King County Labor Council records,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator AFL-CIO. King County Labor Council of Washington Title King County Labor Council records Dates (inclusive) Quantity cubic ft. (73 boxes) Collection Number 1940 Summary Coordinating and decision-making body of the various union locals in King County, Washington Repository University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Special Collections University of Washington Libraries Box Seattle, WA Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions The records are open to all users. Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Historical Note The King County Labor Council has long been the communal decision-making body of the various union locals in King County. From the mid-1920s until the reunification of the AFL and CIO in 1955, only AFL-affiliated unions were represented on the Council. At other times, however, the vast majority of King County's locals had a voice on the Council. The Council has passed through at least four distinct periods in its history. The Council originally began in 1888 as the Western Central Labor Union. This body changed its name to the Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity in These groups occasionally joined coalitions with Populists and other reform groups in local and state politics. Nonetheless, much of the early Council's energy was spent simply trying to survive. The second phase of the Council's history began roughly in 1914 with the labor shortage that allowed unions to organize much of Seattle. The Council grew increasingly radical in this period and became the dominant force in Seattle's powerful progressive coalition. The loss of the Council's power began with the mass layoffs of shipyard workers after World War I. These layoffs led the Council to call the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the only truly city-wide general strike in American history. Employers responded to the failed strike with an open shop drive that de-unionized most of King County. A series of internal power struggles plagued the Council after the strike. The Council 1

2 voted to expel members of the Industrial Workers of the World in late 1919 and Communist Party members in The growing conservative influence in the Council was solidified when Dave Beck and his Teamsters came to dominate the group in the late 1920s. The third phase of the Council's history was thus business unionism, Beck-style. Dave Beck began his career as a driver for the Council's cooperative laundry but rapidly rose to become the chief Teamster organizer west of the Rockies. Beck used the strategic position of truck drivers in the economy to start rebuilding the strength of organized labor in Seattle. If the Council declared a firm to be "unfair to labor," he could often prevent the firm from trucking its goods to market. Despite Beck's occasionally ruthless tactics, he believed that businesses had a right to make a profit. When the Great Depression spurred widespread organizing drives, many firms concluded that they would much rather deal with the avowedly anti-radical Beck than with a CIO union. The Council routinely backed Beck in his jurisdictional disputes with CIO and independent unions. Thus, by the end of World War II, Seattle was largely a closed-shop AFL town. Under Beck's reign, the Council stayed fairly aloof from politics, endorsing moderate pro-labor Democrats and spurning the leftist coalitions that fought for local and state offices. The fourth stage of the Council's history, its reentry into local politics, began with the merger of the AFL and CIO in The expanded Council was quickly put on the defensive by statewide right-towork proposals in Initiative 198 in 1956 and Initiative 202 in The Council played a leading role in the campaigns that defeated these measures. After these victories, the Council went on the offensive. It started a pro-labor public relations campaign in 1959 that included donating money to charities and promoting radio and television appearances by labor leaders. Beginning in 1964, the Council's Committee on Political Education launched major voter registration drives before elections. The growth of public sector unions in the 1950s and 1960s, coupled with the addition of progressive CIO unions, led the Council to endorse expanded social services and public housing in this period. The Council also supported the efforts of Seattle civil rights groups during the 1960s. Nonetheless, the Council retained some traces of business unionism. It gave a no-strike pledge during the 1962 World's Fair and often helped the Chamber of Commerce lobby for subsidies for local businesses. During the latter years of the 20th century, the period documented in , the council's executive secretaries were, in succession: James K. Bender, Dan Bickford, Ron Judd, and Steve Williamson. In 2005, the name changed to Martin Luther King County Labor Council, commonly referred to as MLK Labor. Content Description Correspondence, primarily with affiliated unions ( ), minutes ( , , ), financial records ( , ), membership records ( ), Delegate Roll Call Sign-In Ledgers ( ), subject files ( ), publications ( ), banners from marches/events ( ) and reports ( , ). Also includes records of the Council's committees and affiliated labor organizations, including the Domestic Workers Union (1917), Seattle American Publishing Co. (1907), United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202 (1958), and United Labor Advisory Committee to Defeat Initiative 198 (1956), the Committee on Political Education (COPE) Records ( ), and the Fight for 15 campaign (circa 2014). Other Descriptive Information 2

