Labor
Information about labor in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1920-01-11, Richmond Times-Dispatch; want ad for 2 pattern makers at the Tredegar Iron Works
1920-04-14, Richmond Times-Dispatch; want ad for 6 white men to work in the Horse Shoe Department, Tredegar Iron Works
1920-08-22, Richmond Times-Dispatch; want ad for 25 permanent workers at the Rollings Mills of the Tredegar Iron Works
1924-06-22, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar advertises for ten colored laborers at the “new foundry, foot of 7th Street.”
1924-12-31, Richmond Times-Dispatch; between 200 and 300 laid-off workers from Tredegar have been re-employed, and the plant now operates “with its normal force”
1927-02-27, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar gets “a large order for products” from the Navy Department: bullets and target shells have already been started. Tredegar to hire more, and recall “all its old force”
1928-06-27, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar gets a Navy contract for practice rounds – several new jobs to be filled
1931-07-24, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar is awarded $400,000 contract for shells for the Navy Department – list of competitors, including Bethlehem Steel
1931-09-10, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar Iron Works begins work on a $400,000 shell contract for the Navy Department – will provide work for 300 men for “at least eight months”
1933-12-28, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Tredegar gets Navy projectiles contract – paper lauds the employment opportunity and sees this as an indication that the Great Depression is coming to an end

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