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SEIU Executive Office: David Sullivan Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001542_EOSullivan
Abstract
David Sullivan was an elevator operator in New York City and a founding member of the Service Employees International Union's Local 32B in 1934. He rapidly ascended the ranks of the local's leadership and eventually became International President. Sullivan enhanced the union's visibility and influence by moving the International headquarters from Chicago to Washington, D.C. in 1963. In this same vein, he involved the union in the AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Education, a political fund...
Dates:
1937 - 1973; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1969
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
SEIU Organizing Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001888
Abstract
The 1980s was a difficult time for American Labor. The American economy was in recession and national politics were not hospitable to organized labor. Yet, SEIU grew by 500,000 members. By 1992, SEIU reached the million-member mark. The membership achievements of SEIU can be largely credited to the efforts of its Organizing Department. The primary responsibility of the SEIU Organizing Department was to organize the unorganized. The SEIU Organizing Department sought to gain new membership for...
Dates:
1970 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1992
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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