
6. G-P & LSW Pension: Financial Records. 1962-64
7. G-P & LSW Pension: Financial Statements. 1965-66
8. G-P & LSW Pension: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits -- Including Supporting Documents
(Birth Certificates, Immigration Papers, etc.) 1965-67
9. Western Council LSW Pension Plan. 1964
(Union Officers' Pension)
10. Grievance -- Arbitration Case File (G-P Carlotta) 1972
Houston, Charles Ray: Union's Brief, Hearing Transcript (117 Pages) & Arbitrator's Decision
11. Harper's Auto Lease Plan. 1964-65
12. Hire Ins.: G-P New Employee Union Requirements Notification Forms. 1967
13. Hammond-Calif. Redwood Co. Correspondence. 1958-62
14. Humboldt Dock & Shipping Co.: General. 1961-72
15. Industrial Accident Case File: Arruda, Alfred E. 1959
16. Industrial Accident Case File: Bates, Ray E. 1957
17. Industrial Accident Case File: Besecker, Thomas J. Jr. 1961-63
18. Industrial Accident Case File: Brinkman, William H. 1965
19. Industrial Accident Case File: Brown, G. W. 1957
20. Industrial Accident Case File: Carr, William E. 1962-63
21. Industrial Accident Case File: Eisenman, George K. 1959
22. Industrial Accident Case File: Ellis, George. 1962-64
23. Industrial Accident Case File: Finley, Matt. 1964
24. Industrial Accident Case File: Francis, Calvin Lee. 1961
25. Industrial Accident Case File: Freitas, Joe C. 1965-66
"Serious & Wilful Misconduct"
26. Industrial Accident Case File: Holliman, Matterson. 1960
27. Industrial Accident Case File: Hoxworth, James. 1963
28. Industrial Accident Case File: Lasell, Gunnar. 1959-60
29. Industrial Accident Case File: Lemley, Richard H. 1961-62
30. Industrial Accident Case File: Pires, Alvin M. 1962-63
31. Industrial Accident Case File: Roman, Alphonse. 1964
32. Industrial Accident Case File: Savage, Cecil. 1964

Box 5 (3-5)

1. Industrial Accident Case File: Shaw, Richard Allen. 1962
2. Industrial Accident Case File: Walch, Fred. 1962-63
3. Industrial Accident Case File: Wolff, Louis G. 1962-63
4. Industrial Accident Cases: Miscellaneous. 1957-72
5. Internal Revenue Dept.: Federal Employer Tax Returns. 1942-67
6. Internal Revenue Dept.: Federal Employer Tax Returns. 1942-67
7. Jurisdictional Decisions: U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1962-64
8. Kennedy's Office Supplies: Invoices. 1961-67
9. Labor, Dept. of -- Washington, D.C. 1960-66
Annual Labor Organization Report Forms
10. Lambert & McKeehan Inc., Printers: Invoices. 1961-67
11. Leave of Absence Correspondence From G-P. 1966-67
12. Members Entering or Returning From the Armed Forces. 1966-69
13. Miscellaneous Correspondence: Includes Most Non-G-P Correspondence (Bulk. 1963-67) 1959, 1962-67
14. Miscellaneous Paid Bills. 1963-68
15. National Labor Relations Board: General. 1946-65
16. National Labor Relations Board: General. 1946-55
17. National Labor Relations Board: General. 1946-65
18. New Member & Student Applications. 1966-67
19. Official Count of Votes: 1958 Strike Demands & Vote Tally. 1958
20. Office & Professional Employees Local #3: Contract File. 1959-65
21. Office Employees Insurance Trust. 1957-63
22. Office & Professional Employees Pension Trust. 1959-67
23. Pacific Telephone: Monthly Bills & Yellow Page Listings. 1961-67
24. Redwood District Council: Correspondence & Financial Statements. 1957-65

1. Redwood District Council: Receipts for 2592 Payments for Per Capita Tax, Initiations & Rent. 1958-68
2. Safety, Miscellaneous. 1951-52, 1957, 1966-67
3. Seniority Lists: G-P. 1970-72
4. Seniority Lists: Hammond California Redwood (G-P) 1959, 1961, 1964
5. State Compensation, 2592 Employees. 1961-66
6. Strike Newspaper Clippings: One Day G-P Strike. 7/25/62
7. Student Dues. 1965
8. Union Labor Temple Assoc.: Receipts. 1961-65
9. Union Register -- Newspaper: Membership Subscription, Bills. 1966-67
10. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence & Bulletins. 1957-60, 1963-67
11. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence & Bulletins. 1957-60, 1963-67
12. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Monthly Financial Statements. (Bulk 1962-67) 1962-70
13. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Monthly Membership Status Reports. 1960-63
14. Wage Scales: Hammond Redwood Manufacturing Division/2592 & Various Other Companies & Local Unions. 1959-64
15. Wage Scales: Primarily G-P. 1967-1972
Locals 2592 & 3006
16. Waiver of Premiums: G-P/LPIW Health & Welfare Trust. 1962-64
17. Western Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers. 1963-65
Correspondence & Bulletins
18. Western Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers. 1963-65
Correspondence & Bulletins
19. Western Council Pension Plan. 1959
20. Western Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers & W.C. Defense Fund: Correspondence & Receipts. 1963-67
Scope and Content Note
Re: Monthly Per Capita Tax

V: Office Files: Late Series

Box 7 (3-7)

1. All-Brite Lumber Co.: G-P Subsidiary -- General. 1970
2. California State Council of LSW -- General. 1974-77
3. Locals 2592 & 2505: Contracts & Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Correspondence Re: Del Norte Box Co. 1967-74
4. Eureka Forest Products: Contract File. 1968-80
5. Financial Book Monthly: General Receipts, General Expenses, Blood Bank, Death Benefit. 12/67-6/80
6. General Hospital. 1977
7. Humboldt Dock & Shipping Co. 1968-78
8. Local 2931: Merger into Local 2592: Membership Records, etc. 1983
9. Local 2789: Merger into Local 2592. 1981
10. Local 3019: Merger into Local 2592. 1978
11. Louisiana Pacific (L-P) Contract Amendment Agreements. 1971-82
12. L-P Contract & Wage Scales. 1975
13. L-P Correspondence. 1972-82
14. L-P Correspondence. 1972-82
15. L-P Fremont Distribution Center: Contract File. 1979
16. L-P Monthly Dues Deduction Statements. 1977-81
17. L-P: Negotiations & Contract. 1972
18. L-P: Negotiations & Contract. 1977
19. L-P: Negotiations & Contract. 1980
20. L-P "Plant Community Ad Series". 1974
Pictorial Advertisements featuring L-P Workers including 2592 Members
21. L-P Power House: Jurisdictional Dispute with Assoc. of Western Pulp & Paper Workers:
AWPW Bries and NLRB Hearing & Transcript (212 p.) & Decision. 1974-75
22. L-P Pulp Mill: Pulp Loaders. 1968-72
23. McNamara & Peepe -- Arcata, General. 1971-85
24. McNamara & Peepe -- Arcata, General. 1971-85

Box 8 (3-8)

1. McNamara & Peepe -- Arcata, General. 1971-85
2. McNamara & Peepe -- Arcata, General. 1971-85
3. McNamara & Peepe -- Arcata, Organizing File. 1970-71
4. McNamara & Peepe -- Crescent City, Organizing. 1977-80
5. McNamara & Peepe -- Crescent City, General: Primarily Contracts, Grievances & Safety. 1980-82
6. McNamara & Peepe -- Crescent City, Negotiations & Contract. 1981
7. McNamara & Peepe -- Crescent City, Plant Closure File. 1983-85
8. McNamara & Peepe -- Crescent City, Timber Operators Council Health, Welfare & Pension. 1980-82
9. Miscellaneous Correspondence Re: Donations, et c. 1986
10. Morrison & Jackson Lumber Co.: Myers Flat (G-P) 1976-80
11. Morrison & Jackson Lumber Co.: Myers Flat (G-P) 1976-80
12. Morrison & Jackson Lumber Co.: Myers Flat (G-P) 1976-80
13. National Guard: Service as Part Times for Unemployed Members. 1981
14. North Crest Inc.: Organizing File. 1981
15. Notices to Members Re: Elections, Union Meetings & Strike Votes. 1965-85
16. Notices to Members Re: Elections, Union Meetings & Strike Votes. 1965-85
17. Personal Union Staff: Articles, Cartoons, etc. Undated
18. Picketing: Pile Drivers Local 34 (U.B.of C.& J.of A.):
Picketing at G-P Samoa over New Construction -- NLRB Document & News Clippings. 1966
19. Politics: Correspondence, Articles, Articles, Bulletins, etc.
Scope and Content Note
Re: Elections & Legislation. 1981-86

20. Rogers, Thomas: Health & Welfare Case File. 1980
21. Samsonite: Negotiations & Contract. 1978-79

Box 9 (3-9)

1. Redwood Construction: Organizing File. 1977
2. Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP): Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content Note
Re: Program Cuts & Petitions to Retain Al Lasley as Area Rep. 1979-81
3. REPP Case File: Spreadborogh, Richard A. 1982
Re: Denial of REPP Benefits
4. Safety. 1974
5. Timber Operators Council Pension: Bulletins. 1981-85
6. Timber Operators Council Health & Welfare Union Staff. 1983-87
7. Union Register -- Newspaper: Membership Subscription, Bills. 1981-83
8. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
9. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
10. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
11. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
12. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
13. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
14. U.B.of C.& J.of A.: Correspondence, Bulletins & Financial Statements. 1967-86
15. Welco Wood Products Klamath: Contract File. 1982
16. Western Council Correspondence -- Bulletins & Per Capita Tax Receipts. 1968-86
17. Western Council Correspondence -- Bulletins & Per Capita Tax Receipts. 1968-86
18. Western Council Correspondence -- Bulletins & Per Capita Tax Receipts. 1968-86
19. Western Council Correspondence -- Bulletins & Per Capita Tax Receipts. 1968-86
20. Western Council Correspondence -- Bulletins & Per Capita Tax Receipts. 1968-86

VI: Grievances

Box 10 (3-10)

1. Grievance Case File: Anderson, Jeffrey. C. 1971-77
2. Grievance Case File: Andre, Jose. 1976-77
3. Grievance Case File: Cook, Stanley Earl. 1972
4. Grievance Case File: Draper, Newman & Roberts -- 3rd Step Meeting. 1980
5. Grievance Case File: Firnekas, Kenneth. 1967
6. Grievance Case File: Gomez, Celistino
7. Grievance Case File: Helard, Mike. 1977-78
8. Grievance Case File: McCormick, Kathleen Ann. 1979-80
9. Grievance Case File: McNamara, Joseph. 1978
10. Grievance Case File: Sturm, Edward D. 1981
11. Grievance Case File: Swingshift at Plant #3
12. Grievance & Arbitration Case File: Vote, Leroy -- Discharge Case: Correspondence, Grievance Form, Arbitrator's Decision. 1980-81
13. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
14. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
15. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
16. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
17. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
18. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
19. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
20. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
21. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80
22. Grievance Forms & Warning Notices -- G-P, L-P, & McNamara-Peepe. 1967-80

VII: Health, Welfare & Pension

23. Georgia-Pacific & Lumber & Sawmill Workers (G-P & LSW) Pension Trust. 1969-73
24. G-P & LSW Pension Trust. 1968-74
Application for Retirement & Disability
25. Georgia-Pacific/Louisiana-Pacific (G-P/L-P) & Lumber Production & Industrial Workers (LPIW) Pension Trust: Retirement Plan & Trust Agreement l/l/73
26. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust & Pension Trust. 1970-77

Box 11 (3-11)

1. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust. 1978-79
2. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust. 1980
3. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust. 1981
4. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust & Pension Trust. 1982
5. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust & Pension Trust. 1983
6. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust & Pension Trust. 1984
7. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust & Pension Trust. 1985-86
8. G-P/L-P & LPIW Health & Welfare Trust & Pension Trust Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1972-75
9. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1976-77
10. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1978
11. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1978
12. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1979
13. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1980
14. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1981
15. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1982-83
16. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1984
17. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Applications for Disability & Retirement Benefits. 1985-86

Box 12 (3-12)

1. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Federal Form 5500 -- Employee Benefit Plan. 1976-79, 1982-83
2. G-P/L-P & LPIW Pension Trust: Schedule P (Form 5500)
Annual Return of Fiduciary of Employee Benefit Trust. 1981-85
3. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1963-75
4. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1976-78
5. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1979
6. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1980
7. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund (The Hazard Trust) Administrative Reports. 1980
8. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1981
9. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1982
10. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund & Pension Fund. 1983-85
11. The Lumber Industry Pension Plan & Pension Fund. 1975-79
Applications For Retirement & Disability Retirement
12. The Lumber Industry Pension Plan & Pension Fund. 1980-81
Applications for Retirement & Disability Retirement

VIII: Job Bids

13. Job Bids. 1972-73
14. Job Bids. 1974-76
15. Job Bids. 1977-79
16. Job Bids. 1980-83

IX: Louisiana-Pacific Strike 1983-85

17. L-P Strike: Campbell, Ernest Lloyd -- Accident/Insurance Case File. 1983-84
18. L-P Strike: Corporate Campaign -- L.P. Consumer Boycott. 1984-85
19. L-P Strike: Corporate Campaign -- Stock Proxies & L-P Annual Stockholders Meeting Rally. 1983-85
20. L-P Strike: Employment Development Dept., Calif. State Re: Attempt to Define Strikers as Taxable Employees of Local. 1983-84
21. L-P Strike: Employment Development Dept., Calif. State Re: Attempt to Define Strikers as Taxable Employees of Local. 1983-84

Box 13 (3-13)

1. L-P Strike: Food Bank -- Contributions & Expense Receipts. 1983-85
2. L-P Strike: Injunctions & Injunction Related Correspondence. 1983-84
3. L-P Strike: Injunctions & Injunction Related Correspondence. 1983-84
4. L-P Strike: International Longshoremen & Warehousemen's Union Local 14
Scope and Content Note
Re: Strike Support. 1983-84

5. L-P Strike: Local 2592 Defense Fund (Strike Benefits) Monthly Bank Statements With Annual & Final Reconciliations. 1983-86
6. L-P Strike: Local 2592 Defense Fund (Strike Benefits) Monthly Bank Statements With Annual & Final Reconciliations. 1983-86
7. L-P Strike: L-P Coastal Division Employee Manual "Scabs" Version. July 1985
8. L-P Strike: L-P & L-P Attorney Correspondence
9. L-P Strike: Misc. -- Primarily Letters of Support, Contributions to the Food Bank, Leaflets. 1983-85
10. L-P Strike: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) 1984-85
11. L-P Strike: Samoa Pulp Mill & Western Assoc. of Pulp & Paper Workers. 1983
12. L-P Strike: Picket Rosters. 1983-84
13. L-P Strike: Pre-Strike Grievances Over Unilateral Job Reclassifications & Wage Cuts. 1983
14. L-P Strike: Pre-Strike NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Case File
Scope and Content Note
Re: L-P's Refusal to Bargain Unilateral Job Reclassifications & Wage Cuts. June 1982
15. L-P Strike: Strike Bulletins & Newsletters, Local 2592, Other L-P Locals, & Support Groups. 1983-84
16. L-P Strike: Strike Expense Receipts. 1985
17. L-P Strike: Strike Related Expenses to be Reimbursed by Western Council. 1983-85
18. L-P Strike: Press Releases, Letter to Editor, Newspaper Articles. 1983-85
19. L-P Strike: Scabs: Letters of Resignation & Correspondence Re: Union Trials & Fines for Strikebreaking, et c. 1983
20. L-P Strike: Teamsters Union Re: Strike Support. 1983-84
21. L-P Strike: Western Council LPIW & W.C. Defense Fund Correspondence. 1983-85
22. Strike Benefit Register. June/July 1983
23. Strike Benefit Register. Aug 1983

Box 14 (3-14)

1. Strike Benefit Register. Sept 1983
2. Strike Benefit Register. Oct 1983
3. Strike Benefit Register. Nov 1983
4. Strike Benefit Register. Dec 1983
5. Strike Benefit Register. Jan/Feb 1984
6. Strike Benefit Register. March/April 1984
7. Strike Benefit Register. May/June 1984
8. Strike Benefit Register. July/Aug 1984
9. Strike Benefit Register. Sept/Oct 1984
10. Strike Benefit Register. Nov/Dec 1984
11. Strike Benefit Register. Jan/Feb 1985
12. Strike Benefit Register. Mar/April 1985
13. Strike Benefit Register. May-Aug 1985
14. Strike Benefit Register. Sept-Dec 1985
15. Strike Benefit Register, Tally Sheets. 1983-85

X: Local 3006

16. Local 3006 & 2592 Abortive Merger Attempt. 1958
17. Local 3006: Forced Merger into 2592. 9/1/71
18. Local 3006 Minutes: Executive Board Meetings. 1961-65
19. Local 3006 Minutes: G-P Unit Meetings. 5/9/61-2/24/67
20. Local 3006 Minutes: Fortuna Division: Fortuna Veneer & Fortuna Wood Products Unit Meetings. 4/8/63-4/10/67

Box 15 (3-15)

1. Local 3006 Minutes: Fortuna Wood Products Unit Meetings. 9/8/62-5/27/65
2. Local 3006 Minutes: Executive Board, General & Unit: Fortuna Division & Woods/Loggers Division. 1968-69
3. 3006: Bond Reports to U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1968-71
4. 3006: California Franchise Tax Board: Exempt Organization Annual Information Return. 1966-71
5. 3006: California State Unemployment Tax Forms. 1968-71
6. Local 3006: Contract Booklets:
G-P (Hammond-California Redwood Co. 1957, 1959),(G-P Corp. 1963, 1966, 1969) -- Joint with Local 2592 1957-69
7. Local 3006: Contract Booklets: Simpson Redwood Co. 1954, 1959
8. 3006: Correspondence: U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1968-71
9. 3006: Correspondence: Miscellaneous. 1968-71
10. 3006: Correspondence: Miscellaneous. 1968-71
11. 3006: Dept. of Labor (U.S.) Annual Labor Organization Report Forms: LM2 or LM3. 1965-71
12. 3006: Employers Quarterly Federal Tax Return (U.S.) 1963-71
13. 3006: Eel River Sawmills: Organizing (Includes Organizing Leaflet in Spanish) 1968
14. 3006: Equal Employment Commission (U.S.) Local Union Report EEO- 3 1969
15. 3006: Financial Records Book -- Monthly Income & Expenses. 1970-71
16. 3006: Financial Records -- Weekly Employee Payroll. 1963-71
17. 3006: Fortuna Stud Mill -- Dues Deductions. 1968-69
18. 3006: Fortuna Veneer (Rochlin) Contract. 1969
19. 3006: Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin) 1962, 1967, 1967-71
20. 3006: Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin) Dues Deductions & Pension Lists. 1968-71
21. 3006/2592: Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin) 1971-74
Company Warning Notices
22. 2592: Fortuna Veneer & Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin) Strike File. 1976
23. 2592: Fortuna Veneer & Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin) Decertification Attempt NLRB Papers, Leaflets, et c. 1975
24. 2592: Arcata Plywood Corp. (Fortuna Veneer & Fortuna Wood Products -- Rochlin) Plant Closures File. 1975-76
25. 2592: Arcata Plywood Corp. (Fortuna Veneer & Fortuna Wood Products -- Rochlin) General. September 1971-74
26. 2592: Arcata Plywood Corp. (Rochlin) Correspondence Re: Opening Fortuna Veneer & Fortuna Wood Products Contract Negotiations. 1975
27. Local 3006: George Glass: Fortuna Wood Products (Rochlin) Dismissal, Grievance & Duty of Fai Representation Law Suit. 1974-76
28. 3006: G-P: General. 1968-71
29. 3006: Lumber Industry Health & Welfare & Pension Fund. 1968-71
30. 3006: Wage Scales & Seniority Lists. 1968-71

XI: Quarterly & Monthly Account Sheets (2 Boxes)

Box 16 & 17 (3-16, 3-17)

Account Sheets. May 1947-March 1964, May 1964-Nov. 1974

XII: Membership File Cards (3 Boxes)

Box 18-20 (3-18, 3-19, 3-20)

File Cards. 1946-49, 1954-78

XIII: Dues Books & Ledger Cards (1 Box)

Box 21 (3-21)

Dues Books & Ledger Cards. 1940-46

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Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 2789 Record Group No. 4, 1947-1979

Physical Description: 11 cubic feet
Record Group IV
Introduction

The Local 2789 Record Group is one of the the most interesting and complete in the Redwood District Council Collection. Mad River Plywood was the first plywood plant to open in California in February 1947. Its closure over 30 years later, in 1979, was the subject of a documentary movie. The records themselves are good, although a little sketchy for the early years. The local union meeting minutes are complete and buttressed with Executive and Grievance/Plant Committee minutes as well. There is a set of verbatim Negotiating Committee Meetings from the important 1962 contract negotiations with Weyerhaeuser that gives a rare inside view of the labor negotiation process.

