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Series: Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU/RCIA)
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HA 764-HA 766
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A Watch for Joe,
1951
: The benefits of union membership as told by two men: one belongs to RCIA, one
does not. Non-union man loses pay after illness and tries to form union.
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DD 002-DD 003
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Convention Story: Democracy at Work,
1959
: Proceedings of the 23rd international convention. Speakers are shown and part of
each speech is included.
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DD 005
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Democracy in Action,
1963
: Film of the 1963 annual convention of the RCIA, marking the union's 75th
anniversary. The speakers are all shown and excerpts from some speeches.
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George Meany addresses the RCIA, circa
1959
: Footage of Meany address to the 23rd RCIA convention, to be used for Convention Story.
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AB 898
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Archival positive
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AB 955
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Magnetic sound track (16 mm)
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AB 903
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Governor Nelson Rockefeller greeting to RCIA, circa
1962
: VBA 685 viewing copy.
: New York Governor Rockefeller addresses the RCIA convention on their 75th
anniversary.
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CA 657
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Groundbreaking for RCIA headquarters (Suffridge Building),
1967
: Groundbreaking in October 23, 1967 for the Suffridge Building, the Retail Clerks
International Association headquarters. The international president (James A.
Suffridge) and the vice-president of the union give short speeches.
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FE 270
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In Order to Form a More Perfect Union,
1967
: Footage from the 25th convention of the Retail Clerks International Association.
Includes speeches by George Meany (AFL-CIO President), Secretary of State Dean
Rusk, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz.
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CA 659
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Nixon Visits the RCIA Headquarters, 1970
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FE 274
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One More Harvest, One More Home: The Odyssey of the
American Migrant Worker, 1960
: VHB 687 viewing copy.
: Produced for the RCIA.
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AB 924
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Sears Boycott, 1957
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GA 182
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Sears Boycott: Lima, Peru, 1957
: Picket line in Lima, Peru showing signs with anti-Sears slogans in Spanish.
Balloon with anti-Sears slogans handed out to children.
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CA 658
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Senators' Greetings to the RCIA, 1967
: Prerecorded messages to the convention featuring Edmund Muskie, Walter Mondale,
Gaylord Nelson, and others.
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Senators' Speeches on Unions, 1959
: Footage of senatorial speeches to the 23rd RCIA convention taped in their D.C.
offices, only a portion of each appeared in Convention
Story. Featured are Kuchel, Engle, Morse, Estes Kefuaver, Smathers, John
F. Kennedy, Wayne Morse, Stuart Symington, Franck Church, Jacobs Javits, Vance
Hartke, and Hugh Scott.
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DD 004
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Archival positive
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DD 123
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Magnetic sound track (16 mm)
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