State Workers Organizing Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001948
Scope and Content
The State Workers Organizing Committee Records contains material related to SWOC and affiliated labor groups, such as the Welfare Employees Union and the Michigan State Employees Association. Material included in the collection consists mostly of paper records documenting the efforts of SWOC and the MSEA to establish local union chapters and to agitate for workers rights, including meeting and convention information, legal proceedings, promotional materials, and correspondence with various labor groups and government agencies. The collection also contains some photographic slides.
Important Subjects: Collective bargaining – Government employees Labor movement Labor unions - Mergers Labor unions – Organizing. Welfare rights movement
Important Names AFSCME Dempsey, John Gibson, Richard Michigan. Department of Social Services Michigan State Employees Association United Automobile Workers Welfare Employees Union
Important Subjects: Collective bargaining – Government employees Labor movement Labor unions - Mergers Labor unions – Organizing. Welfare rights movement
Important Names AFSCME Dempsey, John Gibson, Richard Michigan. Department of Social Services Michigan State Employees Association United Automobile Workers Welfare Employees Union
Dates
- 1973 - 1985
Creator
- State Workers Organizing Committee (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.
History
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, including the UAW Local 6000 and the AFSCME 1880. Additionally, SWOC took part in rallies, job actions, and legal endeavors on issues related to worker concessions, bargaining rights, layoffs, reassignments, grievances, and welfare rights.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (1 SB, 2 MB)
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, including the UAW Local 6000 and the AFSCME 1880. Additionally, SWOC took part in rallies, job actions, and legal endeavors on issues related to worker concessions, bargaining rights, layoffs, reassignments, grievances, and welfare rights. The State Workers Organizing Committee Records contains material related to SWOC and affiliated labor groups, such as the Welfare Employees Union and the Michigan State Employees Association. Material included in the collection consists mostly of paper records documenting the efforts of SWOC and the MSEA to establish local union chapters and to agitate for workers rights, including meeting and convention information, legal proceedings, promotional materials, and correspondence with various labor groups and government agencies. The collection also contains some photographic slides.
Arrangement of the Records
Folders are listed by their location within each box. They are not necessarily arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entire collection.
Transfers
Photographic slides (Box 3) were transferred to the Reuther's Audiovisual Collection.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Dallas Pillen on September 26, 2013.
- AFSCME
- Collective bargaining
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
- Labor
- Labor movement
- Labor unions -- Organizing
- Labor unions -- Mergers
- Michigan State Employees Association
- Michigan. Department of Social Services
- Welfare Employees Union
- Welfare rights movement
Creator
- State Workers Organizing Committee (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the State Workers Organizing Committee Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Dallas Pillen; encoded by Dallas Pillen.
- Date
- 2013-09-26
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA