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IBT Training and Development Department records

 Collection
Identifier: IBT0011

Scope and Contents

This collection contains meeting minutes, subject files, programs, brochures, photographs, and reports of the Training and Development Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, previously known as the Education Department. The material dates from 1986-2009. These are the records of the Training and Development Division after the restructuring of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, as well as photographs and event materials dated previous to that restructuring.

The Training and Development Division is primarily responsible for education local unions and their leaders on such matters as: union administration, collective bargaining, membership mobilization, effective communications, and leadership.

Dates

  • Creation: 1907-2010

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Biographical / Historical

The IBT Training & Development Department was formed in 2005 as part of an organization-wide restructuring. Its predecessor was the Education Department established in 1982. From 1978 to 1982 training was undertaken by the Research and Education Department. The Training & Development Department designs programs and materials to train IBT officers, staff, stewards and members in a variety of areas of labor relations. The department sponsors the Teamster Leadership Academy which provides training in collective bargaining, organizing, political action and union administration.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collections contains the records of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Training & Development department dating from 1986-2009.

Arrangement

Organized into 3 series: Departmental Records, Teamsters Leadership Academy, and Stewards Training Publications and Seminar Materials. Files are organized in the order in which they were recieved.

Physical Location

Materials may be stored off-site, and may require additional retrieval time. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 2012 [2012.007]

Title
Guide to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Training & Development Department records, 1986-2009
Status
Completed
Author
Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository

Contact:
George Washington University Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington DC 20052 United States of America