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1 Great Falls Newspaper Guild Records, Overview of the Collection Subject Great Falls Newspaper Guild Title Great Falls Newspaper Guild Records Dates (inclusive) Quantity 19.0 linear feet, (31 archival boxes and one metal card file) Collection Number Mss 048 Summary The Guild represented certain employees of the Great Falls Tribune and Great Falls Leader in north central Montana. This collection consists of organizational, financial, legal, and audio-visual records as well as correspondence, negotiation documents, publications, and subject files generated and/or collected by Great Falls Newspaper Guild officials spanning the full length of the organization's existence. Repository University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections Archives and Special Collections Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library University of Montana 32 Campus Dr. # Missoula, MT Telephone: Fax: Access Restrictions Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula. Languages Sponsor English Funding for creating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Historical Note The Great Falls Newspaper Guild held its first recorded meeting on March 22, Fred Martin and Joseph Kinsey Howard were among those who organized the editorial employees of the Great Falls Leader and the Great Falls Tribune as the Great Falls Press Club. The existence of the Guild was initially secret. Like the American Newspaper Guild, which was founded in 1933, they organized in response to the working conditions common for newspaper reporters: long and irregular work hours with no paid holiday or vacation, poor benefits, and dismissal without cause. The Guild affiliated with 1

2 the Cascade County American Federation of Labor (AFL) and was officially named the Great Falls Newspaper Guild (Local 81 of the American Newspaper Guild). On November 29, 1936, the guild negotiated its initial contract with the Great Falls Tribune-Leader owners, O.S. Warden and Alex Warden. Other early members were Dan Cushman and Charles M. Guthrie. One of the issues the Guild took on in early negotiations with the Wardens was the gender-segregated wage scale that paid women considerably less than men for the same work; the Guild felt strongly that there should be a single wage scale for all reporters regardless of gender. Initially the Guild included only editorial employees, and it quickly established a closed shop, where all non-management employees at the newspaper had to belong to the union. In 1937, the Guild established alliances with craft unions and farm and labor organizations outside the paper, and through a threatened strike with the typographical union, established its power with newspaper management. By 1939, the Guild added personnel from the advertising and circulation departments, and later employees in the business office. Until 1968, it was the only newspaper guild between Minneapolis and western Washington and kept its pay scale higher than other Montana newspapers. Also in 1939, employees at the Great Falls Tribune, the Great Falls Leader, the Montana Farmer-Stockman, and the weekly Treasurebelt News. were included in the Guild's contract. All had a five-day, 40-hour week, vacation, reimbursement for travel expenses, and equal pay for men and women. During World War II, federal wage and production guidelines slowed the Guild's efforts to improve its member's wages, and its gains were mostly limited to improving benefits. These included protection of the jobs of employees serving in the military. The Guild attempted to unionize other Montana newspapers, especially those owned by the vast and powerful Anaconda Company. Organizing the Anaconda newspapers--most of the major newspapers in the state--had been one of the Guild's early goals. Organizing was done in secret and was never successful. Wages and benefits in Great Falls outpaced those at other papers considerably, and many reporters and other staff left Company papers to work for the Tribune. The relationship between the Guild and the Tribune's leadership was mostly peaceful during the 1940s and 1950s; neither side employed professional negotiators. Alex Warden replaced his father as publisher after O.S. Warden's death in 1951 and continued to be reasonable in negotiations. But negotiations became more difficult in the 1960s. By 1962, both the newspaper and the Guild began to use professional negotiators as the stakes became higher. Also at this time, the Guild began to feel the division between its well-paid reporters and editors and the less-well-paid employees of the buisiness, circulation, and advertising departments. Most of the Guild's leadership was from the editorial side, and it felt the split keenly. In April 1965, the Tribune and the Leader were both sold to the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, a strong American Newspaper Guild paper that was owned by John and Gardner Cowles of Minneapolis. The new owners honored the union's contract, and the Guild was relieved that the paper had not been purchased by Lee Enterprises, which had purchased the Anaconda Company's Montana newspapers in The late 1960s were contentious as the Guild and management struggled over the closed shop, pay, and benefits. In the late 1960s, the Guild renewed its efforts to organize other Montana newspapers, especially the Lee papers, but made little headway. Negotiations between the Guild and management, contentious for some time, came to a head in The Guild was frustrated in its efforts to improve wages and benefits, and prepared to strike. In October 1972, the Guild and the Tribune signed a two-year contract, retroactive to 1971, that boosted pay and benefits. 2

