The series contains records pertaining to the activities of the International Woodworkers’ of America (IWA), IWA-Canada, IWA local chapters, the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, the Federation of the Woodworking Industry, and the Woodworkers Industrial Union of Canada.
Union activities fall into several categories: executive and administrative functions including elections, financial administration, audits, hearings of members in relation to their association with the Communist party, as well as organizing and bargaining efforts including negotiations, strikes, and conferences.
Record types represented in the series include the following: union constitutions and by-laws, minutes of meetings, correspondence, contracts and master agreements, reports, newsletters, bulletins, news-clippings, and convention and conference proceedings.