3 Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington. Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Material authored by representative of the King County Labor Council may be copied or quoted. Administrative Information Arrangement Organized into 6 accessions. No , King County Labor Council records, No , King County Labor Council records, No , King County Labor Council records, No , King County Labor Council. Provisional Trades Section minutes, No , Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council records, No , Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council records, Processing Note Processing levels vary by accession. Separated Materials Issues of the Council's newspaper, The Scanner, that were received with the records were sent to the Microforms and Newspaper Collection, University of Washington Libraries. Issues of Washington State Labor News, King County Labor News, Scanner/King County Labor News, and Labor's Voice, as well as Proceedings of the American Federation of Labor Convention that were received with accession were separated to be cataloged in Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries. Bibliography The Libraries' Microforms and Newspapers Collection owns a complete microfilm collection of the Union Record: The Official Journal of the Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity and a partial microfilm run of The Scanner and King County Labor News. The Union Record was published from 1900 to The Scanner began in 1968 and is still printed. Jonathan Dembo's An Historical Bibliography of Washington State Labor and Laboring Classes (unpublished, 1978) lists many published sources which deal with the history of the King County Central Labor Council. The most important recently published works which relate to the Council's history are Jonathan Dembo, Unions and Politics in Washington State (New York: Garland Publishing, 1983) and Dana Frank, Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor 3

4 Movement, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994). There are essentially no books that deal with the post-1940 history of the Council. Detailed Description of the Collection No : King County Labor Council records, cubic ft. (38 boxes) Scope and Content: Administrative Records primarily document the end of the third and the start of the fourth period of the Council's history. The bulk consists of the files of Chet W. Ramage, executive secretary of the Council from Oct through Most correspondence dates from that period. There are virtually no letters from before Incoming letters are sorted and indexed by name of author, while outgoing and inter-office letters are organized chronologically. The correspondence primarily involved member unions and government officials. The subject files which contain reports, memoranda, and some correspondence grouped together by subject mostly cover topics between 1946 and There are, however, small subject files on the 1919 strike, the Council's internal power struggles in the early 1920s, and the AFL vs. CIO jurisdictional disputes of the 1930s. The accession also contains the complete minutes of the Council from 1915 to 1954 and from 1963 to 1970, documenting all of the organization's formal resolutions and actions. There is also a copy of the minutes of the Council's Executive Board for 1906 to 1907, 1913 to 1957, 1960 to 1965, and 1969 to The Executive Board's primary duty was to hear union complaints against local businesses and to decide which firms would be placed on the "unfair" list. In addition, the Council's membership and tax records from 1889 to 1962 are found in this accession. Records of the Council's committees make up another series. Included are committees to defeat the right-to-work initiatives in 1956 and 1958, the Public Relations Committee from 1959 to 1963, and the Committee on Political Education from 1963 to 1968 form another subgroup. The West Central Labor Union Records series consists of the minutes and the financial records of the Council's predecessor, the West Central Labor Union, from 1891 to The Other Labor Organizations series includes records from the United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative 202, the Seattle American Publishing Company, and others. Digital Content/Other Formats: View selections from this collection in digital format. Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details. Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use. Restrictions on Use: Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. For "Seattle General Strike Materials" in box 6, researchers must use photocopies rather than originals. Oversize boxes 37 and 38 are stored offsite; advance notice is required for their use. Acquisition Info: Donated by King County Labor Council in 1969 and

5 Processing Info: An earlier donation, no. 1201, was merged with records from the 1969/1972 donation to form no in ca Container(s) Description Dates Boxes 1-24, 37, SERIES I: ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 1/ Subseries A: Historical Features undated 1/ Subseries B: Organizational Features / Subseries C: Outgoing Letters Subseries D: General Correspondence 1/ Adams, Brock / Air Division - Rainier Lodge No. 3009, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks / Air Line Pilots Association / Alaska Fish Cannery Workers' Union of the Pacific / Allied Printing Trades Council 1960, 1961, 1964, / American Federation of Labor - President / AFL-CIO. Organizers / AFL-CIO. President (George Meany) / AFL-CIO. Maritime Trades Department 1963,