3 But by 1973, inflation drove Guild members to seek more pay increases. Carla Beck, the union's first woman president, observed that while the Guild had won equal pay for equal work some time ago, most of the Guild's women members were in low-paying "pink collar" jobs, and that the wage separation between college-educated editorial staff and support staff was only growing. They sought to repeat the successes of newspaper guilds in larger cities, which had secured substantial pay increases. They were unable to negotiate them, and the strike began on October 19, The International Typographical Union (ITU), which represented the Tribune's typesetters and composers, and which considered the Guild a rival, attempted to break the line but was physically unable to cross. They decided to support the strike, along with many other local unions, and effectively shut down the Tribune. Tribune management also took advantage of the shutdown to convert its presses from old--and laborintensive--"hot type" to more modern "cold type," which eliminated many jobs for typographical union members. By November 1, some of the Guild's own members made the decision to break the strike. From there, the strike became more and more divisive. The Guild published its own paper, the weekly Great Falls Pennant, starting November 9 to continue to serve Great Falls readers and advertisers during the strike. It was frustrated as it sought a printer, finally having to use a printer in Billings. Readers in Great Falls and along the Hi-Line missed their daily paper. Local television and radio stations expanded their local coverage, but were unable to fully fill the need for local news. On December 17, the ITU local voted to return to work, and by December 19, using management trained on the new equipment and a private fleet of delivery vehicles, the Tribune produced a paper, effectively defeating the Guild. Members, disappointed at the outcome, voted to accept management's pre-strike offer and returned to work on December 21, Relations between the Guild and the Tribune continued to be rocky for several years following the strike. Guild membership also began to fall, and it gave up the closed shop in 1978 when it at last signed another contract with the Tribune. The strike also ended the Guild's efforts to organize other newspapers in Montana. On December 16, 1992, Guild members voted in favor of discontinuing the organization's representation of them in contract negotiations with the Tribune. The union effectively ended its existence in Great Falls in Content Description This collection consists of organizational, correspondence, financial, legal, negotiation documents, publications, subject files, and audio-visual records generated and/or collected by Great Falls Newspaper Guild officials spanning the full length of the organization's existence. Materials in this collection document the complexity of labor negotiations (between Guild members and with management) and provide insights into Guild leadership decisions, methods and intentions for soliciting community support, and changes in the principal negotiation goals spanning a period of dramatic change within the newspaper industry. These documents record the Guild's responses to technological advances in newspaper production; transformation of Guild membership from a relative balance between professional and technical staff to predominantly technical staff; changes in the newspaper industry precipitated by the proliferation of television journalism; and growth of the Great Falls economy and population following World War II. Additionally collection materials indicate the impacts of increasingly specialized negotiation training for Local officials during the second half of the twentieth century. 3

4 Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana. Preferred Citation [Name of document or photograph number], Great Falls Newspaper Guild Records, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula. Administrative Information Arrangement The collection is arranged in eleven series: Series I: Organization, 3.0 linear feet, Series II: Correspondence, 2.5 linear feet, Series III: Financial Records, 2.5 linear feet, Series IV: Legal Documents, 1 folder, Series V: Negotiations and Contracts, 3.0 linear feet, Series VI: Publications, 1.5 linear feet, Series VII: Subject, 0.75 feet, Series VIII: Clippings and Articles, 0.75 feet, Series IX: Photographs, 21 images, Series X: American Newspaper Guild/The Newspaper Guild, 2.0 linear feet, Series XI: American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 0.75 linear feet, Series XII: Audio, 1 item, 1987 Custodial History The records remained in the possession of the Guild until donation to the Archives. Acquisition Information Gift of Great Falls Newspaper Guild, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991,

