Labor
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
AFSCME Office of the Secretary-Treasurer: Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000682_GEOC
Abstract
In early 1950, the United Public Workers union was expelled from the CIO for alleged communist activities, leaving behind an anti-communist group called the Government Workers Union. In February of 1950, the CIO chartered the Government Workers Union as the Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee (GCEOC) and gave the new committee jurisdiction over federal, state, and local employees. In the next five years, GCEOC aggressively attempted to reach full union status within the CIO but...
Dates:
1939 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1957
Holgate Young Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000546
Abstract
Holgate Young served in various capacities in several labor organizations throughout his career. In the 1950s he worked as the UAW Local 6, International Harvester Division Financial Secretary, AFSCME Wisconsin Field Representative, and International Association of Machinists Education Director. In the 1960s & 70s, Young held positions as the CWA Education Coordinator and AFT Washington D.C. Workers Education Local 189 Education Chairman.
Part I of his papers reflects his work...
Dates:
1948 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1975
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Holgate Young Papers
James B. Carey Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001474
Abstract
James Carey served as secretary-treasurer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and worked for the Office of Production Management in Washington D.C. during World War II. Mr. Carey also served as president of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE) and as the labor liaison officer to the United Nations Association. The papers of Mr. Carey reflect his interest in international labor issues and document his work for the AFL-CIO, the IUE, and the UN.
Dates:
1936 - 1973
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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James B. Carey Papers
John F. Williams Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000598
Abstract
A member of the Pipe Fitters Local Union No. 636, John F. Williams served as president of the Midwest Building Trades Council, as president of the Detroit Building Trades Council Executive Board, and held various positions within the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Mr. Williams was active in Michigan state Democratic politics and served in various civic organizations, such as the Wayne County Civic League and the Mayor’s Citizen’s Advisory Committee...
Dates:
1938 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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John F. Williams Papers
Joint Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000229
Abstract
Mostly correspondence, drafts of publications, and minutes and reports. The Committee on Library Service to Labor Groups was established in 1945 to encourage and assist public libraries to develop specialized services useful to labor. Throughout its history, the Committee has received support from the American Library Association, the AFL, the CIO, and the AFL-CIO. Subjects relate to labor education. Correspondents include Frank Henson, Myles Horton, and Brownie Lee Jones.
Dates:
1946 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1963
Joseph Basso Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000368
Abstract
A member of the Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor, and later the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Joseph Basso founded the City and County Public Service Employees Association, which later became the Public Employees Union. Active in community affairs and Democratic politics, Mr. Basso conducted campaigns for Frank Murphy and George Murphy, and also worked in civil defense during World Ward II. His papers reflect his involvement in the careers of...
Dates:
1927 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1967
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Joseph Basso Papers
Michigan AFL-CIO: Lansing Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000102_LO
Abstract
Reference files consisting primarily of clippings and some press releases, biographical material, voting records, correspondence, legislative records, and notes on individuals, unions, organizations, Michigan state departments and agencies, topics of current interest, and elected and appointed local, state, and national officials. The materials were collected by the Lansing office of the Michigan CIO Council and Michigan AFL-CIO. Topics include Bricker Amendment, Michigan state budgets, Albert...
Dates:
1930 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1956
Michigan AFL-CIO Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000102
Abstract
Material consists of the files of the Michigan CIO Council prior to its merger with the Michigan Federation of Labor in 1958, as well as the work of the secretary-treasurer's office during the later administrations of William Marshall, Walter Campbell, and George Watts. Includes general office files of Michigan CIO Council presidents John Gibson and August Scholle (1943-54); Michigan CIO secretary-treasurers John Gibson, Ben Probe, and Barney Hopkins (1939-54); the files of Tom Downs relating...
Dates:
1930 - 1981
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Michigan AFL-CIO Records
Michigan AFL-CIO: William C. Marshall Records
Collection
Identifier: LR00102A
Abstract
Subjects include: AFSCME; Allied Industrial Workers; civil rights; CETA; Communications Workers of America; political education; Histadrut; Michigan Democratic Party; Michigan elections; Michigan AFL-CIO; transportation; UAW; United Way
Dates:
1961 - 1983
Peter Eckstein Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001997
Abstract
Peter Eckstein has been involved with labor unions in the state of Michigan since the 1960s. Eckstein served as the research director for Michigan UAW-CAP; executive director of the Governor’s Commission on Jobs and Economic Development, where he drafted several important pieces of worker’s compensation legislation; and finally as research director of the Michigan AFL-CIO. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Economics and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. Mr....
Dates:
1967 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1986
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Peter Eckstein Papers
Philip H. Van Gelder Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP000820
Abstract
Philip Van Gelder was a career labor union organizer, working in that capacity for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, International Association of Machinists, the CIO (later AFL-CIO), and the United Electrical Workers (UE). He was involved, until his death in 1999, in progressive politics and social welfare activities, belonging to the Socialist Party in Philadelphia, for which he worked a number of years. His papers reflect his...
Dates:
1920 - 1999
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Philip H. Van Gelder Papers
Sam Fishman Papers
Collection
Identifier: LP001693
Abstract
Sam Fishman was born January 24, 1924 and spent the majority of his adult life involved with the labor movement in Michigan. He was originally an assembler and machinist for the Ford Motor Company and eventually became an official in UAW Local 400. He later was elected Vice-President of UAW Local 99 and then President of UAW Local 36 at the Ford Assembly Plant. Fishman would go on to serve as head of the UAW Community Action Program (CAP) for 12 years until his election as president of the...
Dates:
1966 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1984
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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Sam Fishman Papers
SEIU Communications Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR001885
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, and now comprises three divisions: healthcare, property services, and public services. The records of SEIU’s Communications Department document the International’s mass mailings from 1974 through 1987. Included in the collection are (predominately) monthly summaries listing all the mass mailings sent by the International (with the exceptions of June...
Dates:
1976 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1987
Walter P. Reuther Library Vertical Files Collection
Collection
Identifier: LR002617
Abstract
The Vertical Files Collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, articles, pamphlets, public relations materials, and other ephemera related to the Reuther Library’s urban affairs and labor collections.
Dates:
1920 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1960 - 2000
William Cook Papers
Collection — Box Small Processed Collections: Com-Cr, Box 3, Folder: 6-7
Identifier: LP001138
Abstract
William Cook served as a representative for the Wayne County Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) at two Joint Merger meetings held between the Wayne County Federation of Labor and the Wayne County CIO. Mr. Cook's papers pertain to the problems encountered in effecting the merger of the AFL and the CIO in the Metro-Detroit area.
Dates:
1957
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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William Cook Papers