Labor
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 335 Collections and/or Records:
A. E. Stevenson Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000860
Abstract
A. E. Stevenson was a member of the Mechanics Educational Society of America (MESA), and later, the United Auto Workers (UAW), for whom he served as a delegate to the Central Labor Body, a precursor to the Cleveland Industrial Union Council (CUIC), and served on several panels of the National War Labor Board (NWLB). Mr. Stevenson’s papers primarily relate to his work with the CUIC and the NWLB.
Dates:
1891 - 1976
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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A. E. Stevenson Papers
A. Randall Vinitsky Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000400
Abstract
A. Randall Vinitsky was an advertising artist active from the 1920s to 1950s. He began his career in Detroit at the Franklin Press, but moved on to Oklahoma City in 1920 to work for the Southwestern Advertising Company. He also owned his own company, Vinitsky Art Studio, and was known for creating movie displays at the Criterion and Capitol Theaters. In Oklahoma he belonged to the Oklahoma City Advertising Club, where he headed The Problem Pirates and the Gridiron Committee. In 1925 he moved...
Dates:
1921 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1924 - 1939
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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A. Randall Vinitsky Papers
AAUP Wayne State University Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000662
Abstract
The Wayne State University American Association of University Professors was formed in 1930. The early activities of the chapter focused on administrative reform and faculty participation in University governance. In May of 1973 WSU AAUP won an election against the Michigan Education Association-affiliated Faculty Association and the WSUFT (Wayne State University Federation of Teachers) to become the faculty collective bargaining representative. Collection materials include records relating to...
Dates:
1940 - 2021
Abraham Epstein Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001051
Abstract
A lecturer at Brooklyn College and New York University, Abraham Epstein was the first Secretary-Treasurer of the Workers’ Education Bureau and served as Executive Secretary to the American Association of Social Security. A published author, Mr. Epstein wrote on the topics of aging, social security and workers’ education. His papers include several journal articles written by Mr. Epstein and a number of chapters of a manuscript titled “Labor and the State” (published as The Labor Movement in...
Dates:
1922 - 1931
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Abraham Epstein Papers
AFSCME Central Files Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002070
Abstract
The AFSCME Central Files Department was established in 1966 to which all departments within the international headquarters contributed correspondence and reports so all material related to a particular incident would be filed together. In 1974, Dr. Philip Mason of the Reuther Library at Wayne State completed a thorough records management survey of AFSCME and recommended that the Central Files Department be dissolved and that individual departments maintain their own records. His recommendation...
Dates:
1944 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1973
AFSCME International Executive Board (I.E.B.) Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001991
Abstract
The International Executive Board (IEB) is the top level legislative and policy-making body within AFSCME, except when the convention is in session. The IEB is responsible for interpreting the union’s constitution. The records of the IEB are maintained by the Office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Materials in this collection were pulled together from various shipments from the Office of the Secretary-Treasurer to make a comprehensive record of the proceedings of the AFSCME IEB. Some IEB-related...
Dates:
1935 - 2003
AFSCME Legislation and Political Education Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000682_LPE
Abstract
This collection focuses on the efforts of the Legislation and Political Education Department to establish programs within AFSCME, government agencies and alongside other unions and agencies. The Department's activities can be divided into five areas: legislation, political action, community affairs, relations with government agencies, and international affairs. Important subjects covered in this collection are the Hatch Act, voter registration, fund raising and contribution rules and...
Dates:
1969 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1975
AFSCME Local 496: Genesee County, Michigan Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001122
Abstract
AFSCME Local 496 was established in December 1970 in Flint, Michigan. It was composed of maintenance, custodial, and clerical employees of Genesee County and was under the jurisdiction of AFSCME Flint Metro Area Council 29. Local 496's first president was Christine Daros, and its first secretary-treasurer was David Barkey. The records in the collection consist of routine office files reflecting the activities of Local 496; council and international convention materials; per capita payments to...
Dates:
1983
AFSCME Office of the President: Arnold S. Zander Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001986
Abstract
This collection encompasses the Office of the President's records during the tenure of AFSCME's first and founding president, Arnold S. Zander, from 1935 to 1964. Information on the formation of AFSCME and early AFSCME history can be found in this collection. Additionally, the collection reflects the organizing efforts of AFSCME throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and the relations between AFSCME and the AFL, CIO, AFL-CIO, and other unions and organizations. Further, Zander's particular...
Dates:
1927 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1964
AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000682_GEOC
Abstract
In early 1950, the United Public Workers union was expelled from the CIO for alleged communist activities, leaving behind an anti-communist group called the Government Workers Union. In February of 1950, the CIO chartered the Government Workers Union as the Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee (GCEOC) and gave the new committee jurisdiction over federal, state, and local employees. In the next five years, GCEOC aggressively attempted to reach full union status within the CIO but...