5 Processing Note Records received before 1995 were originally processed as two separate collections, LC 48 and LC 215. In 2004, these collections were reprocessed and materials received in 1995 were added. Organizational structure between the two original collections displayed some inconsistencies; therefore, during 2004 processing all materials were integrated into a single structure and extensively redescribed. Collection materials received in 1995 exhibited significant disassociation from original context--numerous documents were placed in large plastic bags and became separated from original files. Files were retained intact for instances in which an original label existed and a clear coherency of file items could be established. Disassociated items were either integrated into other files (from LC 48, LC 215, or 1995 materials) to augment gaps in a sequence of materials OR placed within a newly designated file. Predominantly these newly designated files consisted of organizational documents (Series I), correspondence (Series II), negotiation records (Series V), and publications distributed by The Newspaper Guild (Series X) and the AFL-CIO (Series XI). Collection materials received in 1995 also contained numerous duplicates of previously processed items (including information recorded through other formats) and publications of personal interest to Great Falls Newspaper Guild leaders (unrelated to Guild activities). All such materials were separated from the collection, individually reviewed for relevancy to the collection, and discarded when appropriate. Additionally, 1995 materials included copies of documents containing sensitive personnel information such as social security information and bank account numbers. All such documents were discarded to protect the privacy of the identified individuals. Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: Organization, linear feet This series contains organizational papers generated by the Great Falls Newspaper Guild spanning the full length of the organization's existence. These organizational papers include the Guild's constitution and by-laws (documenting changes over two decades), the constitution and by-laws for other Locals representing Great Falls Tribune employees, meeting agendas and minutes, internal election records and membership surveys, membership lists, notices to employees (both Guild members and nonmembers), petitions and resolutions, summary reports for members, and template forms (both internal and governmental). Also included in this series are files regarding the formation of an employee's credit union, extensive records from the 1974 Guild strike, and documents from the 1992 membership vote regarding potential decertification of the Guild as the collective bargaining representatives for Tribune employees. Box/Folder 1/1 By-Laws and Constitution /2 Great Falls Typographical Union, Constitution, By-Laws, and Agreements

6 1/3 Leadership 1/4 Agendas /5 Minutes /6 Minutes /7 Minutes /8 Minutes /1 Minutes, Notebooks /2 Minutes, Notebooks /3 Minutes /4 Forms, Letterhead, and Membership Cards and 2/5 Election Papers /6 Elections /7 Surveys and Questionaires and 2/8 Petitions and Resolutions and 2/9 Staff Memos /10 Staff Memos /11 Staff Memos 3/1 Hiring Notices and Status Requests /2 Hiring Notices and Status Requests

7 3/3 Notices and Postings to Members and 3/4 Negotiation Bulletins and Reports /5 Negotiation Bulletins and Reports and 3/6 Negotiation Bulletins and Reports /7 Strike Bulletins and Reports /8 Strike Committee Papers /9 Picket Duty Roster /10 Strike Benefit Forms /11 Strike Surveillance /12 Unity Publishing Company of Montana, Incorporation Papers, Great Falls Pennant /1 Directory of Employees /2 Great Falls Guild Membership List /3 Great Falls Guild Membership List /4 Great Falls Guild Membership List /5 Great Falls Guild Membership List /6 Great Falls Guild Membership List /7 Great Falls Guild Membership List /8 Great Falls Guild Membership List /9 Great Falls Guild Membership List /1 Great Falls Guild Membership List

8 5/2 Great Falls Guild Membership List /3 Great Falls Guild Membership List /4 Great Falls Guild Membership List /5 Great Falls Guild Membership List /6 Great Falls Guild Membership List 5/7 Union Contact Lists /8 Tribune Employees Federal Credit Union /9 Decertification Process /10 Federal Forms and Reports and Box 32 Membership Withdrawn Card File circa Series II: Correspondence, linear feet This series contains incoming, outgoing, and internal correspondence generated and received by Great Falls Newspaper Guild officials. Materials in this series include exchanges with other Newspaper Guild locals and national leaders, Montana elected officials, Tribune management, and Guild contractors (such as legal firms, accountants, and consultants). These materials provide insights into Guild leadership decisions, methods and intentions for soliciting community support, and changes in central negotiation goals from the 1930s through the early 1990s. Box/Folder 6/1 A and 6/2 American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (Region 21) and 8

