Strikes and lockouts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:
Action Coalition of Strikers Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001694
Abstract
The Action Coalition of Strikers (ACOS) was a rank-and-file group of strikers and their families who were active during the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Representing reporters, editors, pressmen, and truck drivers, the coalition opposed the newspaper union leadership and their proposed back-to-work offer and instead pressed forward with a campaign to fight to restore all lost jobs. They sponsored peaceful and disciplined mass demonstrations in support of the strikers, and published the weekly...
Dates:
1944 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1997
AFSCME Communications Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002204
Abstract
AFSCME has produced a regularly published magazine since its inception. Publication duties for this organ and other materials were accomplished by the Education and Publications Department for the first twenty years of AFSCME’s existence. The 1954 Convention, however, passed Resolution 14, establishing a Publications and Public Relations Department. This new department would continue to publish the AFSCME magazine and other materials and would also take on new media public relations duties both...
Dates:
1967 - 2002
AFSCME Local 1733: Memphis, Tennessee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001992
Abstract
Sanitation workers in AFSCME Local 1733 in Memphis, Tennessee led a strike in 1968 to gain union recognition. The strike lasted for 65 days and garnered national attention as Local 1733's campaign for labor rights became fused with the struggle for civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lent his support to the strikers by visiting Memphis and leading marches. While there, on April 4, 1968, King was assassinated. The strike was settled soon after King's death. Local 1733 went on to wage other...
Dates:
1962 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1970
AFT Great Lakes Regional Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001796
Abstract
The American Federation of Teachers is a labor union representing primary and secondary school teachers, paraprofessionals, higher education faculty, professional staff, and nurses and other health care professionals. Regional offices fall under the auspices of the Department of Organizing and are responsible for organizing efforts and other assistance to local and state federations. The Great Lakes Region includes Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, West Virginia, and Indiana. The...
Dates:
1970 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2002
AFT Office of the President Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001553
Abstract
Minutes, correspondence, reports, publications covering the president's office of Carl Megel and predominantly Charlie Cogen and David Selden. Important subjects are teacher strikes, contract negotiations, school desegregation, Oceanhill-Brownsville, education legislation, job stress, teacher centers.
The records are divided into two parts.
The records are divided into two parts.
Dates:
1960 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974
ALPA Los Angeles FTL MEC Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247-19911108
Abstract
These records are from ALPA’s Flying Tiger Line (FTL) Master Executive Council (MEC) office in Los Angeles, California. Three FTL Local Executive Councils (LECs) are represented in the collection: Council 97 (Los Angeles), Council 98 (San Francisco), and Council 99 (Newark, New Jersey; later Seattle, Washington). The collection contains such materials as contract negotiations, agreements, correspondence, reports, briefings, as well as documents concerning meetings and mergers....
Dates:
1956-1991; Majority of material found within 1980-1989
American Federation of Teachers: Northeast Regional Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002219
Abstract
These records represent roughly a decade’s worth of general business including correspondence with state offices, meeting minutes, conference materials, policy documents and other items relevant to educational issues and topics for locals under the Northeast Regional Office. There is also valuable information on Education Alternatives Inc in Hartford, Connecticut and in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dates:
1975 - 1999
Auto-Lite Strike Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH000687
Abstract
In 1973, Philip A. Korth led a project in which he and others at Michigan State University conducted interviews with individuals involved in the 1934 Auto-Lite strike in Toledo, Ohio, as part of his research on the subject. The collection consists of 30 interviews. Recordings exist for all of the interviews, and transcripts exist for 25 of them.
Dates:
1973
Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union, Polish Local 77 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001701
Abstract
The Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union formed in 1969 from the union of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union of America (formed in 1886) and the American Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ International Union (formed in 1957). Local 77 in Detroit was organized and chartered in 1916 by immigrants from Poland under the official name Polish Local No. 77 of the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners, Labor Federation of America. This collection...
Dates:
1930 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1969
Bette Murphy Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001357
Abstract
An active member of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 148 (Douglas Aircraft-Long Beach), Bette Murphy was the first woman at Douglas to hold positions of supervisor and manufacturing engineer. Murphy's papers document the affairs of Local 148 throughout her career from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Dates:
1942 - 1981
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bette Murphy Papers
Briggs Strike Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH002211
Abstract
In 1975, James Coppess interviewed labor organizers involved in the 1933 Briggs strike in Detroit, as part of research for his master's thesis at Wayne State University. Collection consists of recordings and transcripts for three interviews. Briggs workers and labor organizers John W. Anderson (Briggs metal worker and IWW organizer), William V. Banks (attorney and Detroit head of the International Labor Defense, later founder of WGPR TV and radio stations), and Fred Valle (barber and IWW...
Dates:
1975-02-19 - 1975-02-26
Bud and Hazel Simons Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000160
Abstract
Bud Simons was strike chairman of Fisher Body Plant 1 during the Flint sit-down strikes of 1937. The collection is particularly important in its documents of the strike and contains correspondence with John L. Lewis. It includes correspondence, notebooks, picket cards, songs, newspaper clippings, photographs and memorabilia collected by Simons. An oral history interview with Simons is available.
Dates:
1937 - 1962
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Bud and Hazel Simons Papers
Carl Person Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000230
Abstract
Carl Person served as strike secretary during the 1911 to 1915 railroad strike against the Illinois Central and Harriman Lines. He was a writer, editor and distributor of the weekly strike bulletins. He collected the materials included in this collection pertaining to the strike, to his trial for killing a strike-breaker in 1914 and to his expulsion from the International Association of Machinists. The U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations and strike-breaking are among topics included. Among...
