(12485) AFSCME Chicago Public Library Employees membership drive, 1966

This image appeared in the March 1966 issue of AFSCME’s Public Employee magazine with the caption: ON A RISING NOTE: Members of the executive board of Chicago Public Library Employees Local 1215 pose proudly in front of the simulated thermometer which shows how dramatically the membership has risen—more than 600 percent in the first phase of an organizing drive. Seated from left are Alma Drew, trustee; Arminee Childs, Board member; Ruth Puffer, treasurer, and Mary Carroll, vice president. Standing are Lawrence Bloom, president; Marie Davis, Board member; Carmen Mendoza, staff representative, and Roberta Kitchen, Board member.