9 6/3 American Newspaper Guild and 6/4 American Newspaper Guild /5 American Newspaper Guild /6 American Newspaper Guild /7 American Newspaper Guild /1 American Newspaper Guild /2 American Newspaper Guild 7/3 B and 7/4 Buffalo Newspaper Guild /5 C /6 California-Nevada District Council (ANG) /7 Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly /8 Cleveland Newspapers Guild /9 Committee to Support the Convention /10 D and 7/11 Daoust, Joseph H. and Associates /12 Denver Newspaper Guild /13 Detroit Newspaper Guild /14 District Court, Montana Eighth Judicial District /15 Dugan, Edward B

10 7/16 E /17 F and 7/18 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service /19 G and 7/20 Great Falls Newspapers Guild Members and Tribune Employees and 7/21 Great Falls Tribune/Leader and 7/22 Great Falls Tribune /1 Great Falls Tribune/Leader and 8/2 Great Falls Unity Council 1988 and 8/3 H and 8/4 Hawaii Newspaper Guild /5 Hilley and Loring, Attorneys at Law /6 Hilley and McKittrick, Attorneys at Law /7 I /8 J /9 K /10 L /11 Lake Superior Newspaper Guild

11 8/12 Los Angeles Newspaper Guild and 8/13 Louisville Newspaper Guild /14 M and 8/15 Membership and Discipline /16 Milwaukee Newspaper Guild /17 Minneapolis /18 Montana State Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO /19 Montana State Board of Equalization /20 Montana Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry /21 Montana, Office of the Governor 1951, /22 Meyers, Ed /23 N and 8/24 National Labor Relations Board /25 The Newspaper Guild /26 The Newspaper Guild /1 The Newspaper Guild /2 The Newspaper Guild /3 Newspaper Guild of New York /4 Newspaper Guild of the Twin Cities /5 O

12 9/6 Ottawa Newspaper Guild /7 P /8 Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild /9 Peterschmidt /10 Portland Referendum Committee /11 R and 9/12 Reno Newspaper Guild /13 S and 9/14 San Antonio Newspaper Guild /15 San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild /16 Seattle-Tacoma Newspaper Guild /17 Seyforth, Shaw, Fairweath and Geraldson /18 Shulman, Kurtz, Turner and Topaz /19 Stockton Newspaper Guild /20 Strike Fund Contribution Envelope Copies /21 Struckman Award /22 Struckman, R.P /23 T /24 Toronto Newspaper Guild /25 U

13 9/26 Unidentified /27 United States Department of Labor /28 University of Montana and 9/29 V and 9/30 Vancouver-New Westminster Newspaper Guild /31 W /32 Western District Council (ANG/TNG) /33 Y Series III: Financial Records, linear feet This series includes audit reports, tax records, ledger books, treasurer reports, dues records, and rate of pay reports maintained by Guild officials. Also included is a file of financial records regarding the Unity Publishing Company of Montana, the publication corporation formed by the Guild for its 1974 strike newspaper, the Great Falls Pennant. Box/Folder 10/1 Audit Reports /2 Audit Reports /3 Audit Reports /4 Audit Reports /5 Audit Reports /6 Local Audit Reports

14 10/7 Unity Publishing Company of Montana, Inc., Corporation Reports 1975 and /8 Income Tax Records /9 Income Tax Records /10 Income Tax Records /1 Financial Reports /2 Financial Reports /3 Guild Dues Collection Reports /4 Guild Dues Collection Reports /5 Guild Dues Collection Reports /6 Guild Dues Collection Reports /7 Guild Dues Collection Reports /8 Guild Dues Collection Reports /1 Guild Dues Collection Reports /2 Guild Dues Collection Reports /3 Guild Dues Collection Reports /4 Guild Dues Collection Reports 1984 and /5 Ledger Book /6 Ledger Book /7 Ledger Book /8 Ledger Book

