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AFT Local 1700: Archdiocesan Teachers Federation (Chicago) Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001072
Abstract
Files consist of correspondence, memos, reports, lists and other related materials to the unions operations. The collection contains information on contract negotiations and the Seton High School strike in 1968.
Dates:
1962 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1975
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
American Federation of Teachers Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: LOH000348
Abstract
Between 1985 and 1987, as part of an American Federation of Teachers-sponsored project, oral historian Renee Epstein interviewed leading figures in AFT on signficant aspects of their history with the union. From 2001 to 2009, AFT Archivist Dan Golodner concluded the project. Collection consists of transcripts and recordings of 29 interviews. Topics discussed in Part 1 include the rise of the militant teacher, early collective bargaining and strikes, AFT political structure, Shanker vs. Selden...
Dates:
1985-06-29 - 2009-10-26
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
American Federation of Teachers Research Department: Contracts
Collection
Identifier: LR002886
Abstract
The Research Department of the American Federation of Teachers is one of the oldest departments of within the AFT and this particular collection contains collective bargaining contracts negotiated by AFT affiliates and from the NEA, AAUP and other unions that represent teachers in K-16, paraprofessionals, nurses and public employees.
Dates:
1956 - 2014
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002098
Abstract
The Cook County College Teachers Union, AFT Local 1600, began to organize the faculty of the City Colleges of Chicago in 1965 and won official recognition in 1966. This collection represents a comprehensive record of the CCCTU’s administrative operations, its meetings, strikes, and publications. Also included in the collection are news clippings, photos, videos, and various memorabilia from the CCCTU’s history. Personal and official correspondence from the CCCTU’s longtime president, Norman G....
Dates:
1966 - 2009
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Lamphere Federation of Teachers Local 1614 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002131
Abstract
Lamphere Federation of Teachers, Local 1614 was chartered by the American Federation of Teachers on July 27, 1965. The local slowly grew to be the sole collective bargaining union for the district’s teachers. In 1973 the union went on strike against the district. Later that year the school board filed a lawsuit against the union seeking damages for refusing to bargain in good faith. By 1977 the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a union could not be sued for damages.
Dates:
1973 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1985
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Michigan Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000146
Abstract
Part I and II consists of correspondence, minutes, and reports. Subjects include Administrative Board meetings; American Federation of Teachers; conventions; Detroit Federation of Teachers; Executive Council meetings; Haven Hill conferences; legislative lobbying activities; membership campaigns; metropolitan teachers' institutes; Michigan AFL-CIO Council; Michigan Constitutional Convention (1961); teachers' salary and fringe benefits surveys; treasurer reports; White House Conference on...
Dates:
1934 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Ray Howe Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP002130
Abstract
Ray Howe was born 30 July 1921. After serving in the Korean conflict, Howe married and began teaching at Lowrey Junior High School in Dearborn Michigan and from 1955-1959 he taught at Edsel Ford High School in Dearborn. In 1959 Howe was elected president of the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, Local 681, American Federation of Teachers and served till 1961. Howe began working for the Dearborn Public Schools in the late 1960s in various positions, from principal to deputy superintendent. He took...
Dates:
1959 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1974
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Robert Nielsen Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001828
Abstract
Dr. Robert M. Nielsen was born in Nebraska in 1933. Dr. Nielsen became a professor of mathematics at the University of Delaware. In the late 1960s he was the co-founder of the AFT local for faculty at the university and was president from 1969-1973.
In 1973 Nielsen became director of the AFT’s colleges and universities department in which he took both aspects of academic professionalism and union professionalism into creating a strong and viable department within the AFT. Dr. Nielsen was...
Dates:
1967 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1983
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Sachs Waldman: Detroit Federation of Teachers Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002633
Abstract
The law firm Sachs Waldman, Professional Corporation started in October 13, 1922 by Nicholas J. Rothe, considered by many as the first union labor lawyer in Michigan grew to represent the best interest of unions and workers. In 1951 Theodore Sachs joined the firm and was considered one of the best appellate attorneys in the country, under his leadership the firm grew in clientele and personnel. In 1965, the law firm began to specialize in public sector labor and began to represent those unions...
Dates:
1967-2007
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Utica Federation of Teachers, Local 1448 Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002422
Abstract
The Utica Federation of Teachers Local 1448 records consist of materials that describe beginning stages of this local in Southeast Michigan in the early 1960s and trying to gain a presence in the Utica school district to challenge the Utica Education Association to represent teachers.
Dates:
1962 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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