Contract negotiations
Subject
Subject Source: Reuther Taxonomy
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
AFT Inventory Part I Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_1
Abstract
Papers consist of correspondence, ballots, proceedings from meetings, clippings, local finances, per capita reports, charter applications. Subjects include integration, federal works programs, loyalty oaths, academic freedom, federal aid to education, communist issues.
Dates:
1914 - 1980
AFT Inventory Part II Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_2
Abstract
Contains Series VIII-XIII.
Series VIII State publications, 1950s-1963
Series IX, miscellaneous materials 1935-1964
Series X communications to locals, 1934-1963
Series XI memos and mimeographed materials, 1921-1964
Series XII Locals, 1914-1960s
Series XIII AFT conventions, 1916-1967
Dates:
1914 - 1967
American Federation of Teachers Research Department: Contracts
Collection
Identifier: LR002886
Abstract
The Research Department of the American Federation of Teachers is one of the oldest departments of within the AFT and this particular collection contains collective bargaining contracts negotiated by AFT affiliates and from the NEA, AAUP and other unions that represent teachers in K-16, paraprofessionals, nurses and public employees.
Dates:
1956 - 2014
Association of Flight Attendants: Dallas Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000981
Abstract
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) formed in 1973 after the Stewards and Stewardesses Division of the Air Line Pilots Association broke to form an independent association. The records of the AFA-Dallas Collection relate primarily to organizational proceedings of the international union.
Dates:
1952 - 1980
Dan Forchione Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001415
Abstract
Dan Forchione was an active member of the UAW from the 1940s until his retirement in 1988. He helped organize UAW Local 542 at the Ford Motor Company forge plant in Canton, Ohio, in the 1940s and served as the Local’s president and bargaining committee chairperson. In 1954 he was appointed an International representative and assigned to the UAW Ford Department staff. He transferred to the UAW Region 2 staff in 1957 and serviced local unions around Ohio. Forchione was elected director of UAW...
Dates:
1940 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Dan Forchione Papers
David Burciaga Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000724
Abstract
David Burciaga worked with many farm worker movement leaders, including Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla in various capacities, from the 1950s to the 1980s. He served as the United Farm Workers’ top contract negotiator, working with both farm workers and growers. Prior to his involvement with the UFW, Burciaga worked with the American Friends Service Committee as the El Porvenir community development advisor from 1964 to 1970 and for the Community Service Organization (CSO)....
Dates:
57 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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David Burciaga Papers
John Cole Papers
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: Br - Col, Box 2, Folder: 16
Identifier: LP001487
Abstract
John Cole worked for the Ford Motor Company for over fifty years. In 1942 he served as an International Representative from UAW Local 50, the Willow Run bomber plant. The papers of Mr. Cole consist of a typescript copy of the union agreement of November 1942 between the Ford Motor Company and the International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO).
Dates:
1942
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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John Cole Papers
Labor Notes Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001555
Abstract
Labor Notes (officially titled the Labor Education and Research Project) is a media and organizing project for union rank and file activists based out of Detroit, Michigan. Best known for their self-titled monthly magazine, Labor Notes also publishes books, hosts a bi-annual conference, and runs organizing workshops and seminars for Union locals throughout North America. Since 1979 they have served an important networking and organizing role in the labor community, working to strengthen the...
Dates:
1965 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1999
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Labor Notes Records
NALC Comptroller's Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001912_CO
Abstract
The National Association of Letter Carriers Comptroller's Office performed a variety of functions, mostly relating to the administration of the union's finances. The records of this department reflect the tenure of the union's final comptroller, Harold J. Isbell.
Dates:
1892 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1981
NALC Office of the President: Vincent Sombrotto Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001915
Abstract
Vincent R. Sombrotto was elected the 16th president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) in 1978, serving nearly 24 years until his retirement in December 2002. Bolstered by the rank and file movement in the early 1970s, Sombrotto was overwhelmingly elected president following the adoption of reforms he advocated to make the union leadership more responsive to its members. His accomplishments included wage increases, improving working conditions, passing reform of the Hatch...
Dates:
1971 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1996 - 2002
NALC Public Relations Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001912_PR
Abstract
The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Public Relations Department was established in 1988 to promote the activities and programs of the union. Internally it assists NALC branches and state associations with their public relations and edits NALC publications. Outside the union, the department promotes the NALC image through media efforts as well as coordinates involvement with community services.The records of the department reflect its various functions and document the...
Dates:
1985 - 1995
SEIU Executive Office: John Sweeney Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001542
Abstract
For many, John Sweeney is known as the now former head of the AFL-CIO, a position from which he retired in 2009 after 14 years of service. For most of the previous 35 years, though, he was a member turned officer of the Service Employees International Union, having served 15 of those years as its President. The SEIU Executive Office: John Sweeney Records document his tenure during these 15 years, although portions of these records predate his tenure in that office.
