Welfare Employees Union
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1966-12
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
State Workers Organizing Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001948
Abstract
The State Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) was a semi-caucus and political movement that worked within several unions, including the Welfare Employees Union (WUE), the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Michigan State Employees Association (MSEA), and the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. SWOC was born from within the WEU and served as an activist organization that played a key role in establishing local union chapters,...
Welfare Employees Union Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000946
Abstract
Subjects include: Michigan Civil Service Commission employees; welfare rights; welfare reform; Detroit, Wayne Co. and Michigan welfare agencies