6 1/ AFL-CIO. Union Label and Service Trades Department 1960, / AFL-CIO. Miscellaneous / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists / American Federation of Women's Auxiliary of Labor. Seattle Clerks Council / American Newspaper Guild / American Newspaper Guild # , 1964, / Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. Western Washington Chapter / Auto Painters, Local # , / Auto Sheet Metal Workers, Local # , / Automotive Machinists, International Association, Lodge # 289 2/ Automotive Trade Council of Seattle, King County and Vicinity , / Bakery and Confectionery Workers, Seattle Local / Barbers, Journeymen, International Union, Local # / Bartenders, International Union # / Beauticians, International Union, Local # / Bender, James / Bering Sea Fishermen's Union / Better Business Standards Association / Bill Posters and Billers International Alliance, #

7 2/ Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, Helpers International Brotherhood, # / Bookbinders, International Brotherhood, Local # / Bookbinders, International Brotherhood, # / Boot and Shoe Workers Union, Local # / Re: Bostonian, Armene E. (National Labor Relations Board) / Boy Scouts of America 1960, 1962, / Brick and Clay Workers, United, Local # , / Brick and Clay Workers, United, Local # / Bricklayers, Masons, Plasterers, International Union, Local #2 2/ Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers International Association, Local #506 2/ Bridge, Structural, Reinforcing Steel and Ornamental Iron Workers, Riggers and Machinery Movers, Local #86 2/ Broom and Whisk Broom Makers, #84 (Lighthouse for the Blind) 3/ Broom and Whisk Broom Makers, #84 (Lighthouse for the Blind) , / Building and Construction Trades Council, Seattle 1946, / Building Service Employees International Union, Local # / Building Trades Council, Seattle / Card and Label League, Renton and Vicinity / Card and Label League, Seattle 1953,

8 3/ Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, # / Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, Local # , 1965, / Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, # / Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, Local # / Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood, Local # , / Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood. Millmen's Union, Local # / Carpet, Linoleum, and Soft Tile Layers Union, Local # / Cement, Lime, and Gypsum Workers', International Union #37 3/ Cement, Lime, and Gypsum Workers', International Union # / Central Labor Councils Bremerton Labor Council Grays Harbor Labor Council Kitsap County Central Labor Council Pierce County Central Labor Council Skagit Valley Central Labor Council Snohomish County Labor Council Spokane County Labor Council Wenatchee Central Labor Council Whatcom County Central Labor Council 8

9 3/ Central Labor Councils, East of the Mississippi 1960, 1962, / Central Labor Councils, West of the Mississippi / Century Savings and Loan Association / Re: Century 21 Meetings / Chamber of Commerce, Seattle / Chamber of Commerce, Seattle. Construction and Civic Development Division / Chemical Workers, International Union # , / Children's Home Society, Washington / Citizens Committee for Postal Reform / Citizens Committee to Modernize 1909 Sunday Blue Law / Committee of Continental, Inc. (Greater Seattle YMCA Development Program) / Communications Workers of America, District / Cooks and Assistants # / CIO Council, Seattle / Council of Planning Affiliates / Council on Aging / Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union, Local # , 1961, 1963, / Democrats (Miscellaneous) , / Dental Workers Union #

10 4/ Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers International #1002 4/ Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers International Union # / Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood # / Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood # , 1954, / Elevator Constructors, International Union # / Embalmers, Master Licensed # / Farm Workers National Association (United Farm Workers) / Fire Fighters, International Association # / Fire Fighters, International Association, Local # / Fire Fighters, International Association, (Renton) # / Fire Fighters, International Association # / Fire Fighters, International Association # / Fire Fighters, International Association, (King County Fire District #11), Local # / Firemen and Oilers, International Brotherhood # , / Firemen's Marine Union. Seattle Branch / Flight Engineers International Association, Seattle , / Flint Glass Workers Union, American, Local # / Furniture Workers Union, Local # / Garmatz, Edward

11 5/ Garment Workers of America, United, Local # / Glass Bottle Blowers Association, Local #50 undated 5/ Glass Bottle Blowers Association, Local # / Glove Workers Union of America undated 5/ Government Employees, American Federation, # / Government Employees, American Federation # / Grain Millers, American Federation, International # / Greater Seattle Incorporated / Heat and Frost Inspectors and Asbestos Workers, International Association Local #7 1965, / Hod Carriers and General Laborers Union, Local # / Horseshoers Union, Local # / Hospital Workers, Seattle and King County, Local # , / Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders, International Union. Local Joint Executive Board 6/ Hotel, Motel, and Club Service Employees Union, Local # / Independence Day Celebration Committee, Seattle / Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific / Insurance Workers Union, International, Local #1 1959, / International Little League Baseball Association, Seattle League / Jackson, Henry M

