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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

AFT Rhode Island Federation of Teachers Records

Collection

Identifier: LR001349

Abstract Papers consist of correspondence, reports, organizing materials, minutes and general files. The information contains information about the AFT, actions by the executive board and issues facing various locals in Rhode Island. Important correspondence are with Carl Megel, Senator Claiborn Pell, Albert Shanker, Edward McElroy, and John Fewkes.

Dates: 1946 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1977

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

Howard Hursey Papers

Collection

Identifier: LP002047

Abstract Howard Hursey was a national representative for the American Federation of Teachers. This collection documents his time as an organizer from the 1960s through the early 1970s. The American Federation of Teachers experienced huge growth in membership during this time and the collection represents this and the strain on AFT workers. Mostly Hursey organized in the Southern United States, but there are materials from Los Angeles and Illinois and points in-between. The correspondences contain...

Dates: 1961 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1967 - 1974

Found in: Walter P. Reuther Library

Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Local 691 Records

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Identifier: LR000624

Abstract The Kansas City Federation of Teachers, Local 691 of the American Federation of Teachers, represents classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, secretaries, bus drivers, security officers, and school nurses in Kansas City, Missouri. Part I consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, and publications documenting negotiations, strikes and grievances. There is also information on integration, education reform issues and the rivalry between the AFT and the National Education...

Dates: 1942 - 2005

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

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

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