Included in the Local 2789 Record Group are the minutes of Local Union 2641. This small sawmill local bargained against the same owners and management as Local 2789 and merged with this local in 1959, shortly before the sawmill closed. It appears to have been one of the most stable and long-lived small locals in the RDC. These minutes came to Humboldt State University earlier as a separate acquisition from LSW Local 2808 on the closure of the Arcata Labor Temple. They appear to be most valuable when viewed with the much more extensive Local 2789 material.

This collection was processed by Gordon Webb and Virginia Baker in April and May of 1990.

Historical Sketch
The Humboldt Plywood Company began construction of its Mad River Plywood plant in September of 1946 at the height of the RDC Redwood Strike. This Portland based firm was a leader in the rush of corporations trying to meet the booming post-war lumber market utilizing Humboldt County's inexpensive fir stumpage (1/3 of the Oregon cost) and the trained union lumber workers on strike against the redwood operators. Mad River Ply began operating in February of 1947 as the first plywood plant in California. L.S.W. Local 2789 held its first meeting the following month, March 1947, and was immediately certified as bargaining agent through an apparently uncontested election. The Local did not join the RDC until late 1948 and seems to have remained aloof from the struggle with the Redwood operators.

Local 2789 was a singularly fortunate local throughout the 1950s. While many small sawmill operators went out of business or turned on their employees and their unions in order to lower costs when the post-war housing boom cooled off in the early 50s, the plywood market remained relatively strong at this time. Local 2789 survived the 1954 strike which destroyed at least one of the other RDC locals and held out for a better settlement. When Roddiscraft Inc. moved into the area in 1956, it bought out the Humboldt Plywood and Lumber Companies and California Barrel with strikingly different results for the local unions involved and their memberships. Roddiscraft bought the declining California Barrel Company for its timber holdings only and laid off its work force of over 800 (Arcata's largest employer) almost immediately. LSW Local 2808, the longtime mainstay of the RDC, was a far different, if still successful, union centered on the less stable smaller sawmill and plywood operations, after this event (see the 2808 Record Group).

Roddiscraft also closed Humboldt Lumber Company's Maple Creek sawmill in early 1959. The employees at this sawmill had already become members of Local 2789 through a merger in 1958, and were offered jobs in Roddiscraft's expanding operations.

For Local 2789, the Roddiscraft era proved to be a kind of Golden Age. The company made a major investment in modernizing and expanding Mad River Ply and built a new state-of-the-art flakeboard plant, the first in Humboldt County. It even put in a small sawmill at the old California Barrel Company site. Altogether, 2789's membership was doubled to around 600 members. Labor management relations between the local and Roddiscraft seem to have been remarkably amicable with relatively few grievances. Up to this time, technological and economic change had worked to 2789's advantage and this may reflected in the more conservative stance on political issues taken by 2789 within the RDC.

It must have been a rude surprise to 2789's membership when one of the industry's giants, Weyerhaeuser, bought out Roddiscraft in the late 1960s with little warning. This buy-out reflected a trend within the lumber industry and especially the plywood section at this time, for large firms to purchase mid-sized ones. Locally, Georgia-Pacific had bought out Hammond California Redwood, U.S. Plywood bought the Mutual Plywood plant at Fairhaven and Simpson was steadily expanding its holdings. These take-overs were accompanied by an increased rate of technological change and a resultant loss of jobs to automation. When this was coupled with lower prices for lumber, leading to additional management cost cutting measures, the stage was set for confrontation between labor and management.

Weyerhaeuser pumped money into another upgrading of Mad River Ply and new German machinery for the flakeboard or "Timblend" plant. It even reopened the old Dolly Varden plant in Arcata, but it also began an immediate war on 2789's contract. There were constant attempts to have workers in lower paid classifications do the work of higher paid jobs or to simply speed up the work. When the Local's business agents tried to deal with these problems they were barred from the plant.

Weyerhaeuser made a more direct assault on 2789's power and finances. It was a fixed principle within the RDC to have a union shop clause requiring union membership or no contract at all. Weyerhaeuser had never granted the union shop in any of its contracts in the Pacific Northwest. Eddie Carroll, a former 2789 officer now acting in his capacity as Secretary of the RDC, organized the Weyerhaeuser woods crew into a new local, 3027.

In order to get a contract, he agreed to a maintenance-of-membership clause which prevented existing members from quitting the union except during a specific, short period of time, but did not require new employees to join the union. This was significantly weaker than a union shop agreement and 2789 felt Carroll had undermined their own stand for the union shop.

Weyerhaeuser had sprung a demand for the maintenance of membership clause late in 2789's 1961 negotiations for a new contract. Carroll was removed from office at the next RDC meeting(see Overall Historical Sketch) and local 2789 refused to sign any contract rather than do without the union shop.

Relations were at their worst when Weyerhaeuser Co. foremen at the Timblend plant caught three union members in the parking lot during their shift pouring liquor into their Christmas eggnog. They were allowed to finish the shift and then they were fired. The plant manager cut the business agent off after a brief discussion, saying he was going to "make an example" of the men. The local struck the plant for a week after which a compromise settlement was reached requiring the company to offer the men jobs as new hires.

Matters had not improved when Weyerhaeuser's other contracts, primarily with locals of the International Woodworkers of America came open. The Western Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers, for the first time, effectively joined forces with the I.W.A., against Weyerhaeuser Co., which in turn, joined forces with other large producers to form what came to be called "The Big Six."

The other Big Six producer in the RDC area was Georgia-Pacific. G-P had put similar pressures on its local employees and G-P Samoa Plywood Local 3019, had a similar strike over grievances. When a Big Six plant in Redding was struck, Weyerhaeuser Co. and G-P locked out the members of Locals 2789, 3027, 2592 and 3006 as well as locals in other areas. The lockout resulted in a relative union victory. Local 2789 got an agency shop clause in its contract requiring non-members to pay a fee equivalent to member dues. The Local was the first union to get better than a maintenance-of-membership clause from Weyerhaeuser.

In 1966, Weyerhaeuser sold Mad River Ply and its woods operation to Simpson Timber Co. and the Timblend plant to Humboldt Flakeboard. By closing the plants for several months before the sale, these companies were able not to rehire a number of older members and the woods and the flakeboard plant went non-union. Local 2789 was able to prove it represented a majority of the employees at Mad River Ply and got a contract from Simpson.

The Local had a better relationship with Simpson and the next decade passed uneventfully. Following the Western Council area-wide negotiations, 2789 struck Simpson over local issues. 2789 especially disliked Simpson's attempt to impose a grievance arbitration clause. The local sent pickets to other Simpson plants, including plants with L.S.W. and I.W.A. contracts in the Pacific Northwest, shutting down production in a wide area. In the end, the local won on arbitration by compromising on other issues.

In the 1970s, the lumber industry embarked on another round of automation and cost-cutting, and Simpson permanently closed Mad River Ply, despite spending more than $1 million in plant improvements a short time previously.

Scope and Content

This record Group, Local 2789 is noteworthy for the completeness and breadth of coverage provided in its minutes. The set of Local 2789 union meeting minutes are complete and the meeting minutes of Local 2641, the small sawmill local which merged with 2789 in 1958 may be complete as well. Both of these sets of minutes are written in a terse, somewhat uninformative style. The coverage is best for important events such as strikes. What really makes the 2789 minutes impressive is the various committee minutes: Executive Committee, Grievance/Plant Committee, and Negotiations Committee. Together, they fill out the information provided by the union meeting minutes, and also provide some excellent snapshots of American industrial relations. As noted in the introduction, the verbatim minutes of the 1961-62 Weyerhaeuser negotiations give an inside view of the collective bargaining process. The Plant Committee, really a joint labor/management committee representing a step in the grievance procedure, provides a great deal of information about problems in a modern industrial plant and the different perspectives of management and labor towards solving these problems. The series of meetings held following the announcement of the final closure of Mad River Ply are especially revealing.

The correspondence files are less satisfactory. There is nothing before 1950 and very little before the Roddiscraft buy-out in 1958. Even after 1958 they seem incomplete. The minutes are best on illuminating relations with other levels of the Carpenters such as the Redwood District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers. Perhaps the most revelatory correspondence is in the Weyerhaeuser Negotiations files.

The Contract files appear to be complete back to the establishment of the Mad River plant in 1947. Financial records are a bit more spotty, but the collection does have all of the monthly financial statements from May 1948 into the 1960s.
I: Minutes

Box 1 (4-1)

1. Minutes- Local 2789.
Scope and Content Note
Index of Motions "Regular and Special" Union Meetings. Indexes "Old Book". 11/51-12/58 and "New Book". 1/59-?

2. Minutes- Local 2789. Union Meetings- 2/25/47-10/28/51
3. Minutes- Local 2789. Union Meetings- 11/9/51-12/20/58
4. Minutes- Local 2789. Union Meetings- 1/17/59-6/20/67
5. Minutes- Local 2789. Union Meetings- 7/18/67-10/19/76
6. Minutes- Local 2641. Korbel/Maple Creek- 5/28/48-11/17/54
7. Minutes- Local 2789. Maple Creek Meetings (Former Local 2641) 4/23/57-2/19/59.
Closure of Roddiscraft's Maple Creek Lumber Mill
8. 2789 Committee Meetings. 1952-1958.
Plant, Grievance, Executive, Negotiating
9. Minutes- Local 2789.
Executive Committee. 12/18/58-10/10/61
10. Minutes- Local 2789. Executive Committee. 11/7/61-4/27/65
11. Minutes- Local 2789. Negotiations Committee (Plywood) 5/22/61-5/1/62.
Scope and Content Note
Also includes Executive Committee Minutes 9/10/63

12. Minutes- Local 2789. Plant Committee. 10/30/58-1/28/60
13. Minutes- Local 2789. Plant Committee. 7/7/65-3/2/72
14. Minutes- Local 2789. Plant Committee. 4/12/72-12/8/77
15. Minutes- Local 2789. Plant Committee. 12/10/77-11/17/79(Plant Closure)

II: Correspondence Files

Box 2 (4-2)

1. RDC Correspondence. 1954-1977
2. State Council Correspondence. 1963-1970(1 of 4)
3. Correspondence: Compensation (Workmen) 1964-1974(2 of 4)
4. Correspondence: Compensation (Workmen) 1971-1974(3 of 4)
5. Correspondence: Compensation. 1962-1974(4 of 4)
6. Hazard Trust Correspondence. 1967-1981
7. Western Council Correspondence. 1958-1961
8. Western Council Meeting Notes. 1970
9. The Union Register and News. 1956-1970
10. Eighth District Organizing and Education Committee Correspondence and Reports. 1966-1975
11. U.B.of C.& J.of A. -- Correspondence. 1953-1967
12. U.B.of C.& J.of A. -- Letters of Withdrawal. 1967-1969
13. Central Labor Council. 1966-1968
14. California State Labor Federation. 1954-1969
15. Misc. Office Correspondence. 1958-1963(1 of 2)
16. Misc. Office Correspondence. 1963-1965(2 of 2)

III: General Office Files

Box 3 (4-3)

1. Bylaws. 1951-1961
2. Death Benefit Rules. 1957
3. Death Beneficiary Designations. 1958-1978
4. Death Benefit- Paid. 1958-1978
5. General Office Bond. 1956-1980
6. General Office Bond and Paper Work. 1981-1984
7. General Office Pension- U.B.of C.& J.of A., l968- 1977
8. Western Council Retirement Fund- Union Officers Pension. 1963-1966
9. Taxes- Federal. 1952-1965
10. Taxes- Federal. 1966-1980
11. Federal Tax Forms. 1966-1977
12. Forms 4848 IRS. 1971-1974
13. Taxes- State. 1953-1965
14. Taxes- State. 1966-1980
15. State Forms 199 & 990. 1969-1980
16. Humboldt Co. Taxes. 1973-1974
17. Federal Reports LM-2 EEO-3. 1962-1980
18. U.S. Labor Department
19. U.S. National Labor Relations Board
20. State Industrial Relations
21. State Labor Commission. 1957-1962
22. Insurance (State) Compensation. 1955-1980
23. Political Action
24. Safety
25. Union Officers: Letters of Resignation and Miscellaneous

IV: Pre-Simpson I: Negotiations, Strikes and Contracts

Box 4 (4-4)

1. Plywood Contract. 1947-1958
2. Maple Creek Lumber Contracts 2641:
Scope and Content Note
1952 (Strike Settlement) 1954 & 1/55 (Strike Settlement) 12/55 and 7/57, M.O.A. Transferring 2641 Contract Rights to 2789, 1/58 and Plant Committee Minutes: 12/13/58, 2/18/58 & 5/28/58

3. 1955 Wage Scale- Plywood
4. Timblend Contract. 1958-1965
5. Plywood & Mill A. Contract. 1959-1965
6. Contracts: Roddiscraft Fabrication Division. 1958and Willamette Sheathing. 1959
7. Working Copies and Incomplete Agreements- Plant and Maintenance. 1959-1965
8. Bracket Increases (proposed)- Roddiscraft. 1959
9. Negotiations Weyerhaeuser. 1961-1962.NLRB- Unfair Labor Practice Case
10. Clippings: Weyerhaeuser/I.W.A. Negotiations. 1962
11. Agreement- Weyerhaeuser- Unified Maintenance, 1962 & Health and Welfare Supplement #3. 1965
12. Clippings from Timblend Strike. 1963
13. Weyerhaeuser Lockout- Negotiations, Publicity, 1963 & Clippings. 6/7/63-8/7/63
14. Settlement Agreement- Strike/Lockout. 8/63
15. Weyerhaeuser Lockout. 1963-
Unemployment Claims 2789
16. Weyerhaeuser Working Agreement. 6/63
17. Resignation Letters (from the Union after the Loss of Union Shop) 1964
18. Weyerhaeuser Agreements- Pension Plan Improvements. 1964
19. Weyerhaeuser Unemployment. 1966
20. Contract- Miscellaneous. 12/65

V: Pre-Simpson II: Seniority Lists

1. List- Hire/Fire: Roddiscraft & Weyerhaeuser (prior to Simpson) 1958-1965
2. Timblend Seniority List- To Sale of Mill by Weyerhaeuser. 1958-1965
3. Plywood- Seniority Lists. 1958-1965
4. Seniority List- All Other (except Plywood and Timblend) 1958-1966

VI: Pre-Simpson III: Health and Welfare

1. Insurance- Group Health: Humboldt Plywood and Roddiscraft. 1954-1959
2. Insurance Disability- Roddiscraft. 1955-1959
3. Insurance Health and Welfare- Roddiscraft. 1958-1960
4. Equitable Health Plan- Monthly Statements: Roddiscraft & Weyerhaeuser. 1959-1965
5. Health & Welfare Plan- Equitable Payoffs (After Weyerhaeuser Cutoff Date) 1966
6. Weyerhaeuser Health and Welfare Plan (Closed Out) 1965-1966
7. List of Surgery Expenses for Claim Settlement-Equitable. Undated

VII: Simpson I: Negotiations, Strikes and Contracts

Box 5 (4-5)

1. Simpson Negotiations. 1965-1977
2. Simpson Contracts. 1965
3. Simpson Back Service Pension Negotiations. 1967-1968
4. Simpson Negotiations Bracket Adjustments. 1967-1968
5. Simpson Pension Plan. 1971
6. Simpson Negotiations. 1969-1971
7. Wage Schedules- Simpson & Mad River. 1969
8. Simpson Negotiations & Working Agreement. 1977
9. Simpson Contract. 1977-1980
10. Simpson Negotiations. 1972
11. Agreement w/Simpson- Mad River & Local 2789. 1973-1975
12. Unfair Labor Practices Charge Re: Picketing Contractor's Gate at Fairhaven- Simpson Strike. 1977
13. Simpson Negotiations. 1975
14. Simpson Agreements- 1966, 1969, 1972
15. Simpson Miscellaneous. 1971-1976

