Ohio

Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Local 1560

dgolodner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:01:38 -0500

The Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Collection contains information about this unique local of the American Federation of Teachers. The local reformed in 1964 as the Cincinnati Teachers Union and changed its name to the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers (CFT) in 1971 and immediately began petitioning for a collective bargaining election. By 1976 the CFT won the election and remained the bargaining union for teachers of Cincinnati. In 1979 Tom Mooney became president and took the union on a new course of bargaining reform for all public employees in the city as well as taking the local into new areas of education reform and teacher professionalism.

AFT Local 250: Toledo Federation of Teachers Records

dgolodner — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:06:08 -0400

Office files of the Toledo (Ohio) Federation of Teachers, Local 250 of the American Federation of Teachers. Included are the files of the Salary and Professional Standards committees; minutes of general meetings; Board of Directors meetings; and meetings of building representatives. Subjects include AFT conventions, legislation pertaining to education, teacher salaries, and school taxation. Among the correspondents are Arthur Elder, Carl Megel, and Stephen Young.

Raymond Peck Papers

drice — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:26:44 -0500

Correspondence, minutes, financial statements, and bulletins collected by Mr. Peck, who served the Ohio Federation of Teachers as president, executive secretary-treasurer, and legislative lobbyist. He was also a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers. The collection reflects concern with such problems as teacher education and certification, school financing, labor, and politics.

Tom Mooney, Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT)

dgolodner — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:37:56 -0400

Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) vice president, speaks at an event entitled: "Every Child Counts: Stand up for Public Schools."

(7518) Ohio unionists demonstrate

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:15:44 -0400

Trade unionists in the Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio area support members of AFSCME Local 544 in a successful demonstration in 1965.

(7520) Liverpool, Ohio workers demonstrate

jruss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:29:46 -0400

Members of East Liverpool, Ohio, City Employees AFSCME Local 677 demonstrate in front of City Hall for higher wages in 1965.

(7645) Ohio University strike

jruss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:11:59 -0400

Students support the non-academic staff at Ohio University in Athens, OH who struck for union recognition of AFSCME Local 1699 in 1967.

(7646) Ohio University strike

jruss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:13:21 -0400

Students support the non-academic staff at Ohio University in Athens, OH who struck for union recognition of AFSCME Local 1699 in 1967.

(7648) Cuyahoga County, Ohio strike

jruss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:35:38 -0400

AFSCME Local 1746 strikers and supporters picket in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1967. AFSCME President Jerry Wurf traveled to Ohio to support local members who worked at Sunny Acres Hospital. The strike lasted 11 weeks and resulted in recognition of the local and a contract. See AFSCME Public Employee magazine issues February - May, 1967.

(7649) Cuyahoga County, Ohio strike

jruss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:34:28 -0400

AFSCME Local 1746 members and supporters picket in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1967. The strike at Sunny Acres Hospital lasted 11 weeks and resulted in recognition of the local and a contract.

One sign reads "Who is behind the Sunny Acres plot?" In a bulletin to members, AFSCME Council 78 director Paul DeGrandis wrote "The AFSCME strike situation at Sunny Acres has now become a plot by certain elements of the community to destroy the honor, prestige, and dignity of Organized Labor in the Cleveland area....Due to the "Sunny Acres Plot", President Wurf will now arrive in Cleveland on Wednesday" (March 8, 1967). (see LR002503 AFSCME publications, box 54 folder 11).

(7650) Cuyahoga County, Ohio strike ends

jruss — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:33:19 -0400

Welfare strikers celebrate the successful end of Local 1746’s strike in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which began in December, 1966. Members ratified an agreement to end the strike on January 5, 1967.

(7653) Lima, Ohio Hospital demonstration

jruss — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:48:08 -0400

In 1964, Lima, Ohio State Hospital employees picket as members of AFSCME Local 1847 to raise awareness of poor working conditions at the hospital.

(7657) Dayton Hospital

jruss — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:23:06 -0400

Workers at Dayton Hospital in Ohio, members of AFSCME Local 1942, picket in August in 1969.

(7658) Dayton Local 1942

jruss — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:24:50 -0400

Members of Local 1942 march in Dayton, Ohio in 1970.

(7692) Ohio goat helps picket

jruss — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:45:37 -0400

Drew Burkhard enlists the help of a goat on the picket line to win back his wife Alice’s city job during a 1966 protest at the Elyria, Ohio City Hall.

(9603) 2nd Annual NALC Convention

kdowgiewicz — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:22:04 -0400

Delegates at the 2nd Annual National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, August 5-7, 1891.
Inscription on photograph reads "Photograph presented to President William C. Doherty at the Ohio State Association Convention in Toledo, Ohio, September 7, 1953"
Original photograph 18.75" x 13.75"

(11563) Constitutional Revision Commission

jruss — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:17:23 -0400

As part of its constitutional revision process, AFSCME sought input from its members. This hearing, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 17-18, 1964 allowed the midwestern region to voice its opinions. Constitution Revision Commission Chairman Joseph Ames, Secretary Vivian Moore, and member Olive Beasley listen to comments from Donald Burke, president of Ohio District Council 51.

(11662) Lucas County, Ohio Conference

jruss — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:18:37 -0500

Ohio state Senators Frank King and Raymond Hildebrand addressed delegates at the Lucas County, Ohio Conference in Toledo in 1954. From left: Senator King, Mