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AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000682_GEOC

Abstract In early 1950, the United Public Workers union was expelled from the CIO for alleged communist activities, leaving behind an anti-communist group called the Government Workers Union. In February of 1950, the CIO chartered the Government Workers Union as the Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee (GCEOC) and gave the new committee jurisdiction over federal, state, and local employees. In the next five years, GCEOC aggressively attempted to reach full union status within the CIO but...

Dates: 1939 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1957

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Albert K. Williams Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001033

Abstract Albert K. Williams, also known as Kempton A. Williams, served as an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Mr. Williams’ papers reflect his work with the CIO and his activities as a student at the Wisconsin School for Workers in Industry and at Brookwood Labor College.

Dates: 1933 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1951

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Fred C. Pieper Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000165

Abstract Fred Pieper was an early leader in the unionization of the auto industry. His papers reflect his work for the United Auto Workers and the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the South.

Dates: 1936 - 1940

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Irwin L. DeShetler Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000301

Abstract Material collected by Mr. DeShetler as secretary-treasurer of the AFL Flat Glass Workers Union (1935-37), president of the CIO Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Sand Workers (1939-42), CIO regional director of southern California (1946-52), CIO assistant regional director of Region 13 (1952-55), AFL-CIO assistant regional director of Region 22 (1955-68) and National AFL-CIO coordinator for Farm Workers (1968-71). Various activities of the Glass Workers Union, such as Executive Board meetings...

Dates: 1928 - 1984

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Norman Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000574

Abstract Norman Smith was an organizer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 - 1964 in St. Louis, Detroit, Memphis, and California while working in the auto and steel industries. His papers mainly reflect both his work in the Mid West as well as immediately following WWII in California.

Dates: 1935 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1946

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

W. M. "Jack" Anderson Oral History

Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 1: A-E, Folder: 2

Identifier: LOH002264

Abstract In 1994, Gene Lantz interviewed W. M. "Jack" Anderson, the first president of UAW Local 645 in Dallas, Texas. Collection consists of the interview transcript about Anderson’s experiences as local president.

Dates: 1994

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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