VIII: Simpson II: Grievances

1. Grievance File and Memo of Agreement. 1976-1978(1 of 3)
2. Grievance File and Memo of Agreement. 1972-1974(2 of 3)
3. Grievance File and Memo of Agreement. 1969-1978(3 of 3)
4. Joint Plant Committee Meetings. 1966-1972
"Office Copies" (Produced by Simpson Clerical Staff) Same as Union "Plant Committee Minutes"
5. Joint Committee Meetings. 1972-1978
"Office Copies" (Produced by Simpson Clerical Staff) Same as Union "Plant Committee Minutes"
6. Coreen Sanchez- Discharge (Grievance and Arbitration) 1977
7. Grievance- Jurisdictional Re: Log Loader I.W.A. 3-98. 1975

IX: Financial

Note
*Oversize: Box
**Oversize: Map Cabinet

Box 6 (4-6)

1. Ledger and Financial Reports. 1959-1981(end)
2. Ledger and Financial Reports. 1959-1981(end)
3*. Monthly Financial Accounts Book: Receipts and Expenditures. 5/48-6/54
4*. Monthly Financial Accounts Book: Receipts and Expenditures. 7/54-6/59
5*. Monthly Financial Accounts Book: Receipts and Expenditures. 7/59-1/60
6**. Receipts Record/Expenses Record for LM2 Reports. 7/59-10/81
7**. Day Book- Local 2789. 7/68-6/72
8. Dues Book- Local 2789. 3/25/47-12/47
(Local's First Dues Book)
9. Dues Check-Off List- Simpson. 1966-1967
10. Day Book. 1971-1980
11. Dues Check-Off List. 1969-1979
Simpson Monthly Remittances by Employee
12. Check Book & Journal. 1959-1960 & 6/60-10/60
13. General Office Receipts. 1957-1959(1 of 3) From Shoebox
14. General Office Receipts. 1957-1959(2 of 3) From Shoebox
15. General Office Receipts. 1957-1959(3 of 3) From Shoebox
16*. Western Council Strike Benefits Fund Disbursements Book. 1977Strike Simpson
16. Checkbook- Western Council Defense Fund Simpson Strike. 1977
17. Checkbook- Western Council Defense Fund Simpson Strike. 1977
18. Checkbook- Western Council Defense Fund Simpson Strike. 1977
19. Withdrawal Cards and Union Books Accepted in Lieu of Initiation Fee
20. Checkbook & Death Benefit Book from 2641

X: Bulk Financial/membership (3 Boxes)

XI: Membership Cards

Box 7 (4-7). Financial Records (Bound -- Oversize)

Box 8. (4-8). Membership Ledger Pages

Box 9. (4-9). Membership Ledger Pages & Dues Books

Box 10 (4-10). Membership Cards A-M. 1958-77

Box 11 (4-11). Membership Cards M-Z. 1958-77

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Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 2808 Record Group No. 5, 1942-78

Physical Description: 29 cubic feet
Record Group V
Historical Sketch

Local union 2808 was chartered July 15, 1937 immediately after the existing U.B. of C. & J. of A. local in the area, 2677, seceded to join the rival International Woodworkers of America-CIO (IWA).

The California Barrel Co., Arcata's leading employer from the turn-of-the-century, had a long history of anti-unionism. Carpenter's organizer Don Cameron managed to raise the specter of a militant, radical CIO threat sufficiently to induce Cal-Barrel management not to oppose Local 2808's organizing efforts. A first contract was quickly signed.

The company must have been surprised to find CIO sympathizers in firm control of the local for the first years of its existence. Local officers Cy Young and Joe Stapp freely cooperated in joint projects with CIO leaders. Still, collective bargaining appears to have been remarkably peaceful and strongly anti-radical Stanley Jordan had assumed leadership by 1942.

Cal-Barrel utilized mainly fir and spruce rather than redwood; and, as a secondary manufacturer of wood products, stood somewhat apart from primary redwood lumber producers. Likewise, Local 2808 maintained close relations with box making locals in other areas and was not greatly involved in the struggle to organize the redwood companies and the grueling redwood strike of 1946-48.

Cal-Barrel's primary lines of wooden packing boxes and fruit crates were becoming obsolescent by the early 1950s and 2808's membership began to decline. Still, the local was one of the largest local unions on the Northcoast and the local's foresight in purchasing a building in 1940 and creating the Arcata Labor Temple gave it rental income and remarkable financial stability, with the lowest dues of any RDC union. Gradually, Local 2808 took on more of a role in the RDC and by the mid-1950s, Stan Jordan was a recognized leader within it. Jordan saw weak and unstable locals in the RDC and felt that an expanded Local 2808 could provide greater service, strength and stability to the membership through mergers.

By the early 1950s the post-war housing and lumber boom was over and the lumber market was settling into a new cyclical pattern of boom and bust. This spelled harder times for both small lumber companies and their workers. The unionized small operators were feeling squeezed by the big lumber operators with extensive timber holdings and non-unionized small operators who cut corners where ever they could.

The Northern California Lumber Operators Association, NCLOA, was formed in 1951 to represent small lumber operators in both the redwood and pine areas across Northern California. It responded to the changing economic pressures with a kind of defense/offensive labor relations strategy. It negotiated when it had too and tried union busting decertification elections when its manager, Charles Rubyn, thought they would succeed.

The formation of the NCLOA paralleled the mergers of RDC small-mill locals into multi-employer locals with enough members to survive economic slumps and which could afford to hire a full time business agents. Local 2799, founded in Arcata in 1944 to represent workers at the small fir operator G. L. Spier, at first shared a business agent with two other small Arcata area locals 2726 (Sound Lumber Co.) and 2893 (Dolly Varden Lumber Co.) through 1951; they merged in 1952.

1954 saw the largest industry-wide strike since 1935 in the West Coast lumber industry. The strike was noticeably less successful in far Northern California than in Oregon, Washington and even Central California. Local 2698, which represented workers at Arcata's Twin Parks Lumber Company, had its membership vote to walk through the RDC picket line and return to work.

The NCLOA took an aggressive stance both during and after the strike. One of its targets was Local 2799, which it sued during the strike. In 1955, it orchestrated a series of decertification elections against Local 2799 and several small, single unit sawmill locals. This attack, in conjunction with plant closures, an IWA raid on the Dolly Varden unit, and apparently the personal problems of business agent Tom Baxter, destabilized even the expanded Local 2799 making it a good candidate for a merger.

Local 2678, founded in 1951, represented two medium sized Arcata plywood plants, Durable Plywood and Arcata Plywood (owned by entrepreneur Abe Rochlin). The local had hired ex-RDC Secretary, Bill Abbay, Jr., as business agent in 1953 but could not afford to retain him after incurring heavy expenses in several strikes at Arcata Plywood in late 1953 and early 1954. The local had a part-time financial secretary until the end of 1955. It too sought a merger in order to obtain the full time officer it could not quite afford on its own. Local 2808, with its large membership and reliable finances, seemed the ideal merger vehicle to stabilize these locals' memberships. The mergers were consummated in December 1955. Local 2569, which represented workers at Van de Nor Lumber Col, had also just voted to merge with 2799 and joined it in the merger with Local 2808. Local 2808 seemed on its way to becoming the dominant local of the RDC.

The next several months brought cataclysmic change to the local. Cal-Barrel, Arcata's largest employer for half a century, closed down almost overnight and announced its sale to Roddiscraft Inc., the new owner of the Humboldt Plywood Co. and its Mad River Plywood plant (See Local 2789-RG Historical Sketch). The new company needed Cal-Barrel's extensive timber holdings for the plywood plant and the new state-of-the-art flakeboard plant already on the drawing boards. It would appear highly improbable that Roddiscraft had any intention of operating an obsolescent box and barrel plant. Still, the company managed to shift to Local 2808 the opprobrium for laying-off 800 Arcata residents by suggesting that the mill could be operated on a non-union basis with reduced wages and loss of seniority rights. The local refused and was bitterly assailed in the local press for causing the plant closure.

The local emerged from 1956 a very different, if still large and effective, union. Gone was the local of closely knit, long time Arcata residents, frequently of Portuguese extraction. This local had been highly disciplined with mandatory meeting attendance. It had been a vital part of Arcata's community life with the Labor Temple lent out gratis for many events. The new local was at first largely Local 2799 expanded by the addition of the two former 2678 plywood operations and the old 2808 financial resources. Leonard Cahill, 2799's business agent for the last few months of its existence, soon displaced long time 2808 business agent (1942 -56) Stanley Jordan. Mandatory meetings were scrapped and the attendance fell off markedly. The new 2808 member was more likely to be a Dustbowl emigrant rather than an Arcata (or Portugal) native. Cal-Barrel had hired women for certain of jobs. None of the new companies did.

Still the diverse elements of the new 2808 seem to have knit remarkably well with none of the problems that seemed to perennially plague the RDC's other conglomerate local, 3006. The local lost Van De Nor in a NCLOA inspired decertification and the former Dolly Varden (now Jolly Giant mill) to an IWA raid in early 1956; but these were left over problems from the earlier locals. In late 1956 or 1957, Local 2808 expanded into Humboldt County's hinterland taking in the recently organized Rochlin operation at Orleans, the Orleans Veneer Company with short lived Local 2917. Local 2666, Hoopa, was added shortly after along with several short lived lumber operations in the Salyer area. These operations fit well with the local's established bargaining relationships. Arcata Plywood members of 2808 instigated the organization of fellow Rochlin employees at Orleans Veneer and the new Hoopa members who worked for the Trinity River Lumber Co., a NCLOA member. The local could negotiate for its diverse membership with only two sets of negotiations, Rochlin and NCLOA, though both of the Rochlin operations and all the NCLOA member companies signed separate contacts. This was to be the local's pattern for the next decade.

The distant operations in Orleans and Hoopa could easily have led to communications problems as could the large number of small units in the Arcata area. Local 2808 handled this load with a single business agent, after Stan Jordan left in 1957, and the lowest dues of any union in the RDC. In 1960, Local 3006 had four paid staff and two offices to cover fewer units than 2808 and received constant complaints about lack of service (to judge from its G-P Plywood unit later 3019) along with constant dissention.

Local 2808, under Leonard Cahill, would appear to have developed a highly effective shop steward and plant committee system. The Orleans Veneer operation in particular was represented by several remarkable shop stewards (to judge by their correspondence). The low dues were partially due to the Arcata Labor Temple and the rental income it generated. It is interesting to note there was never to be another successful decertification or raid on 2808 operations after 1956. The local successfully beat off a mass decertification attempt by four of the Arcata NCLOA operations in 1961 with Cahill giving full credit to the shop stewards and plant committees.

The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a gradual shrinkage of the NCLOA operations through plant closure. The Hoopa and Salyer operations were gone by 1960. Durable Plywood closed in 1964 but was reopened the next year by the Rochlin interests as Orleans Veneer Mill B. The last of the small sawmills was gone by the early 1970s.

These membership loses were partially made up by organizing the Humboldt Fir Company in 1968 which added several hundred new members, but by the early 1970's the medium size plywood operation, 2808's mainstay, was on the way out in Humboldt County. Humboldt Fir went into bankruptcy in 1972 resulting in prolonged litigation to collect unpaid health, welfare and pension contributions. Masonite bought the plant and kept on the employees to become Local 2808's last working members. Abe Rochlin shut down Orlean's Veneer Mills A, B and (short lived) C in 1974 after closing Arcata Plywood several years earlier (See also Rochlin Fortuna Veneer and Fortuna Wood Products in The 3006 Series of the 2592 Record Group).

Masonite Hoopa closed in 1978. The Brookings Plywood plant in Salyer, organized by Otha Ray (2808's last business agent, 1964-79), closed before the first contract could be signed. Without contracts, the local merged with Local 2931 in 1979 bringing in retirees and a $20,000 organizing fund to pay Otha Ray to organize for Local 2931 and service the 2808 retirees.

Scope and Content
Record Group 2808 has a diverse history. From 1938-1955, Cal-Barrel was the mainstay of the local. Later, it succeeded remarkably well in integrating multiple units of small lumber company workers in the Arcata area and small plywood workers units as far away as Hoopa and Orleans. The prime material from the Cal-Barrel Era series is a complete run of well organized, typed minutes from 1942-1964. The first five years of the Cal-Barrel Era are missing, with the minutes extending past Cal-Barrel's closing in 1955 through the merger of several locals into 2808. One of the unique aspects of these minutes is the stability of the Recording Secretary's position. Charles Adams served the local from 1946-1964. After Adams' tenure, the minutes are sporadic, incomplete and often illegible.

Another unique feature of local 2808 is the acquisition of the Arcata Labor Temple in the early 1940s. The Labor Temple provided the local with an income, a meeting place, and opportunities for community service. The Hall Rent Ledger which shows who rented the Temple from 1950-1971 and the Bulletin Board Advertisement are two documents of interest from the Labor Temple located in the Cal-Barrel Era Series.

The sale of Cal-Barrel to Roddiscraft in 1956 marked the dissolution of the one company local. The Series, Consolidations, consists of one folder, but it is instrumental to the configuration of the local from 1955 on. Locals 2579, 2666, 2678, 2799, and 2917 merged into 2808 in 1955-56. Thereafter, 2808 was comprised of the employees of several companies.

The best material on these locals prior to their merger into 2808 is contained in local 2678, which is highlighted by the documentation of a strike in 1953-54 during the tenure of Business Agent William Abbay, Jr. The 2678 strike files are found in the Rochlin Corporate Group Series, the most complex and interesting of all the small lumber operators. The Rochlin group consists of several holdings, the primary one being Arcata Plywood.

An outstanding feature in the Rochlin Series is a run of correspondence between shop stewards at remote Orleans Veneer and Lumber Co. Mill A, and various union officials. The most colorful correspondent was shop steward C. B. "Clancy" Mills. Clancy's correspondence runs from 1959-64. Women shop stewards are another interesting facet of Orleans Mill A.

The Rochlin Corporation, run by entrepreneur Abe Rochlin and his son Larry, controlled its lumber mills through an intricate series of operating and holding companies that resembles a shell game more than anything else. The key to understanding these holdings are two documents: the "Transcripts of Proceedings: Negotiations Regarding the Effects of the Plant Closure, Sept. 4, 1974" and "Financial Review and Analysis of Rochlin Holdings, 3/6/75."

The NCLOA Series is unique in the collection in dealing with collective bargaining with small sawmill operators. Local 2799 (merged 1955) was itself the product of four merged small sawmill locals. Unfortunately there is little in the series on these earlier locals. The volatile world of the small lumber operator proved too difficult to stabilize even the expanded Local 2799 and it appears to have been in some disorder at the time of the merger with 2808. The series details several decertifications shortly after the 2808 merger. The turbulence within this sector is perhaps best illustrated by the Local 2579/Van De Nor Lumber file. This single company local voted to merge with Local 2799 the same month 2799 voted to merge with 2808. The Van De Nor workers then voted to decertify the union shortly thereafter. Local 2808 appears to have succeeded in stabilizing the sector within a year or so.

The NCLOA Series also illuminates the defensive/offensive role of the small operators association, the Northern California Lumber Operators Association. The series amply demonstrates the Association's role in negotiating general settlements which its member companies were free to accept or reject as they chose. The series also illustrates the NCLOA's role in orchestrating attempts to de-unionize its constituent companies when the chance arose. A number of files detail a mass decertification try by most of the NCLOA companies which 2808 foils in 1964.

The final period of 2808 in the 1970s is documented in the Humboldt Fir/Masonite Series and in the Organizing Series in which 2808 successfully organizes several companies which close before contracts are signed.

I: Bylaws (See Cal-Barrel Era Series for early Bylaws)

Box 1 (5-1)

1. Bylaws. 1955, 1965

II: Minutes

2. Executive Board Meeting Notes. 1967, 1970
3. Minutes. 1/9/42-12/9/48
4. Minutes. 1/13/49-11/27/54
5. Minutes and Financial Statements. 1/13/55-11/11/64
6. Elections and Special Meetings. 1957-63
7. Mixed Local Union and Plant Committee Minutes/Notes: Humboldt Fir, Masonite (Hoopa), Orleans Mill A. 1971-75
Scope and Content Note
Also Includes: Notes of Meeting with Building Trades Council and RDC Re: New Construction Wage Rates (1970)

8. Mixed Local Union and Plant Committee Minutes/Notes:
Scope and Content Note
Humboldt Fir, Bayside Ply, Hoopa, Arcata Ply, Orleans Veneer. 1968-1973

9. Mixed Local Union and Plant Committee. 1969-1/70.Minutes/Notes:
Scope and Content Note
Arcata Plywood, Orleans Veneer Mills A and B, and Humboldt Fir

10. Election Meeting Notices. 1963-74
11. Union Meeting Notices. 1963-65
12. Union Meeting Notices. 1968-70
13. Union Meeting Notices. 1971-73
14. Union Meeting Notices. 1974-77
15. Meeting Sign-in Books. 6/63-12/17/75

III: Correspondence

16. General Correspondence. 1955-58(1 of 2)
17. General Correspondence. 1955-58(2 of 2)
18. General Correspondence. 1962-64
19. General Correspondence. 1965-66
20. General Correspondence. 1967-68

Box 2 (5-2)

1. General Correspondence. 1968-70
2. General Correspondence. 1971-74
3. Redwood District Council L.S.W. 1957-76
4. California State Council L.S.W. 1958-59
5. California State Council L.S.W. 1960-62
6. California State Council L.S.W. 1963-7/64
7. California State Council L.S.W. 8/64-12/64
8. California State Council L.S.W. 1965
9. California State Council L.S.W. 1966
Convention Materials
10. California State Council L.S.W. 1966-67
11. California State Council L.S.W. 1968
12. California State Council L.S.W. 1969
13. California State Council L.S.W. 1970
14. California State Council L.S.W. 1/71-5/71
15. California State Council L.S.W. 6/71-12/71

Box 3 (5-3)

1. California State Council L.S.W. 1972
2. California State Council L.S.W. 1973
3. California State Council L.S.W. 1974
4. California State Council L.S.W. 1975-78
5. Industrial Accident Claim Correspondence/Rockwell, Fulkerson & Clarke. 1957-66
6. Industrial Accident Claim Correspondence/Rockwell, Fulkerson & Clarke. 1967-70
7. Industrial Accident Claim Correspondence/Rockwell, Fulkerson, Medeiros & Barry. 1971-72
8. Industrial Accident Claim Correspondence/Rockwell, Fulkerson, & Barry. 1973-78
9. Health & Welfare/Pension Fund (Hazard) 1961-72
10. Health & Welfare/Pension Fund (Hazard) 1973-77
11. Health & Welfare/Pension Fund (Hazard) 1973-77
12. Health & Welfare/Pension Fund (Hazard) 1973-77
13. Western Council L.S.W. 1956-62
14. Western Council L.S.W. 1963-64
15. Western Council L.S.W. 1965-68
16. Western Council L.S.W. 1969-71

