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SEIU Executive Office: John Sweeney Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001542
Abstract
For many, John Sweeney is known as the now former head of the AFL-CIO, a position from which he retired in 2009 after 14 years of service. For most of the previous 35 years, though, he was a member turned officer of the Service Employees International Union, having served 15 of those years as its President. The SEIU Executive Office: John Sweeney Records document his tenure during these 15 years, although portions of these records predate his tenure in that office.
The records...
Dates:
1921 - 1995
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
SEIU Local 31-M Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001868
Abstract
Local 31-M’s earliest manifestation, Local 191, began in 1938 with the organization of the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission (MUCC), the precursor to Michigan Employment Security Commission (MESC). MUCC was the first civil service agency within Michigan to become unionized. Initially an independent local, Local 191 eventually affiliated with the State, County and Municipal Workers of America. After facing several years of difficulty, Local 191 disbanded.
Despite the...
Dates:
1960 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2002
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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