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AFT Inventory Part I Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_1

Abstract Papers consist of correspondence, ballots, proceedings from meetings, clippings, local finances, per capita reports, charter applications. Subjects include integration, federal works programs, loyalty oaths, academic freedom, federal aid to education, communist issues.

Dates: 1914 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

AFT Inventory Part II Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000348_2

Abstract Contains Series VIII-XIII. Series VIII State publications, 1950s-1963 Series IX, miscellaneous materials 1935-1964 Series X communications to locals, 1934-1963 Series XI memos and mimeographed materials, 1921-1964 Series XII Locals, 1914-1960s Series XIII AFT conventions, 1916-1967

Dates: 1914 - 1967

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

Association of Flight Attendants: Dallas Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000981

Abstract The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) formed in 1973 after the Stewards and Stewardesses Division of the Air Line Pilots Association broke to form an independent association. The records of the AFA-Dallas Collection relate primarily to organizational proceedings of the international union.

Dates: 1952 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Dan Forchione Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP001415

Abstract Dan Forchione was an active member of the UAW from the 1940s until his retirement in 1988. He helped organize UAW Local 542 at the Ford Motor Company forge plant in Canton, Ohio, in the 1940s and served as the Local’s president and bargaining committee chairperson. In 1954 he was appointed an International representative and assigned to the UAW Ford Department staff. He transferred to the UAW Region 2 staff in 1957 and serviced local unions around Ohio. Forchione was elected director of UAW...

Dates: 1940 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

David Burciaga Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000724

Abstract David Burciaga worked with many farm worker movement leaders, including Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla in various capacities, from the 1950s to the 1980s. He served as the United Farm Workers’ top contract negotiator, working with both farm workers and growers. Prior to his involvement with the UFW, Burciaga worked with the American Friends Service Committee as the El Porvenir community development advisor from 1964 to 1970 and for the Community Service Organization (CSO)....

Dates: 57 - 1970

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

John Cole Papers

Collection — Container: Small Processed Collections: Br - Col, Box 2, Folder: 16

Identifier: LP001487

Abstract John Cole worked for the Ford Motor Company for over fifty years. In 1942 he served as an International Representative from UAW Local 50, the Willow Run bomber plant. The papers of Mr. Cole consist of a typescript copy of the union agreement of November 1942 between the Ford Motor Company and the International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO).

Dates: 1942

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Labor Notes Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001555

Abstract Labor Notes (officially titled the Labor Education and Research Project) is a media and organizing project for union rank and file activists based out of Detroit, Michigan. Best known for their self-titled monthly magazine, Labor Notes also publishes books, hosts a bi-annual conference, and runs organizing workshops and seminars for Union locals throughout North America. Since 1979 they have served an important networking and organizing role in the labor community, working to strengthen the...

Dates: 1965 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1999

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

NALC Office of the President: Vincent Sombrotto Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001915

Abstract Vincent R. Sombrotto was elected the 16th president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) in 1978, serving nearly 24 years until his retirement in December 2002. Bolstered by the rank and file movement in the early 1970s, Sombrotto was overwhelmingly elected president following the adoption of reforms he advocated to make the union leadership more responsive to its members. His accomplishments included wage increases, improving working conditions, passing reform of the Hatch...

Dates: 1971 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1996 - 2002

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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 Executive Office: William McFetridge Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001542_McFet

Abstract A nephew of William F. Quesse, SEIU's founder and first International President, William McFetridge began his career with SEIU in 1923 as a member of Chicago's Flat Janitors Local 1. In 1927 he assumed the position of SEIU Third Vice President and then ascended to the position of SEIU 1st Vice President in 1930, a position he maintained until April of 1940, when he became President of the International. The records comprising this collection chronicle McFetridge's last years as President of...

Dates: 1936 - 1963

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Chrysler Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000106

Abstract The UAW Chrysler Department was formed in the year following the tumultuous sit-down strikes of 1937. Responsible of the department included planning, developing, negotiating, and administering collective bargaining agreements for Chrysler workers in the United States and Canada. The records of the department reflect its administration and activities and largely include the files of Arthur Hughes, an administrative assistant and assistant director in the department from 1940-1978.

Dates: 1938 - 1985

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 53 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000243

Abstract United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (AFL-CIO) Local 53 represented the workers at Automatic Division of Yale and Towne Industries. The records reflect the local's militant stance towards company-worker relations, demonstrating an evolution of grievance procedures and contract negotiations.

