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Labor laws and legislation -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Earl F. Landgrebe papers

 Collection
Identifier: L625
Scope and Contents The collection includes Landgrebe's Congressional papers, including correspondence, reports, and legislation regarding the Consumer Protection Act (1974), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1973), the Food and Drug Administration, the Tax Reform Act (1969), the Pollution Control Act (1971), farm bills (1969-1974), Watergate, the War in Vietnam, defense spending, abortion, the draft, foreign aid, railroads, public land use, poverty programs, the Pueblo Incident, and other issues before...
Dates: 1964-1974

Edward A. Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: L618
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Edward A. Mitchell's congressional papers (1946-1949), including correspondence regarding veterans' claims and benefits, and papers relating to Mitchell's service on the U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Committee; correspondence and legislative papers regarding bills introduced or supported by Mitchell, including the Taft-Hartley Act, the elimination of the tax on oleomargarine, the abolition of the War Assets Administration, and changes in the Chinese...
Dates: 1928-1950

Harry Dynes papers

 Collection
Identifier: L256
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of K.C. Adams’ correspondence during the period 1916-1917 when he was working as publicity director of the United Mine Workers (UMW) in Indianapolis. The correspondence includes both letters received and sent by Adams and regard organizing activities of UMW; strikes and other labor conflicts in coalfields in Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other places; the role of UMW in the 1916 presidential election; the involvement of UMW with...
Dates: 1873-1945

Homer E. Capehart papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L650

"Right to Work" legislation protest signs

 Collection — Folder OBD010
Identifier: OBD010
Scope and Contents This collection contains signs created by unions used by protesters to show opposition to "Right to Work" legislation that passed in Indiana in 2012.
Dates: circa 2012