AFSCME
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: Gordon Chapman/Joseph Ames Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002096
Abstract
This collection primarily covers the end of Gordon Chapman’s tenure as Secretary-Treasurer, and all of Joseph Ames’s tenure. These years saw turbulence in the International Union’s politics where founding incumbent president Arnold Zander faced challenges from an opposing faction called the Committee on Union Responsibility (COUR). COUR candidate Jerry Wurf won the presidency at the 1964 convention. Gordon Chapman held the office of Secretary-Treasurer. In 1966, Chapman retired due to poor...
Martin Lahr Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002744
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of former AFSCME Local 3327 President Martin Lahr and focuses on his time as Chair of AFSCME Council 75 Sister Union Committee and Coordinator of the National STISSS Support Committee. This collection documents the early stages of AFSCME Council 75’s relationship with STISSS and also includes material from other organizations that document Worker and Human Rights efforts in Central America and El Salvador.
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Martin Lahr Papers