Dates:
1910 - 1920
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Carl Person Papers
Cecil Roeder Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000184
Abstract
These papers are the collection of Cecil C. Roeder, who served as a committeeman of UAW Delco-Remy Local 662, in Anderson, Indiana, in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Subjects include the General Motors Sit-Down Strike at Anderson (1937); UAW factionalism including the Homer Martin controversy; elections and factionalism of Local 662; union shop drives of Local 662; civil rights campaigns; and the General Motors Strike in 1945 to 1946. Correspondents include John L. Lewis, Sherman Minton,...
Dates:
1937 - 1963
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Cecil Roeder Papers
Charles Beckman Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000892
Abstract
Charles Beckman served as United Auto Workers Local 45 (Fisher Body Plant, Cleveland) president for eighteen consecutive terms. His tenure included the Cleveland plant sit-down strike, which served as a catalyst for the historic Flint sit-down strike of 1936-1937. Beckman's papers reflect his work with Local 45 and its affiliated organizations and, to a lesser degree, his involvement in political and social issues, including civil rights, anti-fascism and anti-war efforts.
Dates:
1933 - 1962; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1960
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Charles Beckman Papers
Coalition of Labor Union Women: Metro-Detroit Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001614
Abstract
The Metro-Detroit Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women was founded as the Wayne County Chapter of CLUW at the Southeastern Michigan Organizing Conference in July 1974. Their goal was to bring together as broad a representation as possible of union women living or working in Wayne County to identify common problems and develop union-centered programs to deal with them. Their records reflect activities concerning strike assistance, affirmative action, ERA, and sexual harassment.
Dates:
1974 - 1995
Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002098
Abstract
The Cook County College Teachers Union, AFT Local 1600, began to organize the faculty of the City Colleges of Chicago in 1965 and won official recognition in 1966. This collection represents a comprehensive record of the CCCTU’s administrative operations, its meetings, strikes, and publications. Also included in the collection are news clippings, photos, videos, and various memorabilia from the CCCTU’s history. Personal and official correspondence from the CCCTU’s longtime president, Norman G....
Dates:
1966 - 2009
Cornelius J. Yaklin Papers
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: W-Z, Box 15, Folder: 14
Identifier: LP000505
Abstract
Subjects include: UAW and General Motors strike
Dates:
1937
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Cornelius J. Yaklin Papers
Dearborn Federation of Teachers Local 681 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001794
Abstract
Part of the national American Federation of Teachers and statewide Michigan Federation of Teachers, the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, was chartered on February 28, 1945. Twenty years later, in1965, Michigan passed the Public Employee Relations Act; a law making organization and collective bargaining legal for public employees. Members of the union serve at four high schools, seven middle schools, 21 elementary schools, a community college and one early learning center within the city of...
Dates:
1939 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Detroit Labor History Tours Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH001612
Abstract
Detroit Labor History Tours was formed circa 1979-1980 as a non-profit endeavor organized by the Michigan chapter of Workers Education Local 189, with founding and early members Ron Alpern, Steve Babson, Dave Elsila, and John Revitte. In addition to their bus tours of Detroit focused on the city's labor history, the organization completed several educational projects and publications. Between 1981 and 1984, Detroit Labor History Tours staff and volunteers conducted an oral history project to...
Dates:
1980-02-09 - 1991-07-01; Majority of material found within 1980-07-01 - 1983-04-30
Detroit Newspaper Strike Collection
Collection
Identifier: LR002748
Scope and Content
Series 1: Kate DeSmet Records, 1995-1999
Series 2: Esther Ingber Records, 1995-1996
Series 3: Randy Karpinen Records, 1997-1998
Series 4: Ephemera/AV, 1995-1999
Dates:
1995 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1999
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Inc. Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001290
Abstract
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) grew out of an attempt by a group of ten young women in 1914 to provide Detroit with culture. A permanent home, Orchestra Hall, was built in 1919 by C. Howard Crane. The DSO performs regular subscription and special concerts, as well as provides a number of special events and programs outside of Orchestra Hall. The records of the DSO relate its administration, marketing, and public relations, as well as the orchestra's community outreach, cultural...
Dates:
1950 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1986
Detroit Typographical Union No. 18 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000986
Abstract
Detroit Typographical Union (DTU) No. 18 was established in 1852 in conjunction with the establishment of the National Typographical Union (later known as the International Typographical Union or ITU). Throughout its history the union has represented three major dailies: The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit Times as well as suburban newspaper publications and non-newsprint publishers of the Detroit metropolitan area.The DTU records document its administration and...
Dates:
1897 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1987
Dolores Huerta Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001861
Abstract
Dolores Huerta champions the rights of farm workers and Latinos. As a young teacher her experiences in classrooms filled with hungry children of migrant farm workers led her to believe that an even greater need was organizing farm workers. Dolores first met Cesar Chavez in the late 1950s while organizing farm workers under the name of the Agricultural Workers Association. In 1962 they founded the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, California. Today, Dolores Huerta continues to place...
Dates:
1970 - 1995
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Dolores Huerta Papers
Dorothy Kraus Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001221
Abstract
Dorothy Kraus, wife of Henry Kraus, had a Jewish working class socialist family background. When married to Henry, she helped assist in local Detroit UAW strikes by organizing strike kitchens and leading the Emergency Brigade. Her efforts led to the formation of the UAW Women's Auxiliary.Material in Part I of the Dorothy Kraus Collection relates mainly to the early activities of the UAW Women's Auxiliary, attempts to control the cost of living during the Depression, and to...
Dates:
1920 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Dorothy Kraus Papers