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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 Photographs
Collection
Identifier: LAV002484
Abstract
A collection of photographic prints spanning the union’s long history, the SEIU Photograph Collection is the culmination of decades of photographic work produced or compiled by SEIU’s international headquarters staff. The images document a wide range of individuals, organizations, events, and topics related to SEIU. The majority of these materials come from their Communications Department, who utilized the images in various types of print materials. Amateur photography by SEIU members of...
Dates:
1915-2012
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
SEIU Public Relations Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001835
Abstract
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) was founded in 1921 as a union of flat janitors. Over the years it has grown in size and scope, now comprising three divisions: healthcare, property services, and public services. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, SEIU utilized the services of media consultants Abernathy and Associates for public relations and communication work. The collection consists of materials generated by Abernathy and Associates for SEIU, as well as source materials created...
Dates:
1978 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1995
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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