15 13/1 Bound Local Treasurer's Report /2 Bound Local Treasurer's Report /3 Bound Local Treasurer's Report /4 Bound Local Treasurer's Report /5 Local Treasurer's Reports /6 Local Treasurer's Reports /7 Local Treasurer's Reports /8 Local Treasurer's Reports /9 Wage and Pay Board Information /10 Rate of Pay Reports and 13/11 Detached Financial Records and 14/1 Membership Dues and Assessments /2 Membership Dues Reports and Series IV: Legal Documents, folder This series contains legal documents generated during contract negotiations between the Great Falls Newspaper Guild and Great Falls Tribune management. Included are arbitration affidavits, court summons and filings, National Labor Relations Board complaints, and mediation agreements. These materials reflect a particularly contentious series of negotiations during the 1970s, including the 1974 Guild strike. Box/Folder 15/

16 Series V: Negotiations and Contracts, linear feet This series contains draft and final copies of labor contracts between Tribune management and the Great Falls Newspaper Guild, management and Guild counterproposals (marked up copies), meeting notes taken by Guild officials, internal Guild negotiation memos, documents and correspondence generated by grievance actions, and a small collection of labor contract negotiation records for Tribune employees represented by other trade unions. Files in this series were largely maintained as donated; thus, often include a mixture of handwritten notes, spiral-bound notebooks, marked copies of final contracts employed as drafts for subsequent negotiations, reference brochures, draft versions of membership bulletins, and relevant correspondence. The materials in this series document the complexity of labor negotiations--between Guild members and with management--spanning a period of dramatic change within the newspaper industry as well as indicate the impacts of increasingly specialized negotiation training for Local officials following World War II. Box/Folder 15/2 Contracts, Originals /3 Contracts, Published /4 Contracts, Booklets /5 Grievance Records and 15/6 Grievances, Detached Notes and 15/7 Grievance, Pam Dalke /8 Grievance, Sandy Albrecht /9 Grievance, Part-time Photo Lab Workers /10 Grievance, Part-time/Full-time Hiring Practices /11 Grievance, Mileage Reimbursement /12 Negotiations /13 Negotiations

17 16/1 Negotiations /2 Negotiations /3 Negotiations /4 Negotiations /5 Negotiations /6 Negotiations, Notebook /7 Negotiations, Notebook /1 Negotiations /2 Negotiations /3 Negotiations /4 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes /5 Negotiations /6 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes /7 Negotiations /1 Negotiations /2 Negotiations /3 Negotiations /4 Negotiations /5 Negotiations, Layoffs /6 Negotiations /1 Negotiations

18 19/2 Negotiations, Notebook /3 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes /4 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes /5 Negotiations, Early Retirement Incentive Program /6 Negotiations, Part-time Employees /7 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes /8 Negotiations, Vacation /9 Negotiations /10 Negotiations /1 Negotiations, Notebook /2 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes /3 Negotiations 20/4 Negotiations, Handwritten Notes 20/5 Contracts, Great Falls Typographical Union /6 Contracts, Great Falls Typographical Union, Booklets /7 Negotiations, Pressmen/Graphic Communication International Union 20/8 Negotiations, Pressmen/Graphic Communication International Union /9 Negotiations, Great Falls Mailers Union /10 Negotiations, Great Falls Mailers Union 1991 Series VI: Publications, linear feet 18

