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Action Coalition of Strikers Records

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Identifier: UR001694

Abstract The Action Coalition of Strikers (ACOS) was a rank-and-file group of strikers and their families who were active during the Detroit Newspaper Strike. Representing reporters, editors, pressmen, and truck drivers, the coalition opposed the newspaper union leadership and their proposed back-to-work offer and instead pressed forward with a campaign to fight to restore all lost jobs. They sponsored peaceful and disciplined mass demonstrations in support of the strikers, and published the weekly...

Dates: 1944 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1997

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Albert Sayer Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP000395

Abstract Mr. Sayer, a New York teacher, served as vice-president of the New York Teachers Guild in 1950. He left the Guild to help form Local 378 of the CIO, a N.Y. teachers' union which disbanded in 1954. Later Sayer aided in obtaining an AFL-CIO charter for the United Federation of Teachers and served this organization in several capacities. Mr. Sayer also served as member and chairman of the New York State chapter of Americans for Democratic Action. In the summer of 1964, he and his wife Florence...

Dates: 1936 - 1965

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

ALPA Atlanta, Georgia Field Office Records

Collection

Identifier: LR000247_ATL

Abstract Records of the office representing the interests of ALPA in the Atlanta, Georgia area. These records contain information on airline mergers, air traffic controllers strike, and skyjacking. Some of the material found are technical reports of a variety of subjects. Of particular interest are records relating to significant changes in aircraft passenger compartment design. Material documenting ALPA's role in human rights protests can also be found here.

Dates: 1949 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1971

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Detroit Newspaper Strike Collection

Collection

Identifier: LR002748

Scope and Content Series 1: Kate DeSmet Records, 1995-1999 Series 2: Esther Ingber Records, 1995-1996 Series 3: Randy Karpinen Records, 1997-1998 Series 4: Ephemera/AV, 1995-1999

Dates: 1995 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1999

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Douglas A. Fraser Papers

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Identifier: LP002062

Abstract Douglas A. Fraser retired as UAW President in 1983 and began his professorial career at Wayne State University Labor Studies Department. As professor of Labor Studies at WSU, Fraser engaged workers, students, corporate professionals, and educators in discussion forums focusing on issues in labor and the urban environment. In recognition of his contribution to the field of Labor Studies WSU opened the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues in 1997. Fraser continued his involvement with...

Dates: 1976 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1992

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

JCA: Jewish Community Council Records

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Identifier: UR001726

Abstract The Jewish Community Council was established in 1937 as an umbrella organization to serve as a unifying force for Jewish organizations of metropolitan Detroit.The records of the Council document the organization's operational activities, programming, and publications, and the interests of the organization as related to issues such as anti-Semitism, discrimination and the civil rights movement, church-state relations and education, Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs, Zionism, and the...

Dates: 1937 - 1984

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Olive R. Beasley Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP000081

Abstract Olive R. Beasley led a career devoted to improving human and civil rights for minority groups. She served as secretary and later as executive director of the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights and was a member of the Fair Employment Practices Commission. She continued to serve its successor, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission as executive director of the Flint office. She also held numerous posts in labor and community organizations in Detroit and Flint including president of AFSCME Local 52,...

Dates: 1948 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

SEIU International Affairs Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001871

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. While most of SEIU’s members reside in the United States, the SEIU is an international union with members and affiliates in countries all over the world. The records of SEIU’s International Affairs Department document the SEIU’s relationships with companies, unions,...

Dates: 1985 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1992 - 1998

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Wilbur and Mary Alice Baldinger Papers

Collection

Identifier: UP000902

Abstract Mary Alice Baldinger served as executive director of the National Civil Liberties Clearing House from 1949 to 1971. Wilbur Baldinger worked as a reporter, as editor of The Guild Reporter from 1941 to 1944, and as director of publications for the U.S. Conference of Mayors from 1961 to1971.

The papers of Wilbur and Mary Alice Baldinger document their careers and reflect their efforts to promote civil liberties and human rights.

Dates: 1929 - 1976

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

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