Box 4 (5-4)

1. Western Council L.S.W. 1972-73
2. Western Council L.S.W. 1974-78
3.(Carpenters) Eighth District Organizing and Education Program. 1966-76
4. U.B.of C.& J.of A. (Carpenters International Union)
Correspondence and Bulletins. 1964-70
5. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Carpenters Local Unions and Councils Pension Plan. 1967-68, 1973
6. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence and Bulletins. 1972-74
7. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence and Bulletins. 1974-77
8. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Withdrawal Card Request Correspondence. 1974-78
9. California State Federation of Labor. 1952, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1964, 1967, 1971-72
10. California State Federation of Labor. 1973-76
11. Council on Political Education (C.O.P.E.) National, State and Local; Central Labor Council of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. 1966-72
12. Abraham Virdeh- Attorney's Office Correspondence. 1977-78

IV: Negotiations and Contracts
13. Contract Extensions, Opening of Contracts, Collective Bargaining to Northern California Lumber Operators Association. 1955-57
14. Wage Scales- Various Companies. 1955-63
15. Contract Openings. 1957-60
Contract. 1957
16. Western Council- Wage Negotiations. 1958
17. Negotiations, Memorandums of Agreement-Various Companies. 1958
18. Wage Negotiations, Hourly Wage Rates for Plywood and Veneer Plants. 1958-60
19. Negotiations, Memorandums of Agreement, Opening of Agreements- Various Companies. 1961
20. Wage Negotiations, Memorandums of Agreement-Various Companies. 1962
21. Negotiations, Various Companies. 1962
22. Opening of Agreement Letters-Various Companies. 1963
23. Wage Negotiations, Settlements. (1963-66)1963
24. Western Council Negotiations. 1966
25. Negotiations, Opening of Agreements. 1969

V: Organizing Files

26. Bayside Plywood Co. 1973
27. Bonnie Sales. 1969
28. Brookings Plywood Corp. 1977
29. Brookings Plywood Corp. (Negotiations, Union Meetings) 1977

Box 5 (5-5)

1. Cal-Pacific Mfg. Co. 1977
2. Cheney Mill. 1956
3. Fairhaven Forest Products. 1967
4. Humboldt Flakeboard. 1964-66
5. Humboldt Flakeboard (Contract, Negotiations) 1968
6. Humboldt Flakeboard. 1968-71
7. Humboldt Flakeboard NLRB (Includes Decertification Proceedings) 1969, 1971
8. Olympia Wood Projects. 1963
9. Pat Veneer. 1956
10. Trans-Wood Co. 1960
11. West Coast Orient Co. 1967-69

VI: Unemployment Insurance Cases

12. Unemployment Insurance Claims Case Files. 1956-57
13. Unemployment Insurance Case File: Tom Scribner. 1957
14. Unemployment Insurance Case File: Miles S. Reynolds. 1960

VII: Business Files

15. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Bond Reports, Funeral Donations Information, Military Service Information. 1953-77
16. U.B.of C.& J.of A. "Certificate of Service Forms"
17. Reports. November 1955, January 1957-December 1959
18. Reports. January 1960-December 1966
19. Reports. January 1967-September 1978
20. Fiscal Year Financial Reports. July 1960-June 1962 & July 1963-June 1964
21. Auditor's Quarterly Report. (March 31, 1948-December 31, 1948)
22. Unemployment -- State and Federal Taxes. 1960-71
23. Unemployment -- State and Federal Taxes. 1972-78
24. State Compensation Insurance Fund. 1964-79
25. State Board of Equalization -- State and Local Sales and Use Tax. 1963-75
26. Taxes -- State of California. 1963-77
27. Taxes and Financial Information -- Termination of Local 2808. 1978-79
28. Taxes -- State and Federal Local 2678 and 2808. 1952-57
29. Quarterly Federal Tax Return. 1963-71
30. Quarterly Federal Tax Return. 1972-78
31. Exempt Organization State and Federal Tax Materials -- Form 990 and 199. 1954-77
32. Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. 1959
33. Non-Communist Affidavits (NLRB) 1957-59
34. Federal Mediation Service -- Forms
35. Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Reports EEO-3. 1968-77
36. Department of Labor -- LM-2. 1962-70
37. Department of Labor -- LM-2. 1970-77
38. Department of Labor -- LM-3. 1977-78

Box 6 (5-6)

1. Labor Questionnaire and Reports -- State. 1964-77
2. Union Employee Payroll Records. 1965-73
3. Union Employee Payroll Records. 1974-80
4. Local Union Employee Pension File. 1971-75
5. Title, Lease, Insurance on Property. 1947-72, 1976-78
6. County Taxes -- Arcata Labor Temple. 1947-78
7. Miscellaneous Property Statement Humboldt County. 1976-77
8. Labor Temple Remodel Job Receipts. 1952
9. Financial Report for Labor Temple. 7/63-6/64, 1965, 1969
10. Insurance Policy for Labor Temple. 1965-75
11. Petition against Log Exports
12. Office and Professional Employees -- Local No. 3 Correspondence, Negotiations, Contracts, Pension Trust Fund. 1963-68
13. Business Agent -- Personal. 1965-67, 1970
14. Paper Subscriptions: "Redwood Empire Labor Journal" and "The Lumber Worker". 1951, 1955-56
15. Paper Subscriptions: "The Union Register". 1957-66, 1977
16. Ledger Systems. 1956
17. Checkbook Stubs. 1978
18. Business Files -- Receipts. 1971-72
19. Business Files -- Receipts. 1973-74
20. Business Files -- Receipts. 1975-76
21. Business Files -- Receipts. 1975-76
22. Business Files -- Receipts. 1977-78
23. Telephone Directory c.Early. 1950s

VIII: Member Report (Changes) New Members, Withdrawal Cards, Clearances

24. Member Report (Changes) 1939-47
Ledger Contributed by Patsy Givens
25. Member Report (Changes) 1947-60
26. Member Report (Changes) 1960-68

IX: Letters of Discharge

Box 7 (5-7)

1. Letters of Discharge -- Various Companies. 1956-64
2. Letters of Discharge -- Various Companies. 1965-67
3. Letters of Discharge -- Various Companies. 1967-73

X: Seniority Lists

4. Seniority Lists. 1956-60
5. Seniority Lists. 1956-61
6. Seniority Lists. 1957-62
7. Seniority Lists. 1958-61
8. Seniority Lists. 1964-67

XI: 2808 Cal-Barrel Era (1938-56)

9. *Cal-Barrel: Bylaws and Working Agreement ?- 3/1/39, ?/42-5/1/43, 3/47-?;Working Agreement. ?-5/1/46
10. Cal-Barrel Correspondence/Plant Closure. 1955-56
11. "Roddiscraft Plywood" (Re: Buyout and Closure of California Barrel) 1956
12. Cal-Barrel Wage Scales (Includes Scales from other Companies and Wage Negotiations History 1940-55) 1952, 1955
13. Cal-Barrel State Compensation Cases. 1950-51
14. Arcata Labor Temple -- Bulletin Board Advertisement. 1951-61
15. Hall Rent Ledger (Bound Volume) 1950-71

XII: Consolidations -- Union Mergers

16. Consolidations -- Locals merged with 2808. 1955-56
(2579, 2666, 2678, 2799, 2917)

XIII: 2579 Administrative Series

17. Bankbook and Monthly Financial Statements. 1953-55
18. Merger with Local 2799 and 2808. 12/55

XIV: 2678 Administrative Series

Additional Note
* Local 2678 had a collective bargaining relationship with Durable Plywood and Arcata Plywood before merger with 2808 in December, 1955

19. Local 2678 Administrative: Charter, Merger with 2808, U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence, Bonding and NLRB Compliance, etc. 1952-55
20. Local 2678 Financial/Membership. 1953-55
21. Local 2678 Audit by Brotherhood Representative. April, 1954
22. Local 2678 Membership Changes: Initiations, Clearances, Arrears. 1955
23. Locals 2678 & 2808 Merger Era -- Membership Information, etc. (Found in Last Membership Ledger for 2678) 1955-56

XV: 2799 Administrative Series

24. Local Union 2799 Membership Correspondence. 1954
25. Local Union 2799 International Auditor's Report on Finances. 1955
26. Local Union 2799 and 2808 Correspondence Re: Merger of 2799 into 2808. 12/5/55

XVI: 2917 Administrative Series

27. Local 2917 Final Membership Records: Ledger Cards & U.B.of C.& J.of A.
Membership List, Dues Books. 1956

XVII: Durable Plywood

28. Local 2678 Durable Contracts. 1952, 1955
29. Elections, Special Meetings -- Includes NLRB Election 1962: Durable Plywood Employee's Organization Vs. Local 2808. 1959-64

Box 8 (5-8)

1. Durable Plywood -- General. 1956-64
2. Grievances. 1956-65
3. Plant Committee Meeting Notes. 1957-62
4. Plant Committee Meeting Notes. 1957-64
5. Company Notices. 1957-64
6. Bids, Posts. 1958-64
7. Health and Welfare. 1957-64
8. U.C.D. Disability Insurance. 1959
9. Unemployment Insurance Appeals. 1960

XVIII: The Rochlin Corporate Group

10. Locals 2678 & 2808 Arcata Plywood Corp. Negotiations, Contracts. 1952-58
11. Local 2678 Arcata Plywood Strike -- General. 1953-54
12. Local 2678 Arcata Plywood Strike Settlement. 1953-54
13. Local 2678 Arcata Plywood Strike Fund. 1953-54
14. Local 2678 Arcata Plywood Corp. -- General. 1954-55
15. Arcata Plywood Corp. Unit -- Union Meetings. 1961-66, 1969
16. Arcata Plywood: Otha Ray Shop Steward Notes Re: Attempt to intimidate or fire him, etc. 1962-63
17. Arcata Plywood Corp. Negotiations, Contracts and Wage Scales. 1958-69
Contracts. 4/58-4/61, 6/69-6/72
18. Arcata Plywood Corp., General: Includes Grievances, Health and Welfare, Wage Scales, Job Bids, etc. 1965-74
19. Arcata Plywood Corp. Warning Notices. 1956-61
20. Arcata Plywood Corp. Warning Notices. 1962-65
21. Arcata Plywood Corp. Grievance File: Includes Grievance Forms, Notes and Correspondence, State Labor Commissioner Cases and Safety Committee Minutes. 1956-64
22. Arcata Plywood Corp. Arbitrations. 1959-61
23. Arcata Plywood Corp. Arbitrations. 1962
24. Arcata Plywood Corp. Arbitrations. 1963-65
25. Arcata Plywood Corp. Arbitrations. 1966-67
26. Arcata Plywood Corp. Arbitrations. 1968-71
27. Arcata Plywood Corp. John Pugh -- National Labor Relations Board -- Unfair Labor Practice Case File. 1958
28. Arcata Plywood Corp. -- National Labor Relations Board -- Unfair Labor Practices Cases. 1960-61
29. Arcata Plywood Corp. Insurance. 1958-69
30. Arcata Plywood Corp. Bids. 1962-63

Box 9 (5-9)

1. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Contracts & Negotiations (Includes 2917 Contract) 1956-69
2. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Union Meeting Notes. 1961-66, 1969
3. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Union Meeting Notes. 1/24/63 & 11/19/64
4. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Settlement Agreement. 6/72-5/75
5. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Correspondence Primarily Shop Stewards) 1956-57
6. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Correspondence (Shop Stewards: Martha Strong, Annabell Blanchard, Via Throop, Irene Bailey) 1958-66
7. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) "Clancy" Mills (Shop Steward)
Correspondence. 1959-64
8. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Grievances. 1964-74
9. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Workman's Comp. Case File -- Annabel Blanchard. 1958
10. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) -- Unemployment Insurance Case File -- George W. Jones. 1959-60
11. Orleans Veneer (Mill A) Monthly Fees & Dues Collected, c. mid. 1950s
12. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Unit- Union Meetings. 1965-66, 1971
13. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) General. 1965-74
14. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Warning Notices. 1968-74
15. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Grievances. 1965-72
16. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Negotiations, Contracts and Wage Scales. 1965-66
17. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Negotiations, Contracts Contract: (6/69-6/72) 1969
18. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Negotiations, Contracts & Wage Scales. 1971-75
19. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Safety. 1974
20. Orleans Veneer (Mill B) Bids. 1968-74
21. Orleans Veneer (Mills B & C) Negotiations, Contracts and Proposed Contracts. 1972-1974
22. Orleans Veneer (Mill C- Fortuna) 1966-67
Opening of Mill C -- 1967
23. Orleans Veneer (Mill C- Fortuna)
General. 1970, 1974
24. Arcata Plywood Corp. (Includes Orleans Veneer -- Mill A & Fortuna Veneer)
Unemployment Insurance Case Files. 1967-76
25. Arcata Plywood Corp. (Orleans Veneer Mills A & B) Health & Welfare. 1969-70
26. Arcata Plywood Corp. (Orleans Veneer Mills A & B) Pension Lists. 1969-71
27. Arcata Plywood Corp. (Orleans Veneer Mill A & B Pension Lists. 1972-73
28. Arcata Plywood Corp. (Orleans Veneer Mills A, B & C) Pension Lists. 1974-75
29. Arcata Plywood, Orleans Veneer -- Seniority Lists. 1957-60
30. Arcata Plywood, Orleans Veneer -- Seniority Lists. 1961-65
31. Orleans Veneer (Mills A, B & C) -- Seniority Lists. 1968, 1973-74
32. Arcata Plywood/Rochlin Veneer and Plywood Corp. Re: Unfair Labor Practice Charges on Closure of Mills A, B & C. 1975
33. Arcata Plywood/Rochlin Veneer and Plywood Corp. (Mills A, B & C) Transcript of Negotiations re: Plant Closure. 1974-75
34. Arcata Plywood/Rochlin Veneer and Plywood Corp. Includes Mills A, B & C, Willow Creek & Other Holdings) Financial Review and Analysis of Rochlin Holdings. 3/6/75
35. Arcata Plywood/Rochlin Veneer and Plywood Corp. Negotiations and Agreement Re: Closure of Orleans Veneer Plants A, B &. C 1975
36. Rochlin Veneer and Plywood Corp. Willow Creek -- Organizing File. 1975
37. Fortuna Stud Mill. 1964-66
38. Fali Corporation (Rochlin Group) 1967

XIX: Northern California Lumber Operator's Association

Box 10 (5-10)

1. Local Union 2799 Agreement Booklets (Includes Durable Fir, G.L. Spiers, Precision, Brightwood, Sound, Dolly Varden, Humboldt Lumber Handlers) 1952
2. Wage Negotiations -- Companies Formerly of Local Union 2799. 1955
3. Local Union 2799 All-Brite Lumber Company Inc. '54 Strike and Agreement. 1954-55
4. Local Union 2799 Brightwood Lumber Company Negotiations, Contract and Decertification Petition. 1952-55
5. Brightwood Lumber Company -- Negotiations, Contracts and Wage Rates. 1955-70
6. Brightwood Lumber Company -- General. 1960-65, 1970-71
7. Local Union 2799 Dolly Varden Lumber Co.Workmen's Compensation Case File: John Groggins
8. Local Union 2799 "Jolly Giant Contract and "Withdrawal"
Scope and Content Note
Includes Correspondence Re: Takeover of Dolly Varden Lumber Co. by Jolly Giant. 1955
Contract and N.L.R.B. Election Material Re: Loss of Bargaining Rights to I.W.A. --C.I.O. 1955

9. Local 2799 and 2808 El Dorado Lumber Company (Formerly North Coast Lumber Co.) 1954
Settlement Agreement, 1955
Contract, Wage Scales, Dues Checkoff, Correspondence. 1954-56
10. Glendale Lumber Company -- Contract, Wage Rates, Dues. 1955
11. Local Union 2799 Humboldt Lumber Handlers Negotiations and Contract. 1952
12. Local Union 2799 and 2808 Precision Lumber Co. Negotiations, Contracts. 1955 Contract. 1966-69 Extension, 1969-71 Settlement Agreement 1955-69
13. Local Union 2799 and 2808 Precision Lumber Co. Dept. of Industrial Relations Case File Re: Violation of Section 222. 1955-56
14. Precision Lumber Co. General. 1957-71
15. Local Union 2799 Sound Lumber Co. Negotiations, Contracts. 1952-55
16. Local Union 2799 Sound Lumber Co. Safety. 1953
17. Local Union 2799 and 2808 Sound Lumber Co. 1953-60
18. Sound Lumber Co. Grievance -- Labor Commissioner Two cases Re: Section 222. 1957-59
19. Sound Lumber Co. Negotiations, Contract. 1958-60
20. Sound Lumber Co. Labor Commissioner Re: Section 222. 1957-61
21. Davis Fir (1961-64) and Sound Lumber (1965) Payroll Deductions. 1961-65
22. Davis Fir Mills Election Vote (N.L.R.B.) 1961
23. Davis Fir Mills Health and Welfare/Insurance. 1961-63
24. Davis Fir Mills Negotiations, Contract. 7/61-6/63
25. Davis Fir Mills Robert Foster Decert Attempt. 1962-63
26. Davis Fir Mills General (Includes Plant Committee Notes -- 1963) 1962-64
27. Davis Fir Mills Douglas MacCoach Arbitration Case. 1963
28. Sound Lumber Co. Takes Over Davis Fir Mills Memorandum of Understanding 11/64-5/66; Grievances -- 1965. 1964-65
29. Local Union 2579, 2799 and 2808 Van De Nor Lumber Co. Re: Decertification Election (Also includes 1953 Wage Scale. 1953-56)
30. Local Union 2799 Van Vleet Wood Products Co.
Negotiations, Contract. 1954-55
31. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Grievances, Correspondence with: California Dept. of Industrial Relations, National Labor Relations Board, Attorneys. 1956-62
32. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Negotiations, Contract and Wage Scales (Includes 2808 Merger) 1955-61
33. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Correspondence, Forms, etc. 1957-62
34. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Election, National Labor Relations Board Re: Decert Attempt. 1958-59
35. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Insurance Plan (N.L.R.B. Ruling) 1958-63
36. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. C.R. Sizemore Case File Re: Vacation Pay. 1961
37. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Labor Commissioner Cases Re: Layoff. 9/16/61
38. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Election -- National Labor Relations Board. 1962
39. Van Vleet Wood Products Co. Curtailment, Grievance, Nondiscrimination Notice, Re-opening of Sawmill, Sale of Van Vleet. 1963-64
40. Local Union 2666 and 2808 Trinity River Lumber Co., Hoopa Correspondence Re: Merger w/2808, Contract. 2/55-4/56
41. Trinity River Lumber Co., Hoopa Wage Scales, Dues, etc. 1956-59
42. Trinity River Lumber Co., Hoopa Correspondence. 1956-60
43. Fort Seward Mill and Veneer Co. Dues and Correspondence. 1957
44. Fort Seward Mill and Veneer Co. Contract. 2/57-4/58
45. Fort Seward Mill and Veneer Co. Blake Guinn Industrial Injury Case File. 1957
46. Local 13-159 IWA, CIO Fort Seward Mill and Veneer Co.
Unsigned Contracts (Undated)
47. Mecca Lumber Co. (Fort Seward) Contract. 4/57-4/58
General. 1957
48. Mecca Lumber Co. (Fort Seward) Correspondence (Includes Termination Letter -- 11/7/58)1957-58
49. Mecca Lumber Co. (Fort Seward)
Labor Commissioner Archie Williams Case File. 1957-58

