They Have Rights Who Dare to Maintain Them - 1 page leaflet, ca. 1940s
Scope and Contents note
The Council for Union Democracy was a 1930s and 1940s Chicago-based and IWW-influenced group organized to help individual workers and groups of trade-unionists combat the corruption and violence that afflicted many labor organizations. Its cofounders included old-time Wobbly Myron “Slim” Brundage and Pat Read, editor of the Industrial Worker at the time, served on its Board. Its advisors included IWW orator Jack Sheridan along with other Wobbly-influenced unionists such as Sidney Lens, and labor attorney Francis Heisler. Materials in this series include meeting minutes, pamphlets, event flyers and other related items.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1940s
Creator
- From the Collection: Industrial Workers of the World (Organization)
- From the Collection: Rosemont, Franklin (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Franklin and Penelope Rosemont collection of IWW publications and ephemera is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum, and items in each folder will be counted before and after delivery to the patron (Priority I).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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