Labor unions

The collection documents a half-century of labor organizing in the Southwestern United States and nationally, 1940s-1990s, with a primary focus on the Latino labor movement of the United States. The papers include the union activities of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, the AFL-CIO, the United Steelworkers of America, the Bracero Program, the Asociación Nacional Mexicano Americano, and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA).

The collection contains pamphlets published by the Communist Party, U.S.A., Communist Party, Soviet Union, various Socialist parties, and radical presses in the U.S. and abroad. Some pamphlet covers and descriptions can be viewed in New Mexico Digital Collections.