The records...
Dates:
1921 - 1995
SEIU Executive Office: William McFetridge Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001542_McFet
Abstract
A nephew of William F. Quesse, SEIU's founder and first International President, William McFetridge began his career with SEIU in 1923 as a member of Chicago's Flat Janitors Local 1. In 1927 he assumed the position of SEIU Third Vice President and then ascended to the position of SEIU 1st Vice President in 1930, a position he maintained until April of 1940, when he became President of the International. The records comprising this collection chronicle McFetridge's last years as President of...
Dates:
1936 - 1963
UAW Chrysler Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000106
Abstract
The UAW Chrysler Department was formed in the year following the tumultuous sit-down strikes of 1937. Responsible of the department included planning, developing, negotiating, and administering collective bargaining agreements for Chrysler workers in the United States and Canada. The records of the department reflect its administration and activities and largely include the files of Arthur Hughes, an administrative assistant and assistant director in the department from 1940-1978.
Dates:
1938 - 1985
UAW Local 53 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000243
Abstract
United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (AFL-CIO) Local 53 represented the workers at Automatic Division of Yale and Towne Industries. The records reflect the local's militant stance towards company-worker relations, demonstrating an evolution of grievance procedures and contract negotiations.
Dates:
1957 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1964
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 53 Records
UAW Local 135 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000084
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 135 represented workers at the American Seating Company in Grand Rapids, MI. Its records document contract negotiations between the local and the company.
Dates:
1949 - 1950
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 135 Records
UAW Local 142 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000264
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 142 serviced workers at the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Dates:
1945 - 1954
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 142 Records
UAW Local 240 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000206
Abstract
Local 240 is an amalgamated UAW-CIO local representing salaried and office employees in
Windsor, Ontario. This local was certified on March 17, 1944, as the collective bargaining agent for certain salaried and office employees employed by Ford Motor Company of Canada in its Windsor offices. The first collective bargaining agreement with Ford was signed in 1946.
Dates:
1938 - 1955
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 240 Records
UAW Local 280 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000083
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 280 has served employees of the Continental Motors Corporation, Continental Aviation and Engineering Corporation and the Kaiser Corporation Detroit Engine Plant in Detroit, MI. The records of this local particularly document the problems which arise with the closing of a plant, such as the Detroit Engine Plant in 1954.
Dates:
1946 - 1961
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 280 Records
UAW Local 600 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000176
Abstract
UAW Local 600 was chartered August 9, 1938, but did not gain much worker support until the Rouge plant-wide strike of April 1, 1941. The first UAW contract with Ford Motor Company was signed June 20, and ratified by the Local July 22, 1941. With 50,000 to 80,000 members in various periods, many from the massive River Rouge Complex, Local 600 has been both the largest and the most controversial local in the UAW. Local 600 is also known for its progressive streak, having hosted civil rights icons...
Dates:
1935 - 2012
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 600 Records
UAW Local 602 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000334
Abstract
United Auto Worker Local 602 services Fisher Body Division of General Motors in Lansing, MI. The local's records document routine operations as well as its contribution to the development of the UAW and the advancement of labor in the community.
Dates:
1937 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1959
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 602 Records
UAW Local 650 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000177
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 650 grew out of Local 182 in Lansing, MI representing Reo Motors employees. The local survived a company bankruptcy and reorganization in the late 1930s and early 1940s and numerous company-union conflicts in the post WWII period. The records of the local reflect its operations and activities upon behalf of its members.
Dates:
1937 - 1964
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 650 Records
UAW Local 833 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000377
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 833 has had divisive history between workers at the Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI and their employers. First organized in 1933 by the American Federation of Labor, workers were soon embroiled in a jurisdictional dispute with a company-formed union, the Kohler Workers' Association (KWA). Following a strike, the KWA won the bid from the NLRB to represent workers, but leadership soon became dissatisfied and voted in 1952 to join the UAW.
Dates:
1897 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 833 Records
UAW Local 932 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000415
Abstract
United Auto Workers Local 932 was chartered in 1961, providing service to the Minneapolis-Moline Division of Motec Industries, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. The local was embroiled in an intense rivalry many years prior to its chartering, between the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and the UAW over who had the rights to service the local.
Dates:
1937 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1961
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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UAW Local 932 Records
UAW Vice-President's Office: Donald Ephlin Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001404
Abstract
Donald F. Ephlin became active in the UAW at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Framingham, MA in the late 1940s, before joining the International Union staff in 1960. As administrative assistant to UAW President Leonard Woodcock from 1970 to 1977, and later Vice-President in charge of the Ford and subsequently the General Motors Departments, Ephlin played a key role in negotiations with both companies. He helped launch the Saturn Corporation and create a labor agreement which changed the...
Dates:
1960 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980