12 6/ Jewelry Workers Union, International, Local # , / Journeymen Tailors Union, Local # , / King County. Commissioners and Other County Offices / King County Citizens For All-Purpose Stadium Now / King County Coroners Employees, Local # / King County Law Enforcement Employees, Local # / King County Welfare Employees, Local # / KIRO Radio and Television , / Ladies Garment Workers Union, International, Local # / Laundry and Dry Cleaning Drivers, Local # / League of Women Voters of Seattle Box:Oversize 37/ Leif Erikson League 1964, / Letter Carriers, National Association, Seattle Branch, Local # / Litchman, Mark 1963, / Lithographers and Photoengravers, International Union #23 6/ Lithographers and Photoengravers, International Union, Local # / Luggage Workers Union, Local #

13 6/ Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local # / Machinists, International Association, Seattle Flight Engineer Lodge # / Machinists, International Association, Hope Lodge # / Machinists, International Association, Aeronautical Industrial District, Lodge #751 6/ Machinists, International Association, Air Transport Lodge #1040 6/ Machinists, International Association, Air Transport Lodge # / Magnuson, Warren G / Mailers Union, Seattle, Local # / Marine Cooks and Stewards, Seattle 1958, 1960, / Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, #38 and Pacific Coast District / Maritime Trades Department, Puget Sound District Council / Marking Device Union, Local # / Masters, Mates and Pilots, International, Local # / Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, Amalgamated (Miscellaneous Locals) 7/ Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union, Amalgamated, Meat Cutters, Local #81 7/ Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union, Amalgamated, Packinghouse, Local # , 1964, , / Meeds, Lloyd

14 7/ Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, and Helpers International Union, Local # , / Metal Trades Council of Seattle and Vicinity / Musicians Association, Seattle, Local # / Re: Musician's Convention / National Conference of Christians and Jews. Washington Region / National Council of Senior Citizens / National Maritime Union of America , 1967, / Nile Shrine Circus / Northwest Council for Economic Education / Office and Professional Employees, Local # / Office and Professional Employees, Local # / Office and Professional Employees, Local # / Offset Workers, Printing Pressmen, and Assistants' Union # / Operating Engineers, International, Local # / Operating Engineers, International Union, # / Operating Engineers, International Union, Local # / Operating Engineers, International Union, Local # , / Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons, International Association, Plasterer's Union Local #77 8/ Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons, International Association, Cement Masons Local # ,

15 8/ Paint and Brush Makers Union # / Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, #5 8/ Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, #32 8/ Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Local #188 8/ Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, Local #300 8/ Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Brotherhood, # , / Pelly, Thomas / Peoples National Bank of Washington / Pharmacists and Retail Drug Store Employees Union # / Pile Drivers, Dock, Wharf, and Bridge Carpenters, and Divers, Local # / Plumbing and Pipe Fitters Union # / Police Officers, Renton, Local # / Re: Political Material / Portland Daily Reporter / Portrait, Commercial, and Photofinishers # / Postal Clerks, United Federation of # / Postal Clerks, United Federation, Renton # / Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union #

16 9/ Professional and Technical Engineers Association, Local # / Pulp, Sulfite, and Paper Mill Workers, Local # , / Radio Broadcast Technicians, Local Union / Repeatermen and Toll Testboardmen # / Restaurant Association of Washington State 1960, / Retail Clerks, International Association / Retail Clerks, International Association, Local # / Retail Clerks, International Association, Local # / Retail Clerks, International Association, Local # / Retail Clerks, International Association, Local # / Retail Clerks, International Association, Local # / Retail Food and Drug Clerks # / Retail Store Employees Union # / Roofers, United Slate, Tile and Composition, Damp, and Waterproof Workers' Association, Local # , / Sailors Union of the Pacific / Re: Scanner / Seafarers' International Union. Seattle / Seattle. City Council / Seattle. City Council. Equal Opportunities Seminar Committee / Seattle. City Departments