XX: Humboldt Fir/Masonite

50. Humboldt Fir Plant Committee Minutes and Notes. 1/67-2/68
Plant Committee and Union Meeting Notes. 12/73-8/74
51. Humboldt Fir Organizing. 1967
52. Humboldt Fir Trade Dispute, Gov't Forms. 1967
53. Humboldt Fir Union Meeting Notes. 1968-74
54. Masonite Mixed: Local Union and Plant Committee Notes. 1975-77
55. Humboldt Fir Company Warning Notices, Grievance Forms and Plant Committee Minutes. 1967-70
56. Masonite/Humboldt Fir Company Warning Notices, Grievance Forms and Plant Committee Minutes. 1971-74
57. Masonite Company Warning Notices, Grievance Forms and Plant Committee Minutes. 1974-77
58. Humboldt Fir General Correspondence. 1968-74
Scope and Content Note
(Includes Masonite Acquisition --1974)

Box 11 (5-11)

1. Humboldt Fir Working Agreement. 1967 and Addendum. 1969
2. Humboldt Fir Contract as Amended. 11/1/72 & 4/18/74
3. Masonite General Correspondence. 1974-77
4. Masonite Arbitrations. 1974-77
5. Masonite Negotiations, Working Agreement, Wage Rates. 1975-77
6. Masonite Negotiations, Working Agreement, Wage Rates. 1975-80
7. Humboldt Fir Grievances, Arbitrations and Contract. 1967-71
8. Humboldt Fir Grievances, Arbitrations. 1968-71
9. Humboldt Fir Correspondence Re: Bankruptcy Court 1974
Scope and Content Note
Re: Lumber Industry Health & Welfare & Lumber Industry Pension Claims for Unpaid Contributions. 1970-71

10. Masonite OSHA Case. April, 1975
11. Masonite Plant Shut-Down. 1976
12. Humboldt Fir Pension, Health & Welfare. 1968-71
13. Humboldt Fir Pension, Health & Welfare (Monthly Reports) 1970-74
14. Masonite Workers' Comp. Case File -- Carol Keller. 1976
15. Masonite Pension Fund. 1974-77
16. Masonite Discharge "For Failure to Join the Union". 1975, 1977
17. Humboldt Fir Wage Schedules, Seniority Lists. 1968-71
18. Masonite Wage Schedules. 1977
19. Masonite Seniority Lists. 1975-77
20. Humboldt Fir Dues Cards. 1968
21. Humboldt Fir Payroll Deductions. 9/70-12/72
22. Humboldt Fir Payroll Deductions. 1/73-12/73
23. Humboldt Fir Payroll Deductions. 1/74-8/75
24. Masonite Payroll Deductions. 9/74-12/75
25. Masonite Payroll Deductions. 1/76-12/76
26. Masonite Payroll Deductions. 3/77-12/77

XXI: Quarterly & Monthly Account Printouts (2.5 Boxes)

Box 12-14 (5-12, 5-13, 5-14)

Account Printouts. 1948-78

XXII: 2808 Membership Ledger Cards -- Bound (4 Boxes)

Box 15-18 (5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18)

Membership Ledger Cards. 1947-56

XXIII: 2808 Membership Ledger Cards -- Unbound (5 Boxes)

Box 19-23 (5-19, 5-20, 5-21, 5-22, 5-23)

Membership Ledger Cards. 1956-71

Box 24 (5-24)

2799 Membership Ledger Cards. 1950-55

XXIV: Monthly Receipts/Expenditures -- Bound (1 Box

Box 25 (5-25)

Monthly Receipts/Expenditures. 1948-78
XXV: Membership Applications (Also Includes Locals 2678, 2799 & 2917) (1 Box)

Box 26 (5-26)

Membership Applications. 1952-74

XXVI: Daybooks (2.5 Boxes)

Box 27 & 28 (5-27, 5-28)

Daybooks. 1954-78

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Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2931 Record Group No. 6, 1955-1983

Physical Description: 20 cubic feet
Record Group VI
Historical Sketch

The Malarky and Malarky or M and M Eureka Plywood plant was opened in 1948 during the post-war lumber boom. M and M had been operating plywood plants in the Pacific Northwest and had a well established collective bargaining relationship with U.B. of C.and J. of A. lumber and sawmill locals in that region.

Local 2931 was organized soon after the plant opened and was integrated into the existing M and M Joint Collective Bargaining Board (JCBB). The JCBB performed many of the functions of a district council and Local 2931's presence in the RDC during the M and M years was accordingly minimal.

Early labor relations seem to have been amicable achieving the first settlement in the industry in 1952. 2931 and the other JCBB locals did not need to join the industry-wide strike of 1954 after reaching an interim agreement on the eve of the strike. The company abruptly closed its long established Longview, Washington plant at this time; and moved production to a new plant at Albany, Oregon.

M and M Plywood Company was bought out by the Simpson Redwood Co. in 1956, the year of a wave of buy-outs that was to transform the lumber industry in the RDC area and integrate it much more closely with the Pacific Northwest.

Paradoxically, the Simpson buy-out was to integrate 2931 more closely into the RDC, especially with other RDC Simpson locals: 2505, Klamath; 3006, Simpson, Arcata and later Simpson Mad River Plywood, Local 2789. All RDC locals were learning to integrate their negotiations with industry-wide patterns negotiated by the Western Council. Same-company RDC locals began to coordinate their local issue negotiations and give each other strike support.

Simpson ran a "tighter ship" than the family owned M and M and there were adjustment problems but collective bargaining settled into a stable pattern for the remainder of 2931's existence. Their were several contract strikes and local issue strikes over grievances and 2931 honored picket lines established by other Simpson locals, notably an IWA Shelton, Oregon local's strike over sexual harassment of a woman member.

The Simpson Co. bought the closed U.S. Plywood Mutual Division plant in Fairhaven on the Samoa peninsula and moved operations there from the Eureka plywood plant in 1967. The new Simpson Fairhaven Plywood plant was staffed by 2931 members and remained under the local's jurisdiction. The Company spent millions of dollars refurbishing the old Eureka plant and reopened it for a few months in 1969 as Eureka Specialty, then closed it again permanently.

2931's membership enjoyed the relatively greater job security of the plywood sector of the lumber industry during the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, this began to change, despite Simpson Fairhaven's near monopoly on redwood plywood. Layoffs and curtailments grew increasingly frequent.

The Fairhaven mill closed in 1981 with Local 2931 remaining in existence until the mill equipment was sold in 1983.

Scope and Content
This Record Group comes with an unusual, and very necessary finding aid --its own card index. The cards have been eliminated for files that no longer exist. Falling outside the system are: The Minutes Series, Plant Committee Minutes and Notes Series, Negotiations and Contracts Series, Strike Files Series, and the Meeting and Working Files Series. Certain series predate the system: the Office Files: Old Series which contains records created before the advent of business agent Noel Harris and office secretary Ina Harris, and the Office Files: Transitional Series from their first several years in office. The Carl Brandt Files Series covers the last eighteen months before plant closure and afterward until the plant was sold and the local formally merged into 2592.

Ina Harris' card system #1, #2, and #3 Files follow a logic all their own, which is not apparent without the card file and its subject cross referencing. It is best to start searching them by looking through the card file.

The local minutes lack only the first year, but are otherwise notable only for their brevity. Perhaps the most interesting file in the entire record group is the M and M Joint Bargaining Board File in the Office Files Old Series, some of its minutes date to 1943, well before the building of the Eureka Plywood Plant and the establishment of Local 2931. This file contains good detail on the early multi-plant bargaining and the only surviving correspondence with the Malarky and Malarky Company. The last two M and M contracts, 1955 and 1956 are contained in the Negotiations and Contracts Series. Little else survives from before the Simpson buy-out in 1956. Clarence Purnell replaced Joe Stockwell as business agent shortly after the buyout and there appears to have been a general clearing out of old records from this local along with the RDC office files and the Local 2808 Cal-Barrel Era records attendant upon moving into the new RDC office building in 1958. The Plant Committee minutes begin in 1957 and almost no correspondence files predate this time.

The 2931 Strike Files are the best strike files from the 1970s period in the collection, with the important exception of the 1975 Fortuna Veneer/Fortuna Wood Products Strike file in the 3006 series of the 2592 Record Group. The Simpson/Shelton IWA Sexual Harassment 10/25/79 Strike File is especially interesting, dealing with a solidarity strike in support of a woman in another plant covered by a local in another international union.

The most significant files in the card file system are probably the political and other subject files such as: The United Farm Workers, 1967-79, the Redwood Park 1966-74 and the Redwood Park Expansion 1975-77 files, Political Legislation: Letters to Congress etc, Jobs Bill/Redwood Park/Dept of Labor 1977-78 and 1978-79, and Women/Grievances --Sexual Harassment 1977-78.

The correspondence files are scattered and again best found through the card file. Safety information can be found in the OSHA Files and the Safety Meeting Files. The Carl Brandt Series includes the Plant Closure File, the REPP File and Union Defense Committee Files which document the effort to gain and protect worker rights to post-closure benefits and retraining.

I: Union Meeting Minutes

Box 1 (6-1)

1. Minutes. 7/50-9/54
2. Minutes. 10/54-11/61
3. Minutes. 12/61-6/67
4. Minutes. 8/67-4/80
5. Minutes. 5/80-2/83
Attempted Meetings 3/4/5/6/7/ & 8/83
No Quorum or Minutes
6. Union Meeting Sign-Ins. 4/60-3/68
7. Union Meeting Sign-Ins. 4/68-4/77
8. Union Meeting Sign-Ins. 5/77-2/83

II: Meeting/Working Files

9. Meeting File. 1965-66
10. Meeting File. 1965-66
11. "Work Pending" File. 1966
12. Union Meeting File. 1966-67
13. Union Meeting File. 1966-68
14. Meeting Notes. 1966-68
15. Next Union Meeting". 1966-68
16. Union Meeting File. 1967-68
17. Meeting File. 1967-68
18. "Next Meeting". 1968
19. "Letters to be Read at Union Meeting". 1968
20. Meeting File. 1968-70
21. Union Meeting File. 1969-70
22. Meeting File. 1969-70
23. Union Meeting File & Notes. 1969-70, 1974
24. "Meeting Notes Re: Dues Increase". 1970
25. Working File. 1970
26. "Special Meeting Re: Dues Increase. 2/20/71"
27. Union Meeting Notes. 1972-76
28. "Special Union Meeting. 12/9/73"
29. "Union Meeting- Notes, Noel E. Harris". 1976-81

III: Plant Committee Minutes and Notes
30. Plant Committee Minutes. 1957-60
31. Plant Committee Minutes. 1961-62
32. Plant Committee Minutes. 1963-64

Box 2 (6-2)

1. Plant Committee Minutes, Notes & Correspondence. 1965
2. Plant Committee Minutes & Notes. 1966-67
3. "Temporary Notes on Meeting w/Company". 1967-68
4. Plant Committee Minutes & Notes. 1968
5. Plant Committee Minutes. 1968-69
6. "Current Material for Fairhaven". 1969-71
7. Plant Committee Minutes. 1970
8. Plant Committee Minutes. 1971
9. Plant Committee Minutes. 1972-74
10. Plant Committee Minutes. 1975-76
11. Plant Committee Minutes. 1977-78
12. Plant Committee Minutes. 1979-80
13. Plant Committee Minutes. 1981

IV: M & M Joint Collective Bargaining Board

14. Correspondence, Minutes & Agreements. 1943-55: Bulk 1952-55

V: Negotiations and Contracts

15. M & M Woodworking Co.- Eureka Plywood. 1955-56
16. M & M Woodworking Co.- Eureka Plywood. July 1, 1956
17. Simpson Redwood Co.- Eureka Plywood. 10/3/56-4/1/57(1st Contract)
18. Negotiations & Contract Amendments Simpson- Eureka Plywood. 1957-10/10/58
19. Negotiations & Contract Amendments. 10/10/58-6/30/60
20. Negotiations & Agreement- Contract Wage Re-opener Joint Pension Plan- Simpson/Eureka Plywood. 6/30/61
21. Simpson/Eureka Plywood. 8/22/61-7/1/63
22. Simpson/Eureka Plywood. 6/1/63-6/1/65
23. Negotiations & Contract & Amendment Agreements thru 1966. Simpson/Eureka Ply. 6/1/65-6/1/69
24. Contract- Edwin R. Carlson Co. 1966-69
25. Contract- Coast Components Co. 1966-67
26. Western Council Negotiations. 1968-69
27. Simpson/Fairhaven (1st Fairhaven Contract) Negotiations, Contracts & Amendments- 12/67-69
28. Fairhaven Contract Changes. April, 1968
29. Contract- Gang Nail of Arcata. 1969-72 30. Contract- Simpson/Eureka Specialty. 1969-72

Box 3 (6-3)

1. Negotiations, Contracts, Amendments Simpson/Fairhaven. 10/20/69-6/1/72
2. Western Council Conference Re: Vacation Contract Language. 3/26/70
3. Negotiations, Contracts, Amendments Simpson/Fairhaven. 6/1/72-5/31/75
4. Negotiations, Contracts, Amendments. 6/1/75-5/31/77(Strike Settlement-9/3/75)
5. Negotiations & Contract Simpson/Fairhaven. 6/1/77-5/31/80:Includes Strike Settlement Agreement-6/23/77
6. Negotiations & Contract Simpson/Fairhaven. 1980-83

VI: Strike Files

7. Strike: Simpson. 1965
8. Strike: Simpson. 1975(General)
9. Strike: Simpson- Legal Documents. 1975
10. Strike: Simpson- Picketing. 1975
11. Strike: Simpson- Strike Benefits. 1975
12. Strike: Simpson- Press Clippings. 1975
13. Contract Strike: Simpson. 6/9/77
14. Strike Benefit Fund/Western Council. 1977
15. Local Issues Strike: Simpson/Fairhaven. 5/19 & 20/77
16. Local Issues Strike: Simpson/Mad River Ply Local 2789. June & July, 1977
17. Local Issues Strike: Simpson/Fairhaven. 6/26/79-7/14/79
18. Strike: Master Forms. 7/79
19. Strike: Simpson/Shelton/IWA Sexual Harassment. 10/25/79

VII: Office Files: Old Series

20. Addresses & Phone Numbers; Newspapers. 1965-67
21. Carpenters 8th District Organizing & Education Program. 1965, 1967
22. Donations. 1965
23. U.S Dept. of Labor Reports. 1967-69
24. Compliances. July, 1960-June, 1961
25. Compliances- U.S. Dept. of Labor. 1960, 1964-68
26. Compliances. 1963-65
27. Financial Reports & Bond Reports. 1956-63
28. Labor Management- Reporting & Disclosure Act of. 1959
29. Labor Management- Reporting & Disclosure Act of. 1959

Box 4 (6-4)

1. National Labor Reports. 1957
2. Paid Bills. 1959
3. Union Meeting Notices. 1955-59
4. Health & Welfare for Business Agent. 1957-67
5. Medical Claims. 1959-64
6. Health & Welfare (CA) Minutes. 1966-67
7. Health & Welfare- Hazard Trust. 1967
8. Simpson Lumber & Lumber & Sawmill Workers (LSW) Joint Health & Welfare Trust. 1959
9. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1959
10. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1959
11. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1960
12. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1960
13. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1961
14. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1962-63
15. Simpson Lumber/LSW H & W Trust. 1964-65
16. Health & Welfare- Simpson. 1960-66
17. Important Letters. 1958-66
18. Letters of Resignation. 1959, 1965, 1968
19. Minimum Dues, Dead Member Melvin Yoder. 1968
20. Out-of-Plant- Former $3.00 & $4.00 Members & Correspondence & Monthly Listings. 1966-67
21. Pension. 1966-69
22. State Compensation Insurance. 1959-71
23. State Compensation Cases. 1960-69

Box 5 (6-5)

1. Taxes. 1967-68
2. Unemployment Insurance. 1956-58
3. Simpson Company- Rules & Information. 1968-69

VIII: Office Files: Transitional Series

4. Supplies. 1968
5. Per Cap. Tax Records. 1966-69
6. U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1958-60
7. Shop Steward's Meeting Notices & Misc. Notices. 1966-69
8. Constitution & By-Laws- Cal. State Council of Lumber & Sawmill Workers. 1967
9. Company Notices. 1966
10. California State Council. 1955-59
11. Financial Statement- U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1968-69
12. Death of Members- Local 2931. Clarence Purnell. 1958-64
13. Calif. Labor Federation. 1953, 1956-59, 1965
14. Calif. Labor Federation Weekly News Letters. 1957
15. California State Council. 1952-54
16. California State Council. 1957, 1960, 1963-67
17. Central Labor Council. 1957, 1965
18. COPE. 1959, 1966, 1969
19. Political, Hospital, & Institutional Workers Union AFL-CIO. 1968-69
20. Political File. 1965-67, 1969
21. Humboldt- Del Norte Foundation for Medical Care. 1967, 1969
22. Monthly Hazard Trust Eligibility List. 1968-69
23. Northwest Council. 1955-57
24. Western Council. 1956-61, 1963-64, 1966, 1968
25. Western Council Correspondence. Dec. 1968-Mar. 1969
26. Western Council Conventions. 1958, 1963, 1966-69
27. Resolutions Committee/Western Council Convention. 1969
28. File on Bids. May, 1968-Dec., 1969
29. Withdrawal Card Lists/Clearance Card Lists. May, 1966-March, 1967
30. Hazard Trust Monthly Eligibility List- Eureka Specialty. 1969-70
31. Hazard Health & Welfare Cases. 1970
32. Personnel- Change of Address. 1970
33. Personnel- Fairhaven Layoff/Eureka Layoff. 1969-70
34. Personnel File Bids/Reclassify. 1969
35. Personnel File Bids/Reclassify L-Z. 1969
36. Personnel Records/Quit or Discharged/Terminated. 1969
37. Personnel Forms/Quit, Discharged, Terminated. 1970
38. Personnel Forms/Bids/Reclassify. 1970

