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Collection Number: 05103

Collection Title: Textile Workers Union of America. South Region Records, 1947-1981

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Size 7.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4700 items)
Abstract Scott Hoyman was an organizer and a bargainer with the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA), serving as the Southern Regional Director in the 1960s and 1970s. The TWUA actively sought to organize southern textile plants to help workers achieve higher wages, health insurance, and other benefits, and to insure fair labor practices. The collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, pro-union and anti-union handouts and flyers, clippings, pictures, and other materials related to Scott Hoyman's activities with the TWUA. Materials document the internal functions of the TWUA, such as meetings, conferences, elections, and funding; the union's work with various organizations, including the Federation of Textile Representatives (FTR), and the AFL-CIO; TWUA's merger with Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to become the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU); organizing campaigns in North Carolina and South Carolina, most notably the J. P. Stevens Campaign; staff training and education; organizing tactics; membership drives and figures; the union's policies on political and industrial issues; and trends and events in the textile industry. Notable subjects include biennial conventions, Chatham Manufacturing Company, Collins & Aikman Corporation, Erwin Cotton Mills, executive council meetings, the Federation of Textile Representatives, GARCO (General Asbestos and Rubber Division, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), handouts and flyers, Harriet and Henderson Cotton Mills, J. P. Stevens & Co., Lone Star Textiles, outgoing mail, and southern staff conferences.
Creator Textile Workers Union of America. South Region.
Curatorial Unit Southern Historical Collection
Language English.
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Textile Workers Union of America #5103, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Scott Hoyman and Michele Hoyman of Chapel Hill, N.C., in September 2002 (Acc. 99334).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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In 1901, the United Textile Workers of America (UTW), was formed as an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). In 1937, the Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations or CIO) formed the Textile Workers Organizing Committee (TWOC). In 1939, locals from the TWOC and the UTW merged to form the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). The TWUA led numerous organizing campaigns in the union-resistant South, desiring to help textile workers achieve higher wages, health insurance, and other benefits, and to insure fair labor practices. In 1976, the TWUA merged with another textile union, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), which was affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

Scott Hoyman was an organizer and a bargainer with the TWUA, serving as the Southern Regional Director in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked on numerous organization and wage campaigns, including the J. P. Stevens & Co. campaign to organize workers and investigate unfair labor practices. Following the formation of the ACTWU in 1976, Hoyman became Executive Vice-President for the Textiles Division.

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Correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, pro-union and anti-union handouts and flyers, clippings, pictures, and other materials related to Scott Hoyman's work as the Southern Regional Director of the Textiles Workers Union of America (TWUA) in the 1960s and 1970s. Materials document the internal functions of the TWUA, including meetings, conferences, elections, and funding; the union's work with various organizations, including the Federation of Textile Representatives (FTR) and the AFL-CIO; the 1976 TWUA's merger with Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to form the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU); organizing campaigns in North Carolina and South Carolina, most notably at J. P. Stevens & Co.; staff training and education; organizing tactics; membership drives and figures; the union's policies on political and industrial issues; and trends and events in the textile industry. Materials relate to biennial conventions, Chatham Manufacturing Company, Collins & Aikman Corporation, Erwin Cotton Mills, executive council meetings, the Federation of Textile Representatives, GARCO (General Asbestos and Rubber Division, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), handouts and flyers, Harriet and Henderson Cotton Mills, J. P. Stevens & Co., Lone Star Textiles, outgoing mail, and southern staff conferences.

Materials received in folders labeled with subject titles were retained in that order. Other materials were placed in chronological order during processing. The collection, therefore, has both chronological and subject files, and both series contain related materials.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Chronological Files, 1947-1980.

About 700 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Reports, correspondence, minutes, flyers, pamphlets, clippings, pictures, and other materials related to Scott Hoyman's activities with the Textile Workers Union of America dating from 1947 through 1980. Correspondence concerns organizing drives, meetings, and other routine functions of the TWUA Reports document the various activities of the union, including membership, elections, and funding, in addition to various aspects of the textile industry, such as earnings, working conditions, and individual plants. Minutes are from the southern staff conference meetings. Also included are materials concerning organizing tactics and both pro-union and anti-union flyers and pamphlets.