Dates: 1957 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1964

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 135 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000084

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 135 represented workers at the American Seating Company in Grand Rapids, MI. Its records document contract negotiations between the local and the company.

Dates: 1949 - 1950

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 240 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000206

Abstract Local 240 is an amalgamated UAW-CIO local representing salaried and office employees in Windsor, Ontario. This local was certified on March 17, 1944, as the collective bargaining agent for certain salaried and office employees employed by Ford Motor Company of Canada in its Windsor offices. The first collective bargaining agreement with Ford was signed in 1946.

Dates: 1938 - 1955

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 280 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000083

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 280 has served employees of the Continental Motors Corporation, Continental Aviation and Engineering Corporation and the Kaiser Corporation Detroit Engine Plant in Detroit, MI. The records of this local particularly document the problems which arise with the closing of a plant, such as the Detroit Engine Plant in 1954.

Dates: 1946 - 1961

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 600 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000176

Abstract UAW Local 600 was chartered August 9, 1938, but did not gain much worker support until the Rouge plant-wide strike of April 1, 1941. The first UAW contract with Ford Motor Company was signed June 20, and ratified by the Local July 22, 1941. With 50,000 to 80,000 members in various periods, many from the massive River Rouge Complex, Local 600 has been both the largest and the most controversial local in the UAW. Local 600 is also known for its progressive streak, having hosted civil rights icons...

Dates: 1935 - 2012

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 602 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000334

Abstract United Auto Worker Local 602 services Fisher Body Division of General Motors in Lansing, MI. The local's records document routine operations as well as its contribution to the development of the UAW and the advancement of labor in the community.

Dates: 1937 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1959

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 650 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000177

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 650 grew out of Local 182 in Lansing, MI representing Reo Motors employees. The local survived a company bankruptcy and reorganization in the late 1930s and early 1940s and numerous company-union conflicts in the post WWII period. The records of the local reflect its operations and activities upon behalf of its members.

Dates: 1937 - 1964

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 833 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000377

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 833 has had divisive history between workers at the Kohler Co. in Kohler, WI and their employers. First organized in 1933 by the American Federation of Labor, workers were soon embroiled in a jurisdictional dispute with a company-formed union, the Kohler Workers' Association (KWA). Following a strike, the KWA won the bid from the NLRB to represent workers, but leadership soon became dissatisfied and voted in 1952 to join the UAW.

Dates: 1897 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1960

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Local 932 Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000415

Abstract United Auto Workers Local 932 was chartered in 1961, providing service to the Minneapolis-Moline Division of Motec Industries, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN. The local was embroiled in an intense rivalry many years prior to its chartering, between the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America and the UAW over who had the rights to service the local.

Dates: 1937 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1961

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UAW Vice-President's Office: Donald Ephlin Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001404

Abstract Donald F. Ephlin became active in the UAW at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Framingham, MA in the late 1940s, before joining the International Union staff in 1960. As administrative assistant to UAW President Leonard Woodcock from 1970 to 1977, and later Vice-President in charge of the Ford and subsequently the General Motors Departments, Ephlin played a key role in negotiations with both companies. He helped launch the Saturn Corporation and create a labor agreement which changed the...

Dates: 1960 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Administration Department Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000221_admin

Abstract United Farm Workers grew out of several farm workers organizations of the 1960s and was led by Cesar Chavez for over thirty years. The Administration Department records reflect the wide range of people and groups with whom the UFW corresponded. The work of the union itself is well represented, including U.S., Canada, and Europe boycott files, El Malcriado files, and negotiations with southern California grape growers. Part 3 of the records represent the second decade of the union’s progress...

Dates: 1955 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1978

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

UFW Peter Velasco Records

Collection

Identifier: LR002077

Abstract Peter Velasco has served in a number of positions in the UFW. He worked as the Stockton, California Field Office Director, as the director of the Strike Defense Fund, was a board member of the Farm Workers Credit Union, and was a member of the National Executive Board member since 1973. He and his wife Dolores Ann also worked on the US Senate campaign of Tom Hayden in 1976. Peter Velasco died in 1995. His records consists of office files, largely from the time when Velasco was...

Dates: 1942 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1995

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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