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Olive R. Beasley Papers
Collection
Identifier: UP000081
Abstract
Olive R. Beasley led a career devoted to improving human and civil rights for minority groups. She served as secretary and later as executive director of the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights and was a member of the Fair Employment Practices Commission. She continued to serve its successor, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission as executive director of the Flint office. She also held numerous posts in labor and community organizations in Detroit and Flint including president of AFSCME Local 52,...
Dates:
1948 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
SEIU International Affairs Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001871
Abstract
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) was founded in 1921 as a union of flat janitors. Over the years it has grown in size and scope, now comprising three divisions: healthcare, property services, and public services. While most of SEIU’s members reside in the United States, the SEIU is an international union with members and affiliates in countries all over the world. The records of SEIU’s International Affairs Department document the SEIU’s relationships with companies, unions,...
Dates:
1985 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1998
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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