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AFT Local 231: Detroit Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000087
Abstract
This collection has union newspapers, correspondence, reports, convention material, proceedings, minutes, flyers, brochures and other materials related to the growth of the DFT. Issues in these papers are Bradly v. Milliken, class size, desegregation, collective bargaining, strikes and salaries
Dates:
1930 - 1979
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Mary Ellen Riordan Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001682
Abstract
Mary Ellen Riordan (1920-2010) was president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1960-1981.
In 1965, teachers and the school board signed their first contract, only the third teacher contract in the country. Riordan also guided the Detroit Federation of Teachers through three strikes, the Detroit Public Schools desegregation case Bradley v. Milliken, and agency fee case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education. In addition to her work with DFT, she served on the AFT Executive Council as...
Dates:
1920 - 2004
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library