II. Union,, 1946-1992

Summary: This series contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, publications, contracts, and reports pertaining to unions with which Stetin was involved either as a consultant, an executive or in research. Included are documents relating to the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU); the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); the Bottled Beer Drivers, Warehousemen, Bottlers and Helpers; the Communications Workers of America (CWA); the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE); the New Jersey State AFL-CIO; and the Trade Union Consulting Committee. Also included are numerous union pamphlets and other documentation concerning the Amalgamated Bank of New York as well as some of the resources and notes that Stetin compiled in preparation for select speeches on labor issues he gave to audiences throughout his career. Among the specific topics encompassed by materials in this series are children in the labor movement, the foreign labor crisis, the Columbian Quincentenary, immigrants' rights, and labor management and organization. In addition, the series includes commemorative files that Stetin kept to honor retired New Jersey labor leaders and the 1981 occasion during which his portrait was installed in the Textile Workers Union of America Presidents Room.