19 This series contains newsletters and pamphlets produced by Great Falls Tribune employees, regarding both Guild activities and general workplace matters. Also included is a full sequence of the Great Falls Pennant, a newspaper published by the Guild during the 1974 contract strike. Additional records regarding the Pennant can be found in Series I and Series III under the project's incorporation title, the Unity Publishing Company of Montana. Bread and Butter was the Guild's periodic contract negotiation newsletter distributed to members. What's Going On Around Here and Trib Talk were internal newsletters, produced by both Guild members and non-member employees, detailing technical guidelines, management decisions, business developments, workplace events, and personal announcements. This series includes two files of Guild-published pamphlets and associated materials documenting the organization's history and 50th Anniversary celebration. Box/Folder 20/11 Great Falls Newspaper Guild Newsletter /12 What's Going On Around Here /1 What's Going On Around Here /2 What's Going On Around Here /3 What's Going On Around Here /4 What's Going On Around Here /5 What's Going On Around Here /6 What's Going On Around Here /7 What's Going On Around Here /8 What's Going On Around Here /9 What's Going On Around Here /10 What's Going On Around Here /1 Bread and Butter /2 Bread and Butter and 22/3 Great Falls Newspaper Guild History

20 22/4 Great Falls Newspaper Guild 50th Anniversary /5 Trib Talk OS31/1 Great Falls Pennant 1974 OS31/2 Great Falls Pennant 1974 Series VII: Subject, linear feet This series contains subject files collected by Great Falls Newspaper Guild officials regarding contract negotiation issues, employee training and benefits programs, and Great Falls Tribune management concerns. These materials reflect both formal union organization issues and the personal concerns of Guild leaders, with particular representation from the mid 1970s through the early 1990s. Box/Folder 22/6 Arbitration Process /7 Benefits Program and 22/8 Benefits Program, Health and Dental and 22/9 Benefits Program, Health and Dental and 23/1 Benefits Program, Pension and 23/2 Benefits Program, Pension and 23/3 Benefits Program, Pension Brochures and 23/4 Cowles Media Company /5 Employee Evaluation Guides 20

21 23/6 Ethics /7 Firing Policies 1979 and 23/8 Labor Court Cases /9 Labor Legislation and 23/10 Leave Without Pay Program /11 Merger of The Newspaper Guild and International Typographical Union /1 Merit Pay /2 Montana Arbitration Conference /3 Montana Arbitration Conference /4 News 2000 Reports /5 Representation on the Job /6 "Right to Work" /7 Sale of the Great Falls Tribune to Gannett Corporation /8 Sexual and Ethnic Bias in the Workplace /9 Workplace Safety /10 American Arbitration Association Training Manual 1986 Series VIII: Clippings and Articles, linear feet This series contains publication clippings, historical articles, and unpublished manuscripts relevant to labor issues and the Montana newspaper industry. All materials in this series were produced by individuals or organizations other than the Great Falls Newspaper Guild. Included in this series are three files examining the history and activities of the Great Falls Newspaper Guild as well as a sequence of Guild Reporter issues from the national organization. These materials document issues 21

22 of concern to Guild members and provide a breadth of perspectives on Guild activities spanning the period of the organization's existence. Box/Folder 25/1 Clippings /2 Clippings circa /3 Clippings circa /4 Clippings circa /5 The Great Falls Strike /6 History of the Great Falls Newspaper Guild, by Katherine Louise Hardin 25/7 The Man Who Troubled the Twins: The Politics of Joseph Kinsey Howard by Lance M. Grider /8 The Newspaperman Who Founded a Union /9 The Guild Reporter /10 The Guild Reporter /11 The Guild Reporter /12 The Guild Reporter /13 Other Newspapers Series IX: Photographs, images This series contains 21 photographs, primarily from a 1987 Great Falls Newspaper Guild labor rally. Also included are photographs from the Guild's 50th Anniversary Banquet (March 7, 1987) and Guild parade floats dating to 1936 and circa Box/Folder 22

