Strikes and lockouts --Teachers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
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
AFT Local 1700: Archdiocesan Teachers Federation (Chicago) Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001072
Abstract
Files consist of correspondence, memos, reports, lists and other related materials to the unions operations. The collection contains information on contract negotiations and the Seton High School strike in 1968.
Dates:
1962 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1975
AFT Organizing Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002654
Abstract
The Organizing Department facilitates the growth of local affiliates of the American Federation of Teachers. Under the tenures of David Selden and Albert Shanker, both of whom had extensive organizing experience prior to their respective presidencies, organizing efforts ramped up significantly in the 1960s and 1970s. The AFT was the fastest growing union in the mid-1970s when organizing became a distinct department. The department provides services and resources to state and local affiliates...
Dates:
1961 - 2004
AFT Rhode Island Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001349
Abstract
Papers consist of correspondence, reports, organizing materials, minutes and general files. The information contains information about the AFT, actions by the executive board and issues facing various locals in Rhode Island. Important correspondence are with Carl Megel, Senator Claiborn Pell, Albert Shanker, Edward McElroy, and John Fewkes.
Dates:
1946 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1977
AFT Secretary-Treasurer's Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000348_STO
Abstract
Papers covering the activities of various secretary-treasurers of the AFT. The secretary-treasurer oversees departments within the national office, collects per capita dues, responds to affiliates’ needs such as strike and collective bargaining assistance, and is closely involved with the AFT Executive Council and the AFL-CIO secretary-treasurers.
Part I topics of note include organizing, segregated locals, worker education, international teacher unions, federal aid to education, and academic...
Dates:
1916 - 2005
American Federation of Teachers Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH000348
Abstract
Between 1985 and 1987, as part of an American Federation of Teachers-sponsored project, oral historian Renee Epstein interviewed leading figures in AFT on signficant aspects of their history with the union. From 2001 to 2009, AFT Archivist Dan Golodner concluded the project. Collection consists of transcripts and recordings of 29 interviews. Topics discussed in Part 1 include the rise of the militant teacher, early collective bargaining and strikes, AFT political structure, Shanker vs. Selden...
Dates:
1985-06-29 - 2009-10-26
Detroit Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001659
Abstract
The Detroit Organization of School Administrators and Supervisors was formed in 1966 and received sole collective bargaining rights with the Detroit Board of Education in 1967. The union had between 1,300 and 1,400 members at its creation, and it continues to represent administrators and supervisors in Detroit Public Schools in regards to salaries and working conditions.In the early 1980s, the administrators were working without a contract for a brief time and they conducted a...
Dates:
1949 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1986
Howard Hursey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002047
Abstract
Howard Hursey was a national representative for the American Federation of Teachers. This collection documents his time as an organizer from the 1960s through the early 1970s. The American Federation of Teachers experienced huge growth in membership during this time and the collection represents this and the strain on AFT workers. Mostly Hursey organized in the Southern United States, but there are materials from Los Angeles and Illinois and points in-between. The correspondences contain...
Dates:
1961 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1974
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Howard Hursey Papers
Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Local 691 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000624
Abstract
The Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Local 691 of the American Federation of Teachers, represents classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries, bus drivers, security officers, and school nurses in Kansas City, Missouri. Part I consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, and publications documenting negotiations, strikes and grievances. There is also information on integration, education reform issues and the rivalry between the AFT and the National Education...
Dates:
1942 - 2005
Lamphere Federation of Teachers Local 1614 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002131
Abstract
Lamphere Federation of Teachers, Local 1614 was chartered by the American Federation of Teachers on July 27, 1965. The local slowly grew to be the sole collective bargaining union for the district’s teachers. In 1973 the union went on strike against the district. Later that year the school board filed a lawsuit against the union seeking damages for refusing to bargain in good faith. By 1977 the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a union could not be sued for damages.
Dates:
1973 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1985
Livonia Education Association Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000305
Abstract
Livonia Education Association was founded in 1945. The collection contains information from 1945 to 1968. It contains information on two strikes that the association had in the 1960s as well as general office files and organization files. Grievances are may contain information relevant to the issues of the strikes.
Dates:
1945 - 1968
Mary McGough Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002222
Abstract
In 1970, Dennis East and Donald Haynes of the Reuther Library and Jim Robinson of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers interviewed educator and labor leader Mary McGough, a founding member of the American Federation of Teachers local in St. Paul and co-organizer of the nation's first organized teachers' strike. Collection consists of an interview transcript. McGough discusses her background, career as an educator and administrator, and, especially, her labor involvement, including the St. Paul...
Dates:
1970-10-01
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Mary McGough Oral History
Michigan Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000146
Abstract
Part I and II consists of correspondence, minutes, and reports. Subjects include Administrative Board meetings; American Federation of Teachers; conventions; Detroit Federation of Teachers; Executive Council meetings; Haven Hill conferences; legislative lobbying activities; membership campaigns; metropolitan teachers' institutes; Michigan AFL-CIO Council; Michigan Constitutional Convention (1961); teachers' salary and fringe benefits surveys; treasurer reports; White House Conference on...
Dates:
1934 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59
Collection
Identifier: LR002913
Scope and Content
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59, 1938-1987. Publications and correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1938-1987
Sachs Waldman: Detroit Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002633
Abstract
The law firm Sachs Waldman, Professional Corporation started in October 13, 1922 by Nicholas J. Rothe, considered by many as the first union labor lawyer in Michigan grew to represent the best interest of unions and workers. In 1951 Theodore Sachs joined the firm and was considered one of the best appellate attorneys in the country, under his leadership the firm grew in clientele and personnel. In 1965, the law firm began to specialize in public sector labor and began to represent those unions...
Dates:
1967-2007
United Educators of San Francisco Local 61 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000524
Abstract
The United Educators of San Francisco formed in 1989 after a merger of the local American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association chapters. The Union represents teachers and paraprofessionals in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). Prior to the merger, membership was split between the two unions - AFT Local 61 San Francisco Federation of Teachers, and the NEA affiliated San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association - and a large number of teachers opted out of...
Dates:
1942 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1956 - 2009