Folder 1

1947-1959

Folder 2

1960-1962

Folder 3-4

Folder 3

Folder 4

1963

Folder 5-6

Folder 5

Folder 6

1964

Folder 7-8

Folder 7

Folder 8

1965

Folder 9

1966

Folder 10

1967

Folder 11-12

Folder 11

Folder 12

1968

Folder 13-14

Folder 13

Folder 14

1969

Folder 15-16

Folder 15

Folder 16

1970

Folder 17

1971

Folder 18-19

Folder 18

Folder 19

1972

Folder 20-21

Folder 20

Folder 21

1973

Folder 22

1974

Folder 23

1975

Folder 24-25

Folder 24

Folder 25

1976

Folder 26-27

Folder 26

Folder 27

1977

Folder 28-29

Folder 28

Folder 29

1978

Folder 30

1979-1980

Folder 31-34

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Undated

Folder 35

Undated Articles and Clippings

Folder 36

Undated Notes

Folder 37

Undated Pictures

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About 4000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject. Most files retain the original titles assigned by Hoyman.

Subject files containing correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, handouts and flyers, clippings, pictures, and other materials related to Scott Hoyman's work as the Southern Regional Director of the Textiles Workers Union of America in the 1960s and 1970s. Materials document the internal functions of the TWUA, such as meetings, conferences, elections, and funding; the union's work with various organizations, including the Federation of Textile Representatives (FTR). and the AFL-CIO; the TWUA's merger with Amalgamated Clothing to become the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU); organizing campaigns in North Carolina and South Carolina, most notably the J. P. Stevens & Co. Campaign; staff training and education; organizing tactics; membership drives and figures; union policies on political and industrial issues; and trends and events in the textile industry. Notable subjects include biennial conventions, Chatham Manufacturing Company, Collins & Aikman Corporation, Erwin Cotton Mills, executive council meetings, the Federation of Textile Representatives, GARCO(General Asbestos and Rubber Division, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.), handouts and flyers, Harriet and Henderson Cotton Mills, J. P. Stevens & Co., Lone Star Textiles, outgoing mail, and southern staff conferences. Museum items include a TWUA pin and tie tack, delegate badges to conferences, and various buttons.

Folder 38

ACTWU Convention Proceedings, 1981

Folder 39

ACTWU Convention Proceedings, 1984

Folder 40

"Almost Unbelievable" Supplemental Material

Folder 41

American Federation of Hosiery Workers, 1963-1966

Folder 42

Anti-Union Material

Folder 43

Anti-Union Clippings

Folder 44

Attitudes of Cannon Workers in Kannapolis/Concord

Folder 45

Biennial Convention Proceedings, 1966

Folder 46

Biennial Convention, 1972

Folder 47-49

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Biennial Convention, 1974

Folder 50

Cartoon Services, 1963

Folder 51-54

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Chatham Manufacturing Company, 1963-1968, undated

Folder 55

Chatham Manufacturing Company: Clippings

Folder 56-58

Folder 56

Folder 57

Folder 58

Chatham Manufacturing Company: Contract, 1965-1968, undated

Folder 59

Chatham Manufacturing Company: Insurance, 1965

Folder 60

Chatham Manufacturing Company/National Labor Relations Board, 1966

Folder 61

Chatham Manufacturing Company: Notes

Folder 62

Collins & Aikman, 1965

Folder 63

Collins & Aikman: Negotiations, 1965

Folder 64

Collins & Aikman: Negotiations, Notes

Folder 65

Collins & Aikman: Unfair Labor Charges, 1965-1966

Folder 66

Cone Negotiations, 1966

Folder 67

Coopers Inc. Negotiations, 1967

Folder 68

Carolina Leadership Conference, 1965

Folder 69

Deep South Finances, 1977-1978

Folder 70

Diamond Hosiery Mills, 1967

Folder 71

Earnings of North Carolinians, 1975

Folder 72-73

Folder 72

Folder 73

Erwin Cotton Mills, 1967

Folder 74

Erwin Cotton Mills Contract, 1965

Folder 75-77

Folder 75

Folder 76

Folder 77

Executive Council, 1971

Folder 78

Executive Council Meeting, May 1972

Folder 79

Executive Council Meeting, July 1972

Folder 80-81

Folder 80

Folder 81

Executive Council Meeting, December 1972

Folder 82

Executive Council Meeting, March 1973

Folder 83-85

Folder 83

Folder 84

Folder 85

Executive Council Meeting, June 1973

Folder 86

Executive Council Meeting, October 1973

Folder 87

Executive Council Meeting, November 1973

Folder 88

Executive Council Meeting, February 1974

Folder 89

Executive Council Meeting, April 1974

Folder 90

Executive Council Meeting, May 1974

Folder 91

Executive Council Meeting, June 1974

Folder 92-93

Folder 92

Folder 93

Executive Council Meeting, September 1974

Folder 94

Executive Council Meeting, December 1974

Folder 95-96

Folder 95

Folder 96

Executive Council Meeting, January 1975

Folder 97

Executive Council Meeting, April 1975

Folder 98

Executive Council Meeting, July 1975

Folder 99

Executive Council Meeting, October 1975

Folder 100

Executive Council Meeting, April 1976

Folder 101-102

Folder 101

Folder 102

Executive Council Merger Documents, 1976

Folder 103

Fact Sheets for Organizers

Folder 104

Fieldcrest Negotiations, 1967

Folder 105-107

Folder 105

Folder 106

Folder 107

Federation of Textile Representatives, 1964-1975

Folder 108

Federation of Textile Representatives: Contract, Constitution, and Executive Board Minutes, 1963-1965