23 30/7 48(IX):1: Great Falls Trades Council Parade Float 30/7 48(IX):2: Great Falls Labor Day Parade, American Newspaper Guild Float /7 48(IX):3: Two Men Sweeping, Incident Cleanup 30/7 48(IX):4: Three Men with Brooms, Inspecting Incident Cleanup 30/7 48(IX):5: Great Falls Newspaper Guild 50th Anniversary Banquet, Ron Rice, Charles Perlik, and Peggy Dickerson March /7 48(IX):6: Labor Rally, Contract Negotiations 30/7 48(IX):7: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Jim Godfrey Speaking 30/7 48(IX):8: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Norm Green Speaking 30/7 48(IX):9: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Norm Green Speaking 30/7 48(IX):10: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Charles Perlik (The Newspaper Guild President) Speaking 30/7 48(IX):11: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Charles Perlik (The Newspaper Guild President) Speaking 30/7 48(IX):12: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Charles Perlik (The Newspaper Guild President) Speaking March 1987 March 1987 March 1987 March 1987 March 1987 March /7 48(IX):13: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally March /7 48(IX):14: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Frank McKenna (Great Falls Musicians Union) Performing March /7 48(IX):15: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally March /7 48(IX):16: Great Falls Unity Council Labor Rally, Frank McKenna (Great Falls Musicians Union) Performing March

24 30/7 48(IX):17: Great Falls Newspaper Guild 50th Anniversary Banquet, Bert Lindler (Local 81 President) and Charles Perlik (The Newspaper Guild President) 30/7 48(IX):18: Great Falls Newspaper Guild 50th Anniversary Banquet, Bert Lindler and Barbara Mittal 30/7 48(IX):19: Great Falls Newspaper Guild 50th Anniversary Banquet 30/7 48(IX):20: Great Falls Newspaper Guild 50th Anniversary Banquet, Bob Lathrop Cutting the Cake March 1987 March 1987 March 1987 March /7 48(IX):21: Contact prints, Western District Council Meeting Series X: American Newspaper Guild/The Newspaper Guild, linear feet This series contains organizational papers, training manuals, reference documents, program notices, and general publications from the American Newspaper Guild, later The Newspaper Guild. Also included is a sequence of organizational papers, reports, and personal notes generated by the Great Falls Newspaper Guild's participation in the Western District Council of national organization. These materials document National-to-Local coordination efforts, the growth in negotiation training programs for Local officials from the early 1960s through the late 1980s, and similarities/contrasts between newspaper labor issues within metropolitan and rural markets. Box/Folder 26/1 Annual Convention /2 Wage Conference /3 Administrative Manual /4 Collective Bargaining Manual /5 Collective Bargaining Manual /6 Local Officers Training Manual /1 Local Officers Training Manual

25 27/2 Pay Equity Conference /3 Residential Seminar for New Local Officers, Manual /4 Arbitration Award Index, /5 Constitution Booklets /6 Publications /1 Notices and Publications /2 Notices and Publications /3 Notices and Publications and 28/4 Western District Council /5 Western District Council /6 Western District Council /7 Western District Council /1 Western District Council /2 Western District Council Series XI: American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), linear feet This series contains correspondence, financial statements, publications, notices, union membership benefit program promotionals, and organizational papers from the national offices of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) as well as Montana State and Cascade County affiliates of the national organization. The Great Falls Newspaper Guild was associated with the AFL-CIO through The Newspaper Guild and was an active participant in the state and local organizations. These materials lend insights into the correlation between national and local labor movement issues. 25

26 Box/Folder 29/3 Correspondence /4 Financial Statements /5 Publications and Notices /6 Publications and Notices /7 Publications and Notices /1 Publications and Notices 1992 and 30/2 Union Mastercard Program 30/3 Montana AFL-CIO, Minutes /4 Montana AFL-CIO, Constitution and By-Laws 30/5 Central Montana Labor Council, Constitution 30/6 Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly, Constitution and By-Laws 1971 Series XII: Audio, item This series contains one audio recording of a radio advertisement produced by the Great Falls Newspaper Guild in February The advertisement was intended to generate community support during contract negotiations. Box/Folder 27/7 48(XII):1: Guild AdRadio Advertisement 1987 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : 26

27 Labor unions--montana -- Great Falls Newspaper employees -- Labor unions--montana--great Falls Corporate Names : American Newspaper Guild Newspaper Guild AFL-CIO Geographical Names : Great Falls (Mont.)--Newspapers Titles within the Collection : Great Falls tribune (Great Falls, Mont. : 1921) Finding aid prepared by Jodi Allison-Bunnell and Jack Rowan 2004 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West: