International Woodworkers of America Local 3-101 records, 1935-1983

Arrangement: Arranged in 8 subgroups:

• Subgroup 1: International Woodworkers of America, Local 3-101, 1940-1976
• Subgroup 2: Woodworkers of America, International. Local 23-93 (Sultan), 1935-1957
• Subgroup 3: Woodworkers of America, International. Local 23-46 (Bellingham)., May 18 1951-August 19 1955
• Subgroup 4: Woodworkers of America, International. Local 3-199 (Bellingham), 1955-1971
• Subgroup 5: Woodworkers of America, International. Local 23-75 (Sedro Woolley), 1950-1959
• Subgroup 6: Woodworkers of America, International. Local 2-54 (Anacortes), 1946-1958
• Subgroup 7: Snohomish County Industrial Union Council, approximately 1936-1964
• Subgroup 8: Fishermen and Allied Workers of America, International. Cannery Workers. Local 18 (Everett), 1937-1942

Subgroup 1: International Woodworkers of America, Local 3-101 is arranged in 32 series.

The bulk of correspondence in Series II: General Correspondence is from 1948-1954 although there is little in 1952. Additional correspondence scattered throughout other series, such as Minutes, Negotiations, and Case Files(Series III, IV, XII) of the Everett local are very incomplete; most of these remain in the custody of Local 3-101. There are no minutes from the Eclipse branch after 1945, none from the Weyerhaeuser mills, except the shop committees, and only fragments from the Granite Falls and Sultan branches. Minutes of the District Council Executive Board are nearly complete from 1949 to 1957.

Series III, Minutes contains minutes from the IWA Eclipse Mill, Granite Falls, and Sultan branches. It also includes meeting minutes of the executive councils for Northern Washington Districts 2, 3, and 23.

Series IV: Negotiations contains correspondence, minutes, proceedings chronologically and represent largely regional negotiations that included the Everett local. They have been separated into "General" and "IWA Western Washington Health and Welfare Committee and Employers' Health and Welfare Committee" subseries.

The only strike that is well documented in Series VI: Strikes is the 1954 12 week, joint IWA - Lumber and Sawmill Workers (AFL) strike which shut down all major operations through the Douglas fir region. The records document the Everett local's part in the strike.

Series VII: Resolutions contains resolutions from Local 101, the IWA District Council and the Snohomish Industrial Union Council on a variety of local and national issues.

Many partial financial records have been retained, primarily to serve as membership lists. They primarily document the activity of Local 2-101 from 1941-1976 in Series X: Financial Records.

Series XIII: Reports includes much material which was generated by the District Council. The economic reports statistically describe the state of the lumber industry.

Series XX: Subject Series - Taft-Hartley consists of CIO memos explaining the new law and also documents Local 101's compliance with Taft-Hartley requirements in 1949-1951.

The Karly Larsen Defense Committee, 1953, was a "Committee of IWA Neighbors and Friends of Karly Larsen," the 1st Vice President of Western Washington District No.23 of the IWA. Larsen was being tried under the Smith Act, an alien registration act, and faced deportation.

Series XXVIII: Nelson (Pete) Committee concerns the attempted deportation by the Immigration Service of the Business Agent of Local 2-101, Pete Nelson. Additional papers relating to these deportation cases are in Subgroup 7: Snohomish County Industrial Union Council.

Subgroups 2-6 contain records of small locals which merged with Local 101 in the 1950s. Subgroup 2: IWA Local 29-93 (Sultan) contains the earliest records in the accession. Its Series III: Minutes, begins with the formation of the union as Local 2614 of Sawmill and Timber Workers (AFL). It subsequently became IWA Local 23-93 in September 1937 and merged with 23-101 in 1957. The Sultan local included sub-locals in Skykomish, Granite Falls, Monroe, and Granite. 1957-1958 minutes from the Sultan Branch of 23-101 are filed in the main body of the accession.

Locals 23-46 and 3-199 of Bellingham are not the same union. Their records are represented in Subgroups 3 and 4 respectivly. 23-46 merged with 23-75 of Sedro-Woolley on October 1, 1955 and 23-75 merged with 3-101 on October 18, 1959. Local 3-199 of Bellingham, 1955-1971, was a boom men and rafter's union. Local 2-54 of Anacortes also merged with 3-101 in 1959. The records of some of these unions are represented in this collection.

Subgroup 7: Snohomish County Industrial Union Council documents the political activities of that organization and its differences with the national CIO leadership. Its political activities included lobbying against anti-labor legislation in the state, support for Harry Bridges and the IWA leaders who were threatened with deportation. Series II: General Correspondence in this subgroup includes resolutions from the CIO Executive Board on a variety of issues, including the purging of several left wing unions from the CIO.

Subgroup 8: Fishermen and Allied Workers of America, International. Cannery Workers. Local 18 (Everett) is a sub-subgroup of the SIUC because the Cannery Workers, Local 18 was a member of that organization. The Cannery Workers organized as Local 18257 of the AFL on October 11, 1937, but switched affiliation and on November 22, 1937 received a CIO charter as Local 170. On May 23, 1938 the Cannery Workers voted to change affiliation again to the Fishermen and on August 1 received a charter as Cannery Workers, Local 18 of the United Fishermen Union of the Pacific (CIO). By January 1941 the Everett Cannery Workers Local 18 was affiliated with the International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America (CIO).

Arranged in 12 series.

• Series I, Organizational Features, 1955, 1959, 1967
• Series II, Minutes, 1946-1980
• Series III, Wage Scales, 1944-1953
• Series IV, Job Descriptions, approximately 1955-1975
• Series V, Negotiations and Agreements, 1969-1981
• Series VI, Grievances, 1975-1980
• Series VII, Publication - "A Guide to Labor Legislation: For Supervisors and Shop Stewards", 1944-1945
• Series VIII, Executive Board Minutes, 1955-1980
• Series IX, Shop Stewards Council. Minutes and Attendance List, 1965-1968, 1972
• Series X, Wood Products Safety Committee, 1976-1983
• Series XI, Publishers Forest Products Company (Anacortes) Branch, 1970-1980
• Series XII, Weyerhaeuser Standing Committee, 1940-1983