Box 6 (6-6)

1. Wage & Hour. March, 1952-59
2. Wage Rates- Eureka Plywood (Undated- Late 60s)

IX: Office Files: Card System Series #1

3. Absenteeism. 1973
4. Addresses (Daniel Johnson Letter) 1971
5. Arrears. 1968-71, 1973-74
6. California Labor Federation Convention. 1966
7. Company Notices to Union Members. 1968-75
8. COPE. 1971-72
9. Crown Simpson. 1969, 1971
10. Davis-Bacon Act. 1971
11. Death Benefits. 1968-73
12. Death Benefit Contributions. 1972-73
13. Death Benefit- Larry Roberts (Case File) 1971
14. Disability Insurance & Forms
15. Fairhaven Ply Plant- Standard Procedures. 1969
16. Finances. 1971-72
17. Forms For: Hotel/Motel Reservations
18. Grievances (Includes some Plant Committee Minutes, Notes, etc.) 1970-73
19. Health & Welfare Cases. 1972
20. Health & Welfare- Paid A-K. 1973-76
21. Health & Welfare- Paid L-Z. 1973-76
22. Health & Welfare Case File- McGlathery, Sam. 1969
23. Health & Welfare Case File- Sproul, Lloyd. 1971-73
24. HRD (Human Resources Dev.) 1965, 1972, 1976
25. Industrial Relations: Dept. of Labor Statistics. 1969-71, 1973
26. International Report/Out-of-Plant Members. 1969-77
27. Jury Duty Confirmation Form
28. LM-2. 7/1/69-6/30/70
29. LM-2. 1969-72
30. LM-2. 1971
31. LM-2. 1972
32. LM-2. 1973-75
33. Organizing File
34. Out-of-Plant: Addresses, S/S, Phone Nos.
35. Out-of-Plant/Information. 1968-72
36. Out-of-Plant/Information. 1972-74
37. Out-of-Plant/Information. 1975-77
38. Overtime Rules, Bumping, Bidding. 1968-70
39. Paid Lunch- State Law (undated)
40. Pay Scale. 1971
41. Pension Plan Applications, U.B. of C.& J. of A. 1971-75
42. Per Capita Tax- Outgoing Records. 1971-72
43. Per Diem Receipts/Union Rep. 1969-72, 1975
44. Pollution- Proposition #9. 1972
45. Retirement- Life Insurance & Health Ins. (Undated)
46. Safety Committee Members. 1966-75

Box 7 (6-7)

1. Safety Meetings. 1961-64
2. Safety Meetings. 1965-69
3. Safety Meetings. 1970-73
4. Safety Meetings. 1974-75
5. Safety Subject File. 1957, 1966-67, 1971, 1976, 1981
6. State Compensation, General. 1967-73
7. State Comp. Case File- Don Cox. 1972
8. State Comp. Case File- Elmore Evans. 1971-72
9. State Comp. Case File- David Exline. 1966-74
10. State Comp. Case File- Wm. Fields. 1972
11. State Comp. Case File- Frederick Forsgard. 1974-75
12. State Comp. Case File- Jose Herrera. 1977, 1981
13. State Comp. Case File- Robert A. Nason. July 1973-December 1979
14. State Comp. Case File- Walter Rowley. 1971-72
15. State Comp. Case File- Thomas Terry. 1971-72
16. State Comp. Files: A-K. 1968, 1972-73, 1980
17. State Comp. Files: L-Z. 1970, 1973-75
18. Terminated w/Long Forms. Dec. 1972-Jan. 1973
19. Union Business- Official. 1969-74
20. Union Meeting Notices. 1975
21. Union Register/General. 1970
22. United Farm Workers. 1967-79
23. Unofficial Business/Between Union & Employees "Men". 1973, 1974
24. Wage Rates (General. 1935-60), 1959-60, 1963-73
25. Warning Notices. 1957-69
26. Workman's Compensation Application Form

X: Office Files: Card System Series #2

27. Absentee Program. 1963-64
28. Addresses/Form
29. Airline Receipts. 1969-70
30. Alcoholism. 1975
31. Blood Bank. 1969, 1972, 1976
32. Bond Reports. 1949-68
33. Central Labor Council. 1964-71
34. Clausen, Don- District 2 Representative. 1978
35. Collections/Union- for Pat Kendall Retirement. 1967-71
36. Consumer Federation. 1972, 1976-77
37. Credit Union Report. 1969
38. Eureka Plywood Seniority Lists. 1965-68
39. Eureka Specialty. 1968-71, 1980

Box 8 (6-8)

1. Fairhaven Seniority Lists. 1968-69
2. Fairhaven Seniority Lists. 1970-72
3. Fairhaven Seniority Lists. 1974-76, 1978
4. Fairhaven Seniority List/Master Copy. 1979
5. Grievance (Seniority)- Eureka Plywood. 1968
6. Grievances. 1956-69
7. Grievance, D. Wilfong. 1969
8. Grievance, E. Gillespie. 1970
9. Herald Examiner Fight. 1968
10. Job Descriptions. 1971-72
11. Local #2931 Elections. 1956-66
12. Legal Service for Labor, Pre-Paid. 1970
13. Men in Service. 1965-77(Harris)
14. Men in Service- Prior to. 1965(Purnell)
15. Political Legislation: Letters, Congress, etc. 1970-78
16. Redwood District Council Meeting Notes. 1967-80
17. Redwood District Council, Report to Calif. State Council of L.S.W. 1967-72, 1978
18. Redwood Park. 1966-74
19. Redwood Park Expansion. 1975-77
20. Safety Orders, Proposed Logging & Sawmill. June, 1950
21. Shop Stewards & Officers File. 1971
22. Terminated with Long Form. 1968-72
23. Time Card Numbers, Fairhaven. 1969
24. Traffic Light (End of Samoa Bridge) 1971
25. Union Mailing- Check Off Form. 1972
26. Union Meeting Notices. 1966-75
27. Voting Lists. 1969
28. Western Council/General File. 1970-74
29. Workmen's Compensation. 1971-72

XI: Office Files: Card System Series Active #2

30. Applications/Funeral U.B of C.& J. of A.
31. Application for Pension/U.B. of C.& J. of A.
32. Bank Deposits & Bank Books. 1974-82
33. Bond Coverage/U.B. of C.& J. of A. 1972-84
34. Bond Reports. 1969-82

Box 9 (6-9)

1. Carpenters Local Unions & Councils Pension Forms. 1981
2. Carpenters Local Unions & Councils Pensions- General. 1971-77
3. Carpenters Local Unions & Councils Pension Records. 1972-79
4. Carpenters Local Unions & Councils Pension Records. 1981-83
5. Checkbook Records/Monthly. 1972-75
6. Checkbook Records/Monthly. 1976-78
7. Checkbook Records/Monthly. 1979-83
8. Company Notices/Fairhaven. 1978-80
9. Correspondence- Incoming from other Unions. 1967-68, 1972-73
10. Correspondence- Outgoing. 1965-78
11. Death Benefit- Local 2931 & Int'l. 1976-80
12. Death Benefit List- Contributions. 1979-81
13. Death Benefits Schedule/International Brotherhood. 1979-81
14. Deaths. 1981
15. Employment Development Dept. 1981-83
16. Equal Employment Opportunity Reports. 1967-68, 1971-80
17. Employee Relations in Action/"Man & Manager". 1965, 1971, 1972
18. Financial Reports. 1972-73
19. Financial Reports. July 1973, 1974, 1975
20. Financial Reports. 1976, 1977, 1978
21. Financial Reports. 1979-80
22. Financial Reports. 1981
23. Grievance Log. 1978-79
24. Harris, N.E./Personal, etc. 1968-81
25. Hired But Did Not Join Union. 1976-77
26. Insurance/Hazard Trust Life Cases. 1972-80
27. Insurance/Lumber Industry H & W Funds (General American Life) 1976
28. LM-2's & Org. Labor Questionnaire. 1975-78
29. LM-2's & Org. Labor Questionnaire. 1978-79
30. LM-2's & Org. Labor Questionnaire. 1977-81
31. Lawyers. 1970, 1975-78, 1980
32. Layoff/Voluntary Layoff Official Papers. 1974, 1978
33. Local Union 2808. 1978-80
34. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare Fund/Union Representative. 1972-75
35. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare & Pension Plan-N.E. Harris. 1976-78
36. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare & Pension Plan-Otha Ray. 1979-2/81
37. Lumber Industry Health & Welfare & Pension Plan-Carl Brandt. 1979-83

Box 10 (6-10)

1. Lumber Industry Pension Fund/Union Rep. (N.Harris) 1975-80
2. Officer's Expenses. 1968-82
3. Officers, Shop Stewards, Plant Committee, Safety Committee, RDC Delegates. 1969-75, 1977-80
4. Officers, Shop Stewards, Plant Committee, Safety Committee, RDC Delegates. 1981
5. OSHA File- General. 1970-80
6. OSHA File- Notice of Public Hearing. 1975-78
7. Overtime Rules/Bumping & Bidding. 1974, 1977
8. Pension/Simpson- Fairhaven. 1971-74
9. Pension Case: Osborn, Tom. 1978
10. Pensions Pending/Former 2808 Members. 1979-80
11. Pension Fund Records- Carpenter's International. 1975-79
12. Per Capita/Monthly Report. 1979-82
13. Per Capita Tax Forms
14. Ray, Otha- Cal Coast Plywood In c. 1979
15. Redwood District Council/By-Laws. 1956
16. Safety/Minutes, Notices, Notes, et c. 1974-79
17. Senior Citizens. 1973, 1978, 1983
18. State Compensation Insurance/Payroll Report. 1978-82
19. Western Council- General. 1974-81

XII: Office Files: Card System Series #3

20. Activity Log/File. 1977-78
21. Arrears. 1975-79
22. Attorneys/California State Council, LSW. 1977
23. Boycotts/Coors, Stevens, etc. 1979
24. Calendars/Past Years. 1964-79
25. California Labor Fed.- General. 1964-66, 1969-78, 1981-82
26. California State Council: Correspondence, Referendum Results, Reports, Conventions. 1974-81
27. California State Council: Financial Statements. 1972-79
28. Contracts/Openings & Closings. 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980
29. Correspondence from Members: Letters, Cards, etc. 1966-80
30. Correspondence/Incoming- General. 1966-67, 1972-73, 1978-79
31. Correspondence/Outgoing. 1978-81
32. Correspondence/U.B.C. of J./Incoming to Local. 1960, 1966-73
33. Correspondence/U.B.C. of J./Incoming to Local. 1974-81

Box 11 (6-11)

1. Correspondence/U.B.C. of J./Outgoing. 1964-69
2. Correspondence/U.B.C. of J./Outgoing. 1970, 1973-77, 1980
3. Curtailment-. October, 1974
4. Disability Insurance Forms. 1979
5. Donations & Donation Requests. 1965-66, 1969 1972, 1977-80
6. Dues List. 1970-77
7. Dues List. 1978-79
8. Dues List. 1980
9. Dues List. 1981-83
10. Dues Procedure. 1968
11. Elections/Local 2931. 1978-81
12. Elections/Ballots & Slate. 1961, 1967, 1969 1972-75
13. Federal Taxes/Yellow-sheeted Payroll Records
a) 1961-75
b) 1976-81
14. Forms/Arrears Notice List, Attendance List
15. Forms/Payroll Ded., Financial Reports
16. Forms/Health & Welfare, Letters, Notices. 1980
17. Forms/Miscellaneous
18. Forms/Time Clock Notices
19. Grievances. 1974-76
20. Grievances. 1977
21. Grievances. 1978-81
22. Grievance Case File: Brandt/Griswald Discharge. 1975-78
23. Grievance Case File: Pat Remba c 1975-78
24. Grievances- Vacation Pay. 1975
25. Harris, Noel E./Disability, Unemployment Insurance Records. 1978
26. Health & Welfare/Dependents. 1977
27. Health & Welfare/Subject File. 1970-72
28. Historic File/U.B.C.& J. 1978
29. Hotels/Motels- Reservations, Addresses, etc. 1969, 1975-78, 1980

Box 12 (6-12)

1. Humboldt Plaza/Henderson Center Housing. 1970, 1972-76
2. Insurance/Standard Insurance Co. $1,000.00. 1967-68, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980
3. International/New Members List. 1969-74
4. International/New Members List. 1974-81
5. International Report/Out-of-Plant Members. 1978-80
6. Jobs Bill/Redwood Park/Dept. of Labor. 1977-78
7. Jobs Bill/Redwood Park/Dept. of Labor. 1978-79
8. LM-3. 1980, 1983
9. Labor-Management Cooperation at the Community Level (Report) Undated
10. Labor Organizations: Address & Phone No. 1980
11. Labor Studies. 1966, 1973-75
12. Layoff. 1974-75, 1978-80
13. Layoff/Personnel Forms. 1974
14. Layoff Letter to Members- H & W & Dues. 1975, 1978
15. Layoff List. 1978
16. Leave-of-Absence/Harris & Members. 1955-59, 1962-69, 1972-75, 1978-80
17. Local Union Meeting Notices. 1976-81
18. Local Union Meeting Forms & Masters. 1979, 1981
19. Lumber Industry H & W & Pension/Administrative Report. 1976-78
20. Lumber Industry H & W Financial Reports. 1971-80
21. Lumber Industry H & W Monthly Records. 1972-80
22. Lumber Industry H & W Monthly Records. 1981-82
23. Lumber Industry H & W/Notices, Letters, Info., etc. 1967-70
24. Lumber Industry H & W/Notices, Letters, Info., etc. 1971-81
25. Membership List/Social Security, Birthdate, Initials. 1977
26. Memorandum of Agreement/Local 2931. 1974-80
27. Merger with Local 2808. 1972, 1978-79
28. Minimum Wage/Industrial Welfare Comm. 1978-81
29. New Hires List. 1967, 1969, 1972-76
30. Out-of-Plant/International Report. 1978-80
31. Payroll Deductions/Break-down. 1967, 1969-73
32. Per Capita Tax/Monthly Reports. 1974-75
33. Per Capita Tax/Monthly Reports. 1976-79
34. Personnel Notices. 1974-81
35. Redwood District Council, LSW/General File. 1971-78, 1982
36. R.E.P.P./Notices, Reports, Articles, et c. 1980
37. Resolutions for use at Western Council. 1976-77
38. Sick Dues List. 1973-76
39. Simpson Employment Manual
40. Simpson- Fairhaven Staff. 1979
41. Simpson Timber Co.- News, Items, etc. 1978
42. Social Security/General File. 1969-80

Box 13 (6-13)

1. Taxes/Federal. 1968
2. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1969 & 1970
3. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1971
4. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1972
5. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1973
6. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1974
7. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1975
8. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1976
9. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1977
10. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1978
11. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1979
12. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1980
13. Taxes- Quarterly/State & Federal. 1981-82
14. Telephone List of Members. 1977
15. Unemployment Appeals/Includes Judy Sutherland. 1972, 1976-77
(And June 1977 Strike- Mad River Pickets)
16. UI/Unemployment Insurance. 1980
17. Union Busting/Articles, Clippings, etc. 1980
18. Union Register/Change of Address. 1981
19. Union Restaurant List. 1978
20. U.B.of C.& J.of A./Information, Quarterly Circulars, etc. 1975-78
21. Warning Notices. 1970-76
22. Western Council/Defense Fund Info. 1959-61 1964, 1977
23. Women/Grievances- Sex Harassment. 1977-80

XIII: Carl Brandt Files Series 1981-83

24. Conditional Withdrawal for Laid-Off Members. 1981
25. "Employee Information Card(s)". 7/18/81
26. Layoff- News Releases. 1981
27. "Items for Next Union Meeting". 1981-83
28. Meeting/Work File. 1980-82
29. Plant Closure. 1981-83
30. Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP) 1981
31. Solidarity Day. 1981
32. Union Defense Committee (UDC) 1981
33. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Centennial. 1981

XIV: Membership: Dues/Ledger Cards

Box 14-17 (6-14, 6-15, 6-16, 6-17)

Dues/Ledger Cards. 1948-83

XV: Death Benefits

Box 18 (6-18)

Death Benefits (3 Volumes) 8/63-11/30/78
(5/66-4/1/68 CAN BE FOUND IN THE DAY BOOK SERIES- VOLUME #12)

XVI: Day Book Series

Daily Recording of Cash Dues Payments totalled by Month (18 Volumes) 7/59-8/83

XVII: Monthly Membership Printouts

From U.B. of C. & J. of A. 1964-72
(incomplete)

XVIII: Monthly Dues Check List & Check Remittance Stubs

Box 19 (6-19)

Simpson/Fairhaven. 1969-75(6 folders)

XIX: "Old" Personnel Forms

Arranged Alphabetically. 1970-76(9 Folders)

XX: U.B. Of C. & J. Of A. Membership

Box 19 & 20 (6-19, 6-20)

Application Carbons- Local 2931. 10/11/57-8/29/58; 3/11/60-4/18/67

XXI: Simpson- L.P.I.W. PENSION PLAN

Box 20 (6-20)

Case Files- Fairhaven, Mad River & Other. 1977-80 (Bulk of Cases 1979) (40 Folders)

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Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 3019 Record Group No. 7, 1952-1979

Physical Description: 9 cubic feet
Record Group VII
Historical Sketch

Local 3019 began as the Georgia-Pacific Samoa Plywood Unit of Local 3006 with its first meeting held September 12, 1959. The unit was caught up in the internal disaffections within Local 3006 which lead to the loss of the large Simpson Arcata unit to the IWA in early 1961.

The problems within 3006 lead to a reversal of the long standing RDC practice of merging small locals into large multi-employer locals. The Georgia-Pacific Samoa Plywood Unit together with a short lived Georgia-Pacific Veneer operation in Briceland were spun off from Local 3006 to form Local 3019 on March 11, 1961.