17 10/ Seattle. Lighting Department. Electric Rates Committee 1964, / Seattle. Mayor (Gordon S. Clinton, J.D. Braman, Floyd C. Miller) / Seattle. Public Schools 1954, 1957, / Seattle Area Industrial Council / Seattle Center Stadium Site, Ad Hoc Committee / Seattle Committee on Alcoholism 1964, / Seattle Convention and Tourist Bureau / Seattle Junior Programs, Incorporated 1965, / Seattle - King County Safety Council / Seattle Newsboys' Union, Local # / Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1961, / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Re: Seattle University Building Program / Seattle Urban Renewal Enterprise / Seattle Visitors Bureau / Sheet Metal Workers, International Association # , / Sheet Metal Workers International Association # / Sign and Pictorial Painters Union # / State, County, and Municipal Employees #

18 11/ State, County, and Municipal Employees American Federation Local #378 11/ State, County, and Municipal Employees American Federation Miscellaneous Locals / Steelworkers of America, United, Local #6 1960, / Steelworkers of America, United, Local # , / Steelworkers of America, United, Local # , / Steelworkers of America, Miscellaneous Locals 1958, / Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union, Seattle, Local # / Stinson, Bill / Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Employees of America, Amalgamated Association, Local #587 General Notes: Name changed to Amalgamated Transit Union, / Street Pavers, Sewers, Watermain, and Tunnel Workers, #440 11/ Street Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America. Amalgamated Association, Local # , , / Teachers, Federal Way Federation, # / Teachers, Seattle Community College Federation / Teachers, Seattle Federation / Teachers, Shoreline College Federation, # / Teamsters, International Brotherhood. Joint Council # / Teamsters Miscellaneous Locals , / Telegraph Workers, United Local #

19 11/ Theatrical Federation of Seattle and Vicinity 1960, 1962, / Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, Association, Local # / Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance #F-21 11/ Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #15 11/ Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #154 11/ Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local #175 11/ Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance, Local # , / Theatrical Wardrobe Attendants. Local # / Tollefson, Thor C / Transport Service Employees, United, Local # / Transport Workers Union of America, Local # / Transport (Air) Workers' Union, Local # / Turn Towards Peace / Typographical Union, Seattle # / United Automobile-Aerospace-Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local #232 undated 12/ U.S. Department of the Army / U.S. President's Committee on Consumer Interests / U.S. Labor Department ,

20 12/ U.S. State Department. Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau / U.S. State Department / U.S. Miscellaneous Departments / University of Washington / Upholsterers, International Union, Local # / Urban League [National] (leap program) / Urban League. Seattle / Valley Publishing Company / Waiters' Union, Local # / Waitresses' Union, Local # / Washington. Commerce and Economic Development Department 12/ Washington. Governor (Albert D. Rosellini, Daniel J. Evans) / Washington. Governor. Labor Advisory Council / Washington. Labor and Industries / Washington. Legislature. Interim Committee on Education 1960, / Washington. Public Assistance Department / Washington. State Miscellaneous Departments / Washington Federation of State Employees # / Web Pressmen's Union. Local # / Western Washington Fair

21 13/ Westland, Jack / Window Cleaners Union, Local # / Women's City Club of Seattle / Wood, Wire, and Metal Lathers International Union, Local # / Woodworkers of America, International # / Young Women's Christian Association. Seattle / A-R Miscellaneous 1955, / S-Z Miscellaneous Subseries E: Subject Series 14/ American Arbitration Association / Apprenticeship Programs 1962, / Banquet / Business - Education Day Program Schedule 1959, / Charges Against Delegates 1937, / Civil Rights , / Committee for Voluntary Unionism / Credentials 1958, / Education / Election Data

22 15/ Floating Ship Information / Forward Thrust / Initiative # / Labor Center undated 15/ Labor Day / Labor Education Day (including photographs) / Labor News (Miscellaneous) / "Labor Week" / Opera (Seattle) / Political Information / Radio and Television Editorials / Registration Drive Clerks / Rossellini, Albert D / Rule 23 undated 15/ Seadrunar (Seattle Drug and Narcotics Center, Inc.) undated 15/ Seattle. Model City Program / Seattle General Strike[view] 1919 "Strike Bulletin" Central Labor Council, King County Feb. 7, 1919 "The Seattle General Strike" Issued by the History Committee of the General Strike Committee "Minutes of Meetings" of the General Strike Committee and its Executive Committee[view] Feb. 2-6,

