Documents Tagged ‘unions’


Campbell Pledges Blacks in Building Trades Soon

Archive Entry Date: 03/09/1969

An “open society” in Peoria was the goal of the Tri-County Urban League's annual seven-part statement

No Union Men Attend Rights Group Meeting

Archive Entry Date: 03/08/1969

White-dominated construction unions were no-shows at a meeting to integrate building trades

The Town That Reformed

Archive Entry Date: 10/1/1955

Reform meant a new, professionalized city management, but did not go uncontested