A labor shortage lead to the hiring of women when the plant first opened in 1959 and there were a number of grievances over womens' issues. The local took part in the Big Six strike of 1963, (see 2789 Historical Sketch for details) and then settled into a pattern of mature, relatively peaceful collective bargaining.

By the mid-1970's recurrent log shortages and increasing volatility in the plywood market led to frequent lay offs and curtailments. The local was an active participant in demonstrations and political activity in opposition to the expansion of the Redwood National Park and the plant closure in the Fall of 1979 was blamed directly on the park by Georgia-Pacific.

The mid-1970's saw the locals engaged in a number of organizing campaigns all of which ended in National Labor Relations Board election defeats or failure to win a contract. The Cottage Gardens Nursery organizing effort was an unusual attempt by an LSW local to organize workers through the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. The company successfully stalled off a contract after 3019's election victory in 1976, until the unit was lost during the confusion attendant on the closure of the plywood plant in late 1977. This is the best documented organizing campaign in the entire collection.

Local 3019 Financial Secretaries/ Business Representatives:

1961 -1962 Calvin Barnett
1962 -1972 Roy Clement
1972 -1974 Floyd McBride
1974 -1977 Clarence Cornwell

Scope and Content
The 3019 Record Group has some of the most complete records in the collection, possibly because the local was also the shortest lived of the local unions represented. The Local began life as the Georgia-Pacific (G-P) Plywood Unit of Local 3006 in 1959 and was "spun off" to form its own local after a period of dissension within Local 3006, which culminated in a successful IWA raid on its Simpson Arcata Remanufacturing Plant Unit.

The minutes are complete from its organization as a unit of Local 3006 soon after the plant was built until the plant closure in 1977. The minutes of the G-P Plywood Unit of the 3006 period were found together with the succeeding Local 3019 minutes and have been arranged with them. They deal primarily with G-P Plywood but also show the dissension within the overall local. There are also minutes of the short-lived Briceland unit that barely survived Local 3019's first year. Women worked at G-P Plywood from the plant's first opening in 1959 and various women's issues are chronicled throughout the run of minutes.

There are no correspondence files from the 3006 unit period and all correspondence files before 1964 are limited. The correspondence with G-P/L-P are contained in a separate Company Communications Series, but as is the usual case in this collection, much of the substance of union/company interaction can be found in the Plant Committee Minutes and Notes Series.

The Grievance Series has grievance forms dating to the very beginning of the 3006 unit period. There is a full verbatim transcript, Arbitrator's Opinion and Award in the Terry Semore Case, and a handwriting analysis report file on the Moreno grievance.

The Organizing Series documents the difficulties in organizing new operations that unions encountered during the 1970s, with three lost elections and one plant closure after the election was won at the Standard Veneer Company. This file contains an interesting analysis balancing the advantages and disadvantages to the local of expanding by organizing a second unit.

The Cottage Gardens Nursery Organizing files are by far the most detailed organizing files in the entire collection and should be used in conjunction with the files in the Ray Nelson Series in the RDC-M Collection. The material thoroughly documents an attempt to organize workers outside the lumber industry through the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board.

The Subject Files Series contains several files on the effort to stop the Redwood Park expansion and plant shutdown in 1977.

I: Bylaws

Box 1 (7-1)

1. Bylaws, L.S.W. Local Union 3019. (Undated)

II: Minutes

2. Executive Board Minutes. 1963-64, 1974-77
3. Union Meeting Minutes. 9/59-1/61
G-P Plywood Unit
4. Union Meeting Minutes. 1/61-3/62
Locals 3006 & 3019 G-P Plywood Unit
5. Union Meeting Minutes. 4/62-5/63
6. Union Meeting Minutes. 6/63-12/65
7. Union Meeting Minutes. 1/66-5/73
8. Union Meeting Minutes. 6/73-2/78
9. Local Union Meetings. 1974-76
10. Union Meeting Minutes (Draft) 11/64-3/70
11. Union Meeting Register (Sign-In Book) 11/61-7/67
12. Union Meeting Register (Sign-In Book) 8/67-2/78
13. Shop Steward Reports. 1975-77
14. Trial Committee Meeting Re: Charges against Vincent M. Brown. 1965

III: Plant Committee Minutes and Notes

15. Plant Committee Minutes and Notes (Company Meetings) 1964-66
16. Plant Committee, Grievance Settlements. 1960-64
17. Plant Committee Minutes and Notes (Company Meetings) 1966-73
18. Plant Committee Minutes and Notes (Company Meetings) 1974-77
19. Safety Committee -- Minutes, Injury Reports, Accident Prevention. 1974-77

IV: Correspondence and Information

Box 2 (7-2)

1. Information to Local 3019. 1967-75
2. Information from Local 3019. 1973-77
3. Information from Redwood District Council. 1961-77
4. California State Council L.S.W. -- San Francisco. 1964-75
5. California State Council L.S.W. -- Financial Reports. 1974-75
6. Memo to California State Council L.S.W. 1975
7. California State Council L.S.W. -- Financial Statements. 1967-74
8. California State Council L.S.W. -- Bills
9. Information From California State Council. 1974-75
10. California State Council L.S.W. Lawyer Reports (Industrial Accidents) 1962-74
11. California State Council L.S.W. Lawyer Reports (Industrial Accidents) 1962-74
12. California State Council L.S.W. Lawyer Reports (Industrial Accidents) 1974-75
13. Physician's Releases. 1974-76
14. Industrial Injury Sharril W. Sturm (Case File) 1975-76
15. Memos to California State Council L.S.W. 1965
16. Redwood District Council. 1959-68
17. Information Re: Safety. 1967
18. Letters from Western Council. 1963-68
19. Western Council Letters. 1967-70
20. Western Council. 1970-72
21. Memos to Western Council. 1963
22. U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1961-63
23. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Correspondence to General Office. 1961-63
24. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Information Bulletins. 1964-74
25. Information to U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1961-63
26. U.B.of C.& J.of A. and Local 3184 -- Fresno Correspondence Re: Membership of Bobby G. Esskew. 1976
27. Correspondence Re: Membership -- Herman Burney. 1976
28. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Service Cards. 1958-66
29. Information from California Labor Federation (Includes Correspondence from Central Labor Council and Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. 1962, 1974-77
30. Central Labor Council of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. 1963-64

V: Company Communications

31. Georgia-Pacific, Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 1964-76
32. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Memos. 1976-77
33. Memos To Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 1964-71
34. Georgia-Pacific, Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 1962-76
Hires and Terminations Reports
35. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Hires and Terminations Reports. 1973-77
36. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Warning Notices. 1973-76
37. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Warning Notices and Suspension Notices. 1976-77
38. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Warning Notices (Voided) 1975-77
39. Georgia-Pacific, Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Suspensions. 1967, 1970-76
40. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Discharge Communications. 1972-74
41. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Discharge Communications Layoff. Sept. 1974
42. Louisiana-Pacific Plywood -- New Hourly Employee Notification. 1974-75
43. Louisiana-Pacific Plywood -- New Hourly Employee Notification. 1976-77

VI: Seniority Based Records

Box 3 (7-3)

1. Job Bids. 1972-74
2. Jobs Awarded by Bid. 1972-75
3. Jobs Bid and Jobs Awarded. 1976-77
4. Layoffs by Seniority. 1975-77
5. Louisiana-Pacific -- Jobs Curtailed. 1973-74

VII: Grievances

6. Short Form and Short Form Books. 1958-73
7. Long Forms and Written Statements. 1966, 1971-77
8. Handwriting Analysis Report Re: R.C. Moreno. 1968
9. Day Shift Elimination (Third Step) Sept-Oct 1973
10. Dryer Crews. August 1976
11. Vacation: Number of Weeks (Employed 3 Yrs.) W/Precedents. 1952-53, 1962-63 and California Dept. of Industrial Relations -- Division of Labor Law Enforcement Decision. 1966
12. Grievance -- Case of Semore, Terry: Verbatim Transcript of Arbitration. 6/16/72
Hearings and Arbitrator's Opinion and Award. 7/12/72
13. Arbitration and Award: Melton, Daggs & Hamilton vs. Louisiana-Pacific. 1974
14. Grievance -- Case of Thibodeaux, Milton:
Western Council/Georgia-Pacific Co. Portland Office Settlement and Court Case. 1966-67

VIII: Negotiations & Contracts

15. Negotiations & Contracts: G-P. 1961-63
16. Contract Amendment Agreements & Wage Scales: G-P. 1964-65
17. Proposed Contract Changes: G-P. 1966
18. Contract -- 1966 With Contract Amendment Agreements & Wage Scales: G-P. 1966-68
19. Bracket Adjustment Proposals & Agreements: G-P. 1967-68
20. Negotiations & Contract: G-P. 1969
21. Contract Amendment Proposals: G-P. 1970-72
22. Negotiations & Contract: G-P/L-P. 1972
23. IWA Contracts With G-P/L-P. 1973-74

Box 4 (7-4)

1. Negotiations & Contract: L-P. 1975
2. Negotiations & Contract: L-P. 1977
3. Wage Scales: G-P Samoa Plywood. 1959-71
Scope and Content Note
Also Includes Other G-P Operations & Other Companies

4. Wage Scales: L-P Samoa Plywood. 1972-77
Scope and Content Note
Also Includes Other Companies
5. Contract Amendment Agreements: G-P. 1971-72
6. Contract Amendment Agreements: L-P. 1974-76

IX: Strike Files

7. Newspaper Clippings Re: Strike. March 1963
8. Humboldt State College Re: Recruiting Student Strike-breakers. 1968
9. Louisiana-Pacific Strikes -- Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers. 1974-76
10. Unemployment Appeal Re: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (I.B.E.W.) Picket Line. 1976-77
11. N.L.R.B. Unfair Labor Practice Case Re: I.B.E.W. Picket Line. 1976
12. Labor Legislation. 1975

X: Organizing Files

13. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Correspondence Re: Early Negotiations, Certification -- Elections (Also Includes Authorization Cards) 1976
14. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Correspondence Re: Employee Complaints, Negotiations (Includes Unfair Labor Charge & Employee Statements) 1977
15. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Newspaper Articles Re: Union Representation. 1977
16. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Negotiations, Meeting Notes. 4/8/77-12/15/77
17. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Negotiations, Meeting Notes. 5/3/77
18. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Negotiations, Meeting Notes, Sample Contract. 7/18/77, 8/5/77
19. Cottage Garden Nurseries: Re: Loss of Union Certification Due to 2592 Merger. 1978-79
20. Organizing L-P Flakeboard Division. 1975
21. Schmidbauer Lumber: 2592/Teamsters 1972 Local 3019. 1973-76
22. Schmidbauer Lumber: NLRB Case. 1976
23. Standard Veneer/Plywood Co.: Membership Applications. 1975
24. Standard Veneer Co. 1975

XI: Subject Files

25. Correspondence Re: Redwood National Park. 1977
26. Redwood Park Expansion: Fund Raising and Financial Records
Scope and Content Note
Re: Lobbying Trip to Washington D.C. 1977

27. Plant Shutdown. 1977
28. Safety -- California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board. 1975-77

XII: Business Agent

29. Business Agent's Desk Calendars. 1962, 1974, 1975
(Appointments -- Daily Planner)

XIII: Financial

Box 5 (7-5)

1. Dues Breakdown. 1964-71
2. Louisiana-Pacific Monthly Dues Deductions, Company Check Stubs. 1972-77
3. Dues Deduction Register. 1972-76
4. Financial Report. 7/1/62-6/30/63
5. Monthly Financial Reports. 1969-75
6. Newspaper: Union Register. 1963-76
7. Paid Bills. 1963-74
8. Office Expenses. 1975-77
9. Pacific Telephone. 1974-76
10. Picnic Expenses. 1965-74
11. U.B.of C.& J.of A. 1975-77
12. Savings Account. 1961-76
13. U.B.of C.& J.of A. Bond Reports. 1961-73

XIV: Pension, Health and Welfare

14. Correspondence with Blue Cross. 1967-74
15. Correspondence -- Death Benefit. 1966
16. Death Benefit -- Members. 1966-69
17. Carpenter's Pension Fund. 1967-76
18. Applications for Georgia-Pacific Pensions. 1965-73
19. Georgia-Pacific/Louisiana-Pacific and L.P.I.W. Pension:
Members' Completed Application. 1974-77
20. Georgia-Pacific and L.S.W. Health & Welfare Trust Employer Monthly Report. 1969-76
21. G-P/L-P & L.P.I.W. Pension Trust. 1968-76
22. Western Council Plan -- Business Agent Retirement. 1964-66
23. Georgia-Pacific Health & Welfare and Pension Financial Reports. 1965-70, 1974

XIV: Compliance: Taxes, Federal (LM 2 & 3) & State, Labor Organization Report Forms, Etc.

24. California State Dept. of Employment. 1965-67
25. Locals 3019 & 3006 State Dept. of Industrial Relations. 1961-71
26. Equal Employment Opportunities EEO-3. 1970-74
27. State Comp. Insurance. 1972-76
28. Census Report. 1977
29. LM-2. 7/73-8/77
30. LM-3 Worksheets. 1961-74
31. State Tax, Form 199. 1969-77
32. State Tax, Form DE 43. 1974-76
33. State Tax, Quarterly Reports. 1961-77
34. Federal Tax, Form W-2. 1974-1976
35. Federal Tax, IRS Form 990. 1964-78
36. Federal Tax, Form 940. 1972-77
37. Federal Tax, Quarterly Reports -- Form 941 & W-3. 1961-77

XVI: Membership Ledger Cards (Incomplete Alphabet) -- Unbound (1 Box)

Box 6 (7-6)

Ledger Cards. 1965-75

XVII: Financial Records: Day Books, Bank Statements, Checkbook Stubs (1 Box)

Box 7 (7-7)

Financial Materials. 1961-78

XVIII: Financial Records -- Bound

Box 8 (7-8)

Fin. Sec. Records -- Receiving & Accounting. 4/61-6/67
Monthly Check Register. 3/61-12/61

XIX: Financial Records -- Bound (Oversize)

Accounts Receivable. 8/67-2/78
Treas. Record -- Monthly Check Register. 4/61-12/73
Treas. Record -- Monthly Check Register. 1/73-1/78

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The Ina and Noel Harris Personal Papers Collection: No. 8, 1940 -1990

Physical Description: 2.5 Cubic Feet
Record Group VIII
Introduction

Ina and Noel Harris, long time secretary and business agent respectively, of Local 2931, donated this three box collection of their personal papers relating to the lumber and labor history of Humboldt County. It is especially rich in material on the final plant closure and Louisiana-Pacific strike of the early 1980s. It was presented to the California Northcoast Labor/Community Archives project at Humboldt State University in 1990 and processed by Lesa Coleman, assisted by Gordon Webb, in June 1991.

Biographical Sketches
Noel Harris has deep roots in Humboldt County. His mother's father moved there in 1860. His father settled in Mendocino County circa 1900. Noel was born near Fort Bragg on December 6, 1918. Noel's father worked as a teamster in tie (railroad) camps, and as a commercial fisherman. He moved his family to Humboldt County around 1922. As a child, Noel attended the Fishermen's Union Christmas parties, held at the Eureka Labor Temple, with his father.

Humboldt County contained a sizeable Finnish population, many of whom belonged to the Fishermen's Union. The Red Finns, the main left-wing group in Eureka, were a source of education and influence for Harris.

In 1928, at 11 years of age, Noel campaigned for William Z. Foster, a radical Irish-American running for the U.S. presidency. A few years later in 1935, Noel (as a teenager) picketed at the foot of F Street in Eureka during the 1935 lumber workers strike.

From 1936 on, spanning half a century, Noel belonged to various trade unions in the whaling, fishing, railroad, lumber and plywood industries. He joined the IWA in 1937 while working for Pacific Lumber in Humboldt County. In 1939, he became a member of the Building Service Employees Union while working at the World's Fair in San Francisco. Coming back to Humboldt County, he worked one season at a whaling station in Fields Landing in 1940. Harris' first elected position in a union was Recording Secretary of the Fish Cannery Workers' Union.

Noel served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1945, mainly in the Pacific Theater on the aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Cowpens. Soon after coming home from the war, he worked briefly at the Vaughn Planing Mill in Nevada where he married his second wife, Charis Wilson.

In 1948, Noel became Humboldt County Chairman for the Independent Progressive Party Presidential candidate, Henry Wallace. He was a delegate to its 1952 National Convention in Chicago.

Using the G.I. bill, he graduated from Humboldt State College in 1949 with a B.A. in social science, majoring in history.

In 1951, Noel became a member of Plywood Local 2931, a local he would participate in for the next thirty years. He began working in the tape and patch department of M & M Plywood, becoming shop steward and a delegate to the Redwood District Council in 1954. He also served on the Plant and Safety Committees. He gained considerable shop floor union experience at this time and filled in for the business agent at various times without pay.

Noel was nominated for the Local 2931 union presidency in 1960, but had to withdraw before the election, when the House Un-American Activities (HUAC) summoned him to appear as a witness in San Francisco. As a result of this appearance, Noel was temporarily eased out of union functions. It took four years for him to regain his pre-1960 status in the union.

In 1965, Business Agent Clarence Purnell had a heart attack. On the recommendation of a top officer of the Redwood District Council --who argued that nothing was ever proved against Noel in San Francisco and that he was "one Hell of a good union man" --Noel was appointed business agent/financial secretary and remained in that position until his retirement in 1981. From 1965-1980, Noel was elected business agent/financial secretary for Local 2931 seven times without ever campaigning. One of Noel's accomplishments was that he never lost an unemployment claim appeal of a laid-off, unemployed or terminated union member.

The term "Jimmy Higgins" came out of the Industrial Workers of the World and socialist movements of the turn of the century. It refers to rank-and-filers who do the day-to-day drudge work without aspiring for power, personal gain or even credit. In some instances, this was due to various federal laws and restrictions against radicals moving into elected union office. In other instances it was a philosophical choice to remain among rank-and-file workers, and on occasion an activist could be more effective working as a rank-and-filer. Noel feels that this grassroots mentality is the backbone of many movements. His own modus operandi for many years was to avoid seeking a leadership titles. Noel was very effective in working at the shop floor level.

Noel describes Ina, his wife, as a "combination of a 'Jimmy Higgins'. . . and . . . a natural leader." These traits are not only effective in the labor movement, but in the innumerable social, political and community activities Ina has been involved in for over 30 years. This is evidenced by the fact that although Ina tends to stay out of the limelight, she made a list of Humboldt County "movers and shakers" that appeared in the August 1990 North Coast Journal, a Humboldt County-based monthly magazine.

