Local History. Where It All Began Pay of $30 a week for six days of work, arbitrary firings, salary cuts, and ridiculous schedules. That's what brought the Guild to the newsrooms of Toronto in the Dirty Thirties. And since then, Local 87-M has been working hard to get a better deal, first for newspaper and now for all media employees. It seems odd now, but in the 1930s, working Canadians looked south of the border when they wanted strong, dynamic and progressive union representation. For news industry employees, the obvious choice was the American Newspaper Guild, founded in 1933 by a man who was then one of the most renowned columnists in North America, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx. While skilled craft workers such as printers and press operators had long been organized at most major papers, the union idea was new to reporters, editors, advertising sales staff, and circulation and clerical workers. But a small group of Toronto newsroom workers — many of them women, who were only a small minority of editorial staffers in those days — brought the American Newspaper Guild to Canada in September 1936 with the daunting task of organizing the newsrooms of the four Toronto dailies then publishing. The new local was called the Toronto Newspaper Guild, Local 87 of the ANG, and its first decade was largely a story of failure. With legal protections weak, publishers were able to get away with subtle and not-so-subtle pressure tactics in order to prevent unions from taking root. Even at the Toronto Daily Star, known as a friend of labour (and founded by striking printers in the 1890s), an attempt in the early ’40s to negotiate a contract collapsed after the company demoted known union supporters and engaged in the kind of blatant intimidation that is outlawed today. The ANG revoked the charter of the Toronto local in 1943. The First Contract But the need and desire for a union didn't die. In 1948, the Toronto Newspaper Guild was resurrected and was able to demonstrate majority support in the Star newsroom. That meant the Guild could be certified by the Ontario Labour Relations Board under newly enacted labour laws, with the result that the company was obliged to bargain with the union. The new union's first president was Xxxxxx Honderich, later to become publisher and part owner of the Star. Honderich set the tone for this new union when he wrote in the first issue of the local union’s newsletter: “We are now trade unionists…members of that great body of men and women who have been striving for y...
Local History. The Local History collection may contain any item pertaining to the history of Stroud, Oklahoma (founded 1892) and the surrounding area.1 Major collection components include: • Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx Collection The XxXxxxxx collection was archived in partnership with OSU, which published a finding aid online. It contains materials of personal correspondence, handwritten notes, and other papers of the Oklahoma Dust Bowl poet. Newly discovered materials may be added, contact Xxxxx Xxxxxxx. • Photograph collection The collection may contain print photographs of the area from 1892 to the present. Digital copies are annotated to the best of the librarian’s knowledge. Collection may contain digital photographs taken by library staff or donated with copyright release. Some of the early photographs are available online through the Images of Oklahoma project. A print finding aid is available to the public in the library. • Slides The collection has some slides mainly of buildings but also of events of the defunct Main Street Stroud program. • Stroud Newspapers 1 Stroud is located in the southern part of the Central region immediately west of the former Oklahoma/Indian Territory border, approximately five miles north of the Sac & Fox Indian Agency. In Lincoln County, Keokuk Township, the neighboring communities included Xxxxxxxx, all-black town Key West, and country schools Springdale, Prairie View, Oak Grove, and Pleasant Hill. In the Eastern region, in Creek County, neighboring communities include Milfay, Depew, and Drumright. Xxxxxx’x area also includes Salt Creek, Deep Fork River, Frisco Railroad, Ozark Trail, Route 66 and Xxxxxx Turnpike. o Microfilm: The Library currently purchases one copy of all newspapers published in Stroud and microfilmed by OHS to date. It will continue to do so as funding allows. o Clippings: Library staff have archived original newspaper clippings from the Stroud American and Lincoln County News from the 1950s to the present. They will continue to do so as funding and staff time allows. o Indexes: Staff have produced print and digital indexes of information found in the Stroud newspapers. History index is digital and available to library staff only. Obituary index is on index cards available to the public in the library, a digital list of names and dates available online, and a database available only to library staff. Birth index is on index cards available to the public in the library, a digital list of names up to 1930 is availabl...
Local History. What is currently held The local history collection reflects the changing lives of the people of Glasgow from the earliest times to the present day. Every aspect of their lives is represented whether at home, at work or at leisure. Material related to the social, economic, political and religious life of the city is included and particular strengths are Trade Union banners, locally made products, topographical views of the city and portraits of prominent individuals, domestic objects and religious artefacts. A further strength is material illustrating the wider themes of labour history, women’s history, the Peace Movement, the Temperance Movement and popular culture. Proposed Additions To continue to build upon the existing strengths of the collection by acquiring those objects that have a strong provenance or are particularly rare or significant. In the area of religious artefacts CSG will concentrate on collecting personal expressions of religion on behalf of the Council. New areas of collecting will be identified so that the local history collection will continue to reflect the rich diversity of the people of Glasgow, their culture and their identity.
