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AFSCME Office of the President: Gerald W. McEntee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001988
Abstract
Gerald W. McEntee became president of AFSCME in 1981. Some of the issues reflected in Part I of this collection include the anti-apartheid movement; health care reform, especially under the Clinton White House; affirmative action; AIDS; presidential politics and union campaign support; international labor relations; and legislative affairs. The records also include information on state locals and councils, AFSCME's relationship to other labor unions and organizations, and AFSCME's judicial...
Dates:
1977 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1982 - 2003
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Irving Richter Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000932
Overview
Irving Richter served as president of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Lodge 139 of the American Federation of Government Employees while employed by the FERA, which would later become the Works Progress Administration. Mr. Richter also served as an economist with the US Labor Department, and as the legislative representative and director of political action in the United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (UAW-CIO) Washington D.C. office. Mr. Richter was a...
Dates:
1934-1988
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
James Lindahl Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001061
Abstract
James Lindahl served as Recording Secretary for the United Auto Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (UAW-CIO) Local 190 (Packard Motor Car Plant). Mr. Lindahl’s papers document his work for Local 190 and also include publications reflecting his interest in union membership and organizing, U.S. politics, the American worker, dissident groups, civil rights, and socio-economics, among other related subjects.
Dates:
1930 - 1959
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council: Tom Turner Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000053
Abstract
Subjects include: civil rights; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; political education; Detroit government and politics; Detroit Federation of Labor; school desegregation; health and hospital services; Histadrut; labor education; Wayne County government
Dates:
1920 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1984
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
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
UAW President's Office: Walter P. Reuther Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000261
Abstract
The papers of Walter Reuther reflect his career with the UAW from its beginning, although the documentation for the pre‑presidential period is less complete. In addition to UAW material, there are extensive files relating to his work as an officer of the CIO, the AFL‑CIO and the ALA. In addition, there is considerable material relating to international labor organizations, international affairs, other labor unions, organizations of various kinds and his work in the area of public affairs.
Dates:
1933 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1946 - 1970
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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