Ina Lipman was born in New York City on January 29, 1923. Her father, educated at Cornell University, owned a farm in New Jersey. She lived and worked on the farm from 1929 until 1943. She graduated from Trenton State Teachers College in 1943.

Although Ina's parents were conservative Democrats, her mother's father was part of a socialist colony in Roseburg, Oregon. Her mother, who had attended school with IWW leader Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, told Ina about socialism, a subject of fascination to Ina.

Ethnicity, discrimination and social concerns absorbed Ina, who also had a keen interest in history. The Lipman family was the only Jewish family among old-time farmers. The anti-semitism that she experienced at an early age had a radicalizing effect. A Black family that lived adjacent to the family farm aroused her curiosity about Blacks and their role in American history.

At the end of World War II, Ina married a soldier and moved to Spokane, Washington. There she was influenced by the Native Americans' struggle for fishing rights. After ten years, she left her husband and moved to Seattle. There she worked as a file clerk at Boeing. When Ina reported a male supervisor who was harassing women workers, the successful outcome proved that one had to take direct action to make changes.

Ina married again. She and her husband moved to Eureka in late 1959. It was at this time that Ina met Noel. Both were members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Ina became a teacher, alternating between jobs in Kansas (where her husband resided) and Humboldt County. A teaching job at an all Black school in Missouri left a deep impression. Social and political change became a lifelong passion.

At this time, Ina's second marriage broke up and in 1967 she moved to Eureka. In December of that year, Noel and she were married.

In 1968, Ina became office secretary for Local 2931. From 1968-1981, she worked, mostly as a volunteer, getting paid when the local could afford it.

For over 20 years Ina has served various roles as a community activist including: The Human Rights Commission, NAACP (which includes putting out a monthly newsletter), Humboldt Peace Center, Redwood Coast Seniors, Community Multi-Culture Education Committee (CMEC), the Humboldt Campaign for Bradley for Governor, the Presidential campaigns of Jesse Jackson (1984, 1988) and KHSU public radio station. In 1988, Ina won a National Federation of Community Broadcasters award and an award from American Women in Radio and Television for the programs "Through the Eyes of Women" and "Labor U.S.A."

At the time of this writing (June 1991) she is very active in trying to alleviate the homeless situation. She serves as a liaison between Sonoma and Humboldt County progressive organizations.

Scope and Content
The Ina and Noel Harris personal papers collection not only chronicles the history of lumber and labor in Humboldt County, but also reflects a wide range of interests and activities in history, human-social movements, politics, women's issues and the environment.

The bulk of the material dates from the late 1970s through mid-1980s, with a smattering of materials from the 1960s and the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Redwood Park and Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP) Series dated from 1977-88; the Plant Closure and Displaced Workers Series dates from 1977-85 and the Louisiana-Pacific (L-P) Strike Series dates from 1983-85.

The oldest material is from the Noel Harris Series. One piece, dated April 8, 1940, documents a town meeting at Fields Landing regarding a proposal to build a whaling plant. The other document is a series of minutes from meetings of the Fish Cannery Workers' Union of the Pacific, Eureka and Fields Landing local which took place in 1940. Noel was the recording secretary.

Perhaps the most fascinating material in the Noel Harris Series is an account written by Noel while attending Humboldt State University in 1987, "HUAC Summons A Unionist From Redwood Country."

The Subject Series, though far-ranging, is connected with lumber and labor in various ways. The Local 2931 Coop Buying Club was started during the Mad River strike (approximately 1977). Food was bought in bulk at reduced prices and distributed without the stigma of welfare. The Buying Club was also used for the Displaced Workers Center.

Frank Onstine was inspired to write the book, The Great Lumber Strike of Humboldt County 1935, after Noel brought materials, including photographs and a letter by Ensi Writa describing a strike-related police raid on the Finnish Hall, to Frank's attention.

Another folder of interest in the Subject Series is the Johnny Heino file. Heino was a left wing labor and environmental activist whom Noel met in 1935. In 1933, Heino organized Humboldt County lumber workers through the Trade Union Unity League. His activities regarding his opposition to the proposed Butler Valley Dam are well-chronicled. The folder includes his publication, Northcoast Guardian of the Environment.

The Redwood Park series contains an extensive amount of newspaper clippings, covering all aspects of the controversy surrounding the expansion of Redwood Park. One folder contains clippings regarding Congressman Phillip Burton's role in bringing about Park legislation. Another folder chronicles the logging truck caravan to Washington, D.C. in protest of the Park expansion. The folder "Emerald Creek Committee" contains a publication in support of expansion.

The Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP) was part of the 1978 legislation which expanded Redwood Park. Benefits that were to be paid to workers displaced by park expansion were slow in coming. The REPP Series chronicles this unique program and the legal battles that ensured in getting the Department of Labor to provide the promised benefits.

REPP meetings were held in Eureka in Reverend Jack Smith's First Congregational Church. The church was instrumental in being one of the sponsoring agencies of the many grassroots organizations that sprung into being to get promised REPP benefits, to deal with plant closures and to help displaced workers. There was much overlap between involvement in these agencies.

Another such group was the Union Defense Committee (UDC), which grew out of the need to file lawsuits in order to get REPP benefits. The UDC was unsuccessful in its lawsuits appealing the Department of Labor's attacks on the REPP. A file of interest in the REPP Series is: "Lawsuit --Local 3-98: International Woodworkers of America Vs. Raymond Donovon." Eureka lawyer John Cumming took on the U.S. Labor Department (headed by Raymond Donovon) and won rights for workers in 1983. An excellent document in this folder is "Chronology of REPP Program and Union Defense Lawsuits."

UDC was created in 1981 out of another grassroots organization, Labor/Community Roundtable. This was formed in the Fall of 1979 to mitigate unemployment caused by park expansion and to help workers obtain REPP benefits. This group, composed of union representatives, church leaders, displaced millworkers and concerned citizens came together to support protective plant closure legislation and to try and help the economic situation.

The Plant Closure Series contains information on economic decline and mill-layoffs that occurred in Humboldt County and the groups such as California Coalition Against Plant Shutdowns (CalCAPS) and Roundtable that sprang up to deal with the situation. The first folder in the series "CalCAPS Grant Proposal and Plant Closure Legislation" is especially interesting in documenting the various bills to curb the disruptive impact of sudden plant closures on workers and communities.

The Displaced Workers Center was a joint product of the UDC and the Labor/Community Roundtable. Roundtable founders Tom Croft and Lynn Skaggs wrote the ground-breaking grant proposal for creating a center to meeting the needs of workers whose mills were shut down. Ina Harris was chair of the steering committee, which was composed of 10-15 grassroots community members who helped direct the center.

Several of these grassroots community organizations came together to make the Displaced Workers Center a viable resource for unemployed workers. UDC, Roundtable and the First Congregational Church played the above mentioned roles. Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) is (still in existence in 1991) a non-profit agency funded through government grants. RCAA administered the state grant for the displaced workers center, assisted in hiring procedures, and provided excellent personnel, such as Lynn Schultz. The California Employment Development Department (EDD) provided the State funding and assisted with job development. The Teamsters loaned the Center a trailer which was located on Teamster property.

Due to Ina Harris' active involvement on the Center's Steering Committee, the Displaced Workers Center Series is well documented. Files contain information on affiliated organizations; hiring procedures for job positions; and a thorough documentation of agendas, minutes, memos and correspondence which shows the nuts and bolts operation of the agency from its inception to its closing.

The Louisiana-Pacific (L-P) Strike Files, Local 2592, Series well documents the strike and related lawsuits through newspaper clippings, newsletters and publications (i.e. Unity and Blab Sheet). One folder contains a complete run of the Unity newsletter (issues 1-8). Another folder contains the "dummies" of Unity.

One file to note is "Chesbro and Harris' $20 Million Counter-Suit Against L-P Over Contempt Charges." This lawsuit was a great morale booster on the picket lines, but when L-P brought in the successful unionbusting law firm of Littler, Mendselson, Fastiff and Tichy to represent them, the Harris' and Chesbro "gracefully backed out."

I: Noel Harris

Box 1 (8-1)

1. Minutes: Fish Cannery Workers' Union of the Pacific, Eureka & Fields Landing Local 1940
2. Fields Landing Town Meeting Re: Whaling Plant at South Bay. 4/8/40
3. Correspondence, Business Agent Responsibilities, Local 2931. 1964-80
4. Local 2931 Miscellaneous Materials: Simpson Lumber Co. Officers List, etc.) 1969, 1977-80
5. "HUAC Summons a Unionist from Redwood Country". 1987
6. "Twentieth Century Whaling in Humboldt County" (Student Paper) 1989

II: Subject Files

7. California Living Magazine "Hard Times in Timber Country". 5/2/82
8. Co-op Buying Club -- Lumber & Plywood Workers. 1978-82
9. "Films for Labor" Publication. 1966
10. Fine Line Films -- Material Re: Documentary on Closing of the Mad River Plant: "Mad River...Hard Times in Humboldt County" I
11. Forest Products Industry -- Fred Gaboury & Will Perry Publication
Re: Lumber Workers -- Information on Exports, Imports, Profits, Wages, Unemployment, History, etc. 10/10/60
12. The Great Lumber Strike of Humboldt County 1935
Book Written by Frank Onstine. 1979
13. Gruhn, Albin J. -- Times Standard Interview. 9/8/85
14. "Hard Times" Eureka Labor Newspaper. 1982-83
15. Heino, Johnny -- Local Political Activist: Butler Valley Dam, McKinleyville Community Services District. 1969-73
16. Humboldt County Historical Society. 1987-88
17. Humboldt Labor History Project -- Minutes, Photographic Exhibit & Conference, Labor Archive Storage Expenses. 1987-88
18. Humboldt Labor History Project -- Eureka Woolen Mill. 1987
Articles on Demolition of Historical Landmark
19. Humboldt Labor History Project -- Northcoast Labor History Archives. 1987-89
20. Humboldt Labor History Project -- Archive Info., National Endowment for the Humanities, Oral History. 1980-90
21. International Woodworkers of America (IWA): "History of the IWA" Booklet.
22. Lumber & Labor History. 1961, 1978, 1985, 1988
23. Miscellaneous Material Includes: "Saluting Minority Business"
Publication, Granny Flats, World Magazine, etc. 1978-85
24. Newspaper Articles -- Lumber/Labor (General) 1966-88
25. Political File: Candidates, Election Guides. 1970-81
26. Poverty/Reaganomics. 1981-83
27. "Redwood Country" Times-Standard Article by Genzoli "Helen Gahagan Douglas' Redwood Park". 4/13/77
28. Women & Work. 1976-85

III: Redwood Park

29. Redwood Park Expansion/Congressman Phillip Burton. 1977-78
30. Redwood Park Expansion/Newspaper Clippings. 1977-78
31. Redwood Park Expansion Protest -- Logging Truck Convoy to Washington D.C. 1977
32. Redwood Park Expansion -- Labor. 1977, 1981
33. Smithsonian Article. July 1978 Redwood Expansion and Jobs (REPP)
34. Emerald Creek Committee (Pro-Expansion) 1976-77
35. Redwood National Park -- "The Industry's View". 1975-78
36. Redwood National Park -- Timber Companies. 1978, 1987-88
Scope and Content Note
Includes Louisiana-Pacific Lawsuit

37. Redwood National Park -- Visitor & General Info. 1978-1980

IV: Redwood Employee Protection Program (REPP)

38. REPP/General File. 1978-80
39. REPP/Dept. of Labor (Jobs Package) 1978-79
40. REPP/Newspaper Articles. 1978-84
41. REPP Rallies. 1981-82
42. REPP Rally/Carson House. May 22, 1982
(See Photo Collection)
43. Lawsuit -- Local 3-98: International Woodworkers of America vs. Raymond Donovan
Re: REPP Benefits. Includes Chronology of REPP Program & Union Defense Lawsuits. 1983

V: Plant Closures

Box 2 (8-2)

1. California Coalition Against Plant Shutdowns (CalCAPS)
Grant Proposal & Plant Closure Legislation. 1980-84
2. Foreclosures -- General Info. 1982-84
3. Kootenay Forest Products Acquisition by British Columbia Government. 1974
4. Labor/Community Roundtable: Coalition Re: Plant Closures. 1980-82
5. Louisiana-Pacific: Jobs & Logs Export to Mexico. Includes Mill Lay-Offs, Corporate Runaways. 1979, 1989
6. Plant Closures -- General. 1980-82
7. Plant Closures -- Newspaper Articles. 1980-83
8. Redwood Coalition Against Plant Shutdowns (Red-Caps) 1984-85
9. Unemployment: Local, National & Mill Closures. 1977-85EDD (Employment Development Dept.)
10. Unemployment: Oregon AFL-CIO & Lane Unemployment Project. 1982

VI: Displaced Workers Center

11. Displaced Workers Center -- History File. 1980-82
12. First Congregational Church/Rev. Jack Smith. 1981-84
13. Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) 1981-83
14. Displaced Workers Center -- Opening, Steering Committee, Affiliate Organizations. 1980-81
15. Steering Committee/RCAA Positions: Transition Center Coordinator & Project Coordinator for Displaced Workers Center (Includes Resumes) 1981
16. Displaced Worker Center Report Detailing Background, Concept, Jobs Development & Participants. 1981
17. Steering Committee Lists & Meeting Sign-In Book. 1981-84
18. Displaced Workers Center/Steering Committee. 1981
Agendas, Minutes, etc.
19. Displaced Workers Center/Steering Committee. 1981-82
Agendas, Minutes, Memos, etc.
20. Statistical Reports. 1981-82
21. Newspaper Articles/Displaced Workers. 1981-83
22. Counseling Program Proposal for Displaced Workers. 1982
23. Displaced Workers Center/Steering Committee. 1982
Minutes, Meeting Notes, Town Hall Meeting, etc.
24. Displaced Workers Center/General. 1982-83
Scope and Content Note
Includes Organizational Diagram, Correspondence
25. Displaced Workers Center/Steering Committee. 1982-83
Agendas, Memos, Progress Report, Correspondence, etc.
26. Hiring Procedures: Training Specialist Position. 1983
27. Employee Evaluation for Bambi McNertney; Recommendation for Tom Croft. 1983
28. Resignation of L-P Spokesperson Claudia White from Steering Committee
29. Job Training Partnership Act Title III: Employment & Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers. 1983
30. Displaced Workers Center/Steering Committee. 1984
Agendas, Correspondence, Minutes, Memos, Pilot Projects, Funding Proposal, etc.
31. Hand Outs/Steering Committee. 1978-83
32. Brochures/Northcoast Workers Center Undated
33. Finance Committee Criteria Undated
34. Jobs/Local, Federal & Private Monies. 1982-83
35. Special Report: Industrial Decline in Humboldt Co. 1983
36. Unemployment/Hard Times Handbook: An Unemployed Union Member's Guide to Saving Money. 1983
37. IWA Northwest Dislocated Worker Project (TREEO) 1984
"Trained & Ready for Every Employment Opportunity"

VII: Louisiana-Pacific (L-P) Strike Files, Local 2592

Box 3 (8-3)

1. L-P Strike: Local 2592 Boycott (L-P) 1984-85
2. L-P Strike: Local 2592 Chronology of Events. 1984-85
3. L-P Strike: Local 2592 "A History of the Samoa Division of L-P Corp. & Its Predecessors" (Student Paper) 1974
4. L-P Strike: Local 2592 Humboldt State University. 1983
Scope and Content Note
Includes Lumberjack Articles

5. Legal Documents: Includes Preliminary Injunction 1983-84 L-P vs. LSW, Local 2592, AWPPW, Local 49, IBEW, etc.
6. Legal Document: L-P Corp. vs. LSW, Local 2592, AWPPW, Locals 49 & 67, IBEW, etc.
Application for Order to Show Cause Re Contempt. 1983
7. Legal Document: L-P Corp. vs. LSW, Local 2592, AWPPW, Locals 49 & 67, IBEW, etc.
Supplemental Application for Order to Show Cause Re Contempt. 1983
8. Legal Documents: Chesbro & Harris' $20 Million Counter Suit Against L-P Over Contempt Charges. 1983
9. Local 2592 Louisiana-Pacific Stock. 1983-85
10. Local 2592 L-P's Requested Wage Freeze. 1982
11. Local 2592 L-P Strike: General Info. 1983
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Includes Community Resources, Strike Supporters, etc.

12. Local 2592 Merlo, Harry A.: Chairman & President of Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 1980-84
13. Local 2592 Newsletter/Unity Newsletter. 1983-84
14. Local 2592 Newsletter/Unity: Dummies or Camera-Ready Copy, Articles & Mis c. 1983-84
15. Local 2592 Newsletters, Bulletins, Publications & Memos Includes Unity Newsletter, Union Blab Sheet & The Union Steward. 1983
16. Local 2592 Newspaper Clippings: Times-Standard. 1982-85
17. Local 2592 Newspaper Clippings: Times Standard -- Letters to the Editor. 1983-84
18. Local 2592 Newspaper Article: San Jose Mercury -- "On the Picket Line" Re: Lumber, Labor & Strikes. 2/19/84
19. Local 2592 Newspaper Clippings: The Union Register. 1983-86
20. Local 2592 Newspaper Clippings: Other Papers. 1983-85
21. Local 2592 Political File: Correspondence; Campaign for Economic Democracy. 1983
22. Local 2592 Rally -- Redwood Acres. October 1983
23. Local 2592 Rallies & Events: Includes Labor Day Rally, Solidarity Day III Rally, etc. 1983
24. Local 2592 Solidarity Presentations to the Arcata City Council. October 1983
25. Local 2592 Solidarity Presentations to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. 9/13/83
26. Local 2592 Song Sheets/AFSCME & UAW Song Book. 1983
27. Local 2592 Strike Bulletin: Includes Dummy of Spanish Version. 1983
28. Strike Manual: Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Strike Manual. Undated

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Redwood District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers Collection RDC Record Group No. 1, 1946-1987

Lumber & Sawmill Workers RDC Manuscript Collection Manuscript Collection, No. 2, 1917-1985

Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 2592 Record Group No. 3, 1946-1986

Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 2789 Record Group No. 4, 1947-1979

Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 2808 Record Group No. 5, 1942-78

Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 2931 Record Group No. 6, 1955-1983

Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union 3019 Record Group No. 7, 1952-1979

The Ina and Noel Harris Personal Papers Collection: No. 8, 1940 -1990