Folder 109

Federation of Textile Representatives: Correspondence, 1964-1965

Folder 110

FTR-TWUA Negotiations: Early Contract, 1965-1967

Folder 111

FTR-TWUA Contract, 1971

Folder 112

FTR-TWUA Negotiations, 1973

Folder 113

FTR-TWUA Secretary-Treasurer's Survey

Folder 114-115

Folder 114

Folder 115

GARCO Negotiations, 1966

Folder 116-117

Folder 116

Folder 117

GARCO Negotiations, 1967-1969

Folder 118-127

Folder 118

Folder 119

Folder 120

Folder 121

Folder 122

Folder 123

Folder 124

Folder 125

Folder 126

Folder 127

Handouts and Flyers

Folder 128

Harriet and Henderson Cotton Mills

Folder 129

Hood, Robert, Case: Slater Plant

Folder 130

Hoyman, Scott: 1969 Date Book

Folder 131

Initiation and Dues Structure Committee, 1972-1975

Folder 132-137

Folder 132

Folder 133

Folder 134

Folder 135

Folder 136

Folder 137

J. P. Stevens & Co. Campaign, 1963-1966, undated

Folder 138

J. P. Stevens & Co. Campaign: Notes

Folder 139-140

Folder 139

Folder 140

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Background, 1963-1965, undated

Folder 141

J. P. Stevens & Co. Before the National Labor Relations Board, 1964

Folder 142-143

Folder 142

Folder 143

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Clippings

Folder 144

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Election Data Leaflet, 1965

Folder 145

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Election Materials, 1965

Folder 146-150

Folder 146

Folder 147

Folder 148

Folder 149

Folder 150

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Handouts and Flyers

Folder 151

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Material for Leaflets

Folder 152

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Roanoke Rapids Discharge and 8A1 Cases, 1963

Folder 153

J. P. Stevens & Co.: Roanoke Rapids Leaflets

Folder 154-156

Folder 154

Folder 155

Folder 156

Lone Star Textiles: Cuero, 1966

Folder 157

Lone Star Textiles: Wage Negotiations, 1966-1968

Folder 158

Martin Processing: Negotiations, 1971

Folder 159-160

Folder 159

Folder 160

Mexia Local 1561: Wage Negotiations, 1966

Folder 161

Minimum Wage Campaign Kit

Folder 162

Museum Items (MU 5103/1-10)

Folder 163

North Carolina and South Carolina Labor Clippings, 1963-1964

Folder 164

Office of Contract Compliance, U.S. Department of Labor

Folder 165

Outgoing Mail, 1978

Folder 166-168

Folder 166

Folder 167

Folder 168

Outgoing Mail, 1979

Folder 169

Outgoing Mail, 1980

Folder 170

Presbyterian Church International Crisis Constitution, 1975

Folder 171-172

Folder 171

Folder 172

Propaganda Analysis

Folder 173

Raybestos-Manhattan, 1966

Folder 174

Referendum Rules for Electing Vice-President

Folder 175

Rock Hill Printing and Finishing, 1968

Folder 176

Ryan, E.

Folder 177-179

Folder 177

Folder 178

Folder 179

Source Material for Leaflets

Folder 180-181

Folder 180

Folder 181

Southern Membership Figures, 1964-1966

Folder 182

Southern Staff Conferences, 1965

Folder 183

Southern Staff Conference, March 1966

Folder 184

Southern Staff Conference, August 1966

Folder 185

Speech Outlines

Folder 186

Spofford Mills, 1966

Folder 187

Staff Manual

Folder 188-189

Folder 188

Folder 189

Staff Training Conference, 1967

Folder 190

Taft-Hartleyism in Textiles, 1953

Folder 191

Textile Industry Expansion: Clippings

Folder 192

Textile Labor and Industry for I.U.D. Organizers, July 1963

Folder 193

Union Labor Report Newsletter, 1964

Folder 194

Vice-President Election Results, 1979

Folder 195

Wage Drive, 1965

Folder 196

Wages and Hours: North Carolina and South Carolina

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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5103/1-2

OPF-5103/1

OPF-5103/2

Oversize papers

Image Folder PF-5103/1

Photographs

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Items separated include pictures (P-5103/1), oversized papers (OP-5103/1-2) and museum items (MU-5103/1-10).

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