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Viola Moss was the first president of the Graphic Communications Union Auxiliary #505 in 1957 as the Bookbinders Auxiliary. She served as president of the International Graphic Arts Union Auxiliaries, as well as the Missouri State Council of Women's Auxiliaries AFL-CIO. These Auxiliaries encouraged the sale of union label goods, supported legislation in the interests of working people and attempted to influence public opinion toward the trade union movement.
The collection includes newsclippings, brochures, correspondence and photographs related to the Graphics Arts Union Auxiliary #505, the St. Louis Council of Women's Auxiliaries, the Missouri State Council of Women's Auxiliaries AFL-CIO, and the Mary Ryder Home. The photographs are of strikes. boycotts, Auxiliary Officers, and a 1974 union label parade.
FOLDER LISTING
Folder 1. AFL-CIO Auxiliary 1970-1980
2. Correspondence 1964-1983
3. Newsclippings, 1967-1984
4. Mary Ryder Home 1980-1985
5. Graphics Arts International Union #505 and Auxiliary 1961-1985
6. Committee On Political Education (COPE) 1964-1983
7. Photographs, 412.1-412.23
8. Photographs, 412.24-412.46
INDEX
AFL-CIO Auxiliaries. f. 1,2,7,8
Boycotts. f. 7
Committee On Political Education, AFL-CIO Auxiliaries. f. 6,8
Graphics Arts International Union #505 and Auxiliary. f. 1,2,5
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. f.5
Mary Ryder Home. f. 4,8
Moss, Glenn. f. 2,7,8
Moss, Viola. f. 1-8
Operation Buddy. f. 6,7
Right to Work Legislation. f.3
St. Louis Bookbinders, Local #18. f. 5
Strikes. f. 3,7
Thomas F. Eagleton. f.2
Union Label Parade. f. 7
United Way. f. 1,3,7
Vietnam War, f. 6,7
Women's Labor Union Auxiliaries. f.1-8
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