Dates:
1939 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1957
AFSCME Organizing Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000682_OO
Abstract
This collection reflects the work done by and through the AFSCME Organizing Department, 1967-1972. Important subjects and people that appear in the collection include public employee organizing; recruitment; organizations; elections; strikes; Chairman of the AFSCME Judicial Panel Joseph L. Ames; International Field Director P.J. Ciampa; and International President Jerry Wurf.
Dates:
1967 - 1972
AFSCME Women's Rights Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001993
Abstract
The records in this collection focus on comparable worth and job evaluation in state governments. The majority of the collection is comprised of consultants’ proposals to state and local government committees to conduct studies addressing issues of pay equity and job evaluation and ranking systems. Some correspondence exists that documents the evaluation and selection of these proposals by state committees and the national AFSCME office. General information and reports about various job...
Dates:
1974 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1986
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
AFT Local 1052: Hamtramck Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000269
Abstract
This collection consists of correspondence, notes, bulletins, and reports of the Federation's activities in Hamtramck, Michigan. There are also copies of Hamtramck Teachers and of UFT newsletters.
Dates:
1957 - 1963
AFT National Defense Cases Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_NDF
Abstract
Correspondence between the AFT national office, state federations, locals and individual members concerning legal action by or against members of the union. Also included are applications for grants from the AFT defense fund. Topics covered include academic freedom and the National Educational Policies Committee.
Dates:
1930 - 1969
AFT President's office: Al Loewenthal Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_LOEW
Abstract
This collection has clippings, correspondence, minutes, newsletters and reports that deal with various roles Loewenthal had at the AFT. He administered several departments that included COPE, legislation, Colleges and Universities, International education and communications. He assisted Shanker in development of the Public Employee Department of the AFL-CIO. The papers also reflect the internal changes the AFT went through during the 1970s
Dates:
1970 - 1979
AFT President's Office: Carl Megel Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000510
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, clippings, speeches, reports, meeting materials and publications related to the activities of Carl Megel while he was president of the AFT, director of legislation and in charge of Retiree networks. The papers have information the integration of AFT locals, loyalty oaths, academic freedom, education legislation, and retirement of teachers. Important correspondence include Albert Shanker, Walter P. Reuther, David Selden, George Meany, and George Counts.
Dates:
1914 - 1993
Agnes Burns Wieck Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001476
Abstract
Labor activist and journalist Agnes Burns Wieck served as an organizer for the Women's Trade Union League, and was a founder and president of the Progressive Miners of America (PMA) Illinois Women's Auxiliary. Ms. Burns Wieck's papers document her work as an advocate for women's rights and the labor movement, particularly concerning the Illinois PMA Women's Auxiliary.
Dates:
1908 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Agnes Burns Wieck Papers
Albert Sayer Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000395
Abstract
Mr. Sayer, a New York teacher, served as vice-president of the New York Teachers Guild in 1950. He left the Guild to help form Local 378 of the CIO, a N.Y. teachers' union which disbanded in 1954. Later Sayer aided in obtaining an AFL-CIO charter for the United Federation of Teachers and served this organization in several capacities. Mr. Sayer also served as member and chairman of the New York State chapter of Americans for Democratic Action. In the summer of 1964, he and his wife Florence...
Dates:
1936 - 1965
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Albert Sayer Papers
Alexander Cook Papers
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: Com-Cr, Box 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: LP001511
Abstract
Contains: minute book of UAW Federal Labor Union No. 18331 (Flint, Mich.); Small Processed Collection (SPC)
Dates:
1933 - 1934
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Alexander Cook Papers
All Unions Committee to Shorten the Work Week Records
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: A - Bo, Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: LR000880
Abstract
Records of the proceedings of the First National All Unions Committee to Shorten the Work Week held in Dearborn, Michigan on April 11, 1978. Frank R. Runnels, president of United Auto Workers Local 22 served as president of the Committee.
Dates:
1978
ALPA Headquarters Communications Library Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_HQC
Abstract
This collection represents a bound library in chronological order mainly consisting of ALPA conventions, air safety, collective bargaining agreements, early ALPA history, strikes, wage disputes, and working conditions.
Dates:
1931 - 1954
ALPA Kansas City Missouri Field Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_KC
Abstract
Records of the office representing the interests of ALPA in the Kansas City, Missouri area. The collection contains information concerning mergers, strikes and safety. Records involving Trans World Airlines is one major subject of interest. Another highlight is a background investigation of ALPA Employment Agreements Department head Lucien Koch.
Dates:
1940 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1965
ALPA Los Angeles Field Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247_LAFO
Abstract
This collection is composed mainly of correspondence, minutes, reports and statistic concerning various airlines. The largest represented airlines include Continental Airlines, Flying Tiger Line, Trans World Airlines and Western Airlines.
Dates:
1955 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1989