Scope and Content: The Dept. of Labor and Industries is responsible for enforcement of laws pertaining to labor and employment and was formerly required to verify, maintain, and publicize filings of labor organizations operating in Massachusetts.  This series was created by the department’s Division of Statistics to meet the requirements of St 1946, c 618 for unions to file a statement outlining the aims and objectives of the union, the names and addresses of officers, the scale of dues, fees, fines, and assessments, and the salaries to be paid to the officers; and to file an annual report detailing all expenditures and payments.  The department maintained these files until 1981, when the U.S. Dept. of Labor assumed the responsibility and the Division of Statistics was abolished (St 1981, c 351, s 250).  Additionally the series was created to gather data published in: Directory of labor organizations in Massachusetts.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Annual financial reports of labor unions (2) Annual financial reports of labor unions out of existence; Arranged within each subseries by number assigned to union, thereunder chronologically in reverse order
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