23 15/ Seattle Leadership Council / Seattle Union Record Controversy[view] / "Seavillage" / Self-Improvement Group / Seminars / Senior Citizens / Soos Creek - Zoning / Strikebreakers Ordinance - Typographical / Trials 1942, / Trials, Communist / V.O.T.E.R. Committee, King County (Volunteer Organization To Encourage Registration) / Washington. Department of Labor and Industry / Washington. Legislature , / Washington State Federation of Labor Convention / Western Shipbuilding Association 1962 Box Subseries F: Minutes [view] Subseries G: Minutes / Subseries H: Minutes

24 20/ Subseries I: Minutes Subseries J: Reports 21/ Delegates / Per Capita / Subseries K: Conferences and Conventions - Washington State Federation of Labor / Subseries L: Membership Records / Subseries M: Newsletters - The American Federalist / Subseries N: Bulletin - Associated Industries of Seattle / Subseries O: Press Releases 1961, 1964 Subseries P: Resolutions 21/ Condolence / Miscellaneous / Subseries Q: Agreements - Miscellaneous / Subseries R: Case Files - News Boys Union / Subseries S: Petitions

25 21/ Subseries T: Certificates and Memorabilia / Subseries U: Photographs 1941, / Subseries V: Clippings , Subseries W: Ephemera 22/ AFL-CIO undated 22/ Miscellaneous undated 22/ Subseries X: Financial Records Box Subseries Y: Roll Call Books Subseries Z: Membership and Per Capita Tax Record , Subseries AA: Membership and Per Capita Tax Record Subseries BB: Cash Books Box:Oversize Subseries CC: Cash Books Subseries DD: Cash Books SERIES II: COMMITTEES AND BOARD RECORDS 25

26 25/ Subseries A: King County Labor Council, Community Services Committee 25/ Subseries B: King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO Merger Committee Subseries C: King County Labor Council, Committee to Defeat Initiative #198 25/ Outgoing Letters - Form Letters to Clubs, Unions, Etc General Correspondence 25/ Seminar Correspondence / Miscellaneous Minutes 25/ Seattle Central Labor Council's Committee to Oppose Initiative # / United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative # / Financial Records / Clippings / Ephemera / Resolutions

27 25/ Press Release undated Subject Series 25/ Initiative 198 (PRO) / Radio and T.V. Advertising / Subseries D: King County Labor Council, Constitution and By-Laws Committee 1957, 1959, 1964 Subseries E: King County Labor Council, Executive Board 25/ Minutes and Agenda Box Minutes and Agenda / Minutes and Agenda / Minutes and Agenda / Minutes and Agenda / Minutes and Agenda / Statement

28 30/ Subseries F: King County Labor Council, Finance Committee 1917, Subseries G: King County Labor Council, King County Area C.O.P.E. (Committee On Political Education) General Correspondence 30/ Miscellaneous / C.O.P.E. National 1965, / Minutes / Reports / Roll Call Book undated 30/ News Releases / Clippings / Financial Records , 1964 Subject Series 30/ Matching Funds

29 31/ Subseries H: King County Labor Council, Labor Management - Automation and Unemployment Committee 31/ Subseries I: King County Labor Council, Organizing Committee 31/ Subseries J: King County Labor Council, Public Relations Committee 31/ Subseries K: King County Labor Council, Renton Division 31/ Subseries L: King County Labor Council, Seattle Union Card and Label Council (Including King County Union Card and Label Council) Trustees Board / General Correspondence / Minutes / Memoranda 1958 Reports 32/ Trustees Board / Monthly / Financial / Secretary / Financial Records

30 32/ Finance Committee 1958 Subject Series 32/ Labor News / Labor Press Publishing Company 1950, 1960 SERIES III: WESTERN CENTRAL LABOR UNION Box Subseries A: Minutes , Subseries B: Cash Books Subseries C: Cash Books , Subseries D: Roll Call Books , SERIES IV: OTHER LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Box Subseries A: Domestic Workers Union #15836 Box Minutes Subseries B: Seattle American Publishing Company Box General Correspondence

31 Record Book / Subseries C: Seattle Labor Temple Association / Subseries D: United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative / Incoming Letters - From Employers / Outgoing Letters 1958 General Correspondence 32/ Committee Against So - Called "Right-To-Work" Initiative # / Luncheon Rally 1958 Minutes 32/ Committee Against Initiative / United Labor Advisory Committee Against Initiative / Newsletters / Resolutions

32 32/ Financial Records 1958 Subject Series 32/ Right-To-Work / Committee for Initiative / Ephemera / Clippings 1958, / Subseries E: Washington State Labor Council. Miscellaneous Trades Section / Subseries F: Washington State Labor News Series V: Other Organizations 33/ Subseries A: Capital Improvement Committee / Subseries B: Four Freedoms House of Seattle / Subseries C: Greater Seattle, Inc. Board Of Directors / Subseries D: Job Corps Committee - Seattle United / Subseries E: John F. Kennedy Library Committee / Subseries F: Pioneer Industries / Tallmadge Hamilton House for Senior Citizens

33 33/ United Good Neighbors of Seattle and King County / United Good Neighbors of Seattle and King County / Washington. Governor's Advisory Committee on Salaries / Washington. Advisory Committee on School District Organization 34/ Washington Association for Mental Health. Steering Committee / Doyle, Charles W / Merritt, Dick No : King County Labor Council records, (bulk ) cubic ft. (20 boxes) Arrangement: is divided into four series: Administrative Records, Correspondence with Affiliated Unions, Subject Series, and the Committee on Political Education. Scope and Content: The Administrative Records series include minutes from and financial statements from There also is Correspondence with Affiliated Unions from , including Service Employees, Teamsters, and United Food and Commercial Workers. The Subject Series includes information about labor related topics as well as correspondence with non-affiliated organizations from The Committee on Political Education series includes mailings and subject files on political candidates from Records in the Council's custody following the earlier gift in 1969 are believed to have been destroyed. Acquisition Info: Donated in Restrictions on Access: Open to all users. Restrictions on Use: Literary rights of representatives of the records-creating organization transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Processing Info: Processing level 1. Container(s) Description Dates SERIES I: ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 33

34 1/1-1/ Subseries A: Minutes / Executive Board and Eve. Meeting Minutes / Executive Board and Eve. Meeting Minutes / Meetings/Notes / Meetings/Notes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Executive Board and Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes

35 1/ King County Central Labor Council Minutes / King County Central Labor Council Minutes /1-7/ Subseries B: Affiliate Correspondence [? ?] 2/ Aerospace Machinists Local / Aerospace Machinists Local / Aerospace Machinists Local / Aerospace Machinists Strike Support Group / Air Line Pilots Association International / Air Transport District / Air Transport / Air Transport / Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance / Automotive Machinists / Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers' Int'l # / Boilermakers / Boilermakers Local / Bricklayers 1/WA / United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 13, / United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 1797,

36 2/ Pacific Northwest District Council of Carpenters / United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) 1144, / Carpenters - Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2633, / Carpet, Linoleum and Soft Tile Layers Local 1238, / Cement Masons Local 528, / Coalition of Labor Union Women / Communications Workers of America Local 7800, / Communications Workers Local 7800, / Communications Workers of America Local 7803, / Communications Workers Local 9400, / AFSCME 21, / County and City Employees Local 21, / County and City Employees Local 2083, / County and City Employees Local 2083C, / Deep Sea Fisherman's Union/SUP, / Electrical Workers Local 46, / Electrical Workers Local 46, / Electrical Workers Local 77, / Electrical Workers Local 89, / IUE Local 1002,

37 2/ International Union of Elevator Constructors 19, / Seattle Fire Fighters Union Local 27, / International Association of Fire Fighters Local / Fire Fighters Local / Fire Fighters Local 2024 (New Affiliate 3/98 - Never Paid Dues) / Association of Flight Attendants Local / Association of Flight Attendants Local / Association of Flight Attendants Local / Garment Workers Local / Garment Workers (Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) Local / Glass Workers Local / Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers Local 87 3/ Glaziers, Architectural Metal and Glassworkers Local 188, / American Federation of Government Employees Local 40, / American Federation of Government Employees Local 1170, / American Federation of Government Employees Local 3197, / Graphic Communications Union Local 767M / Graphic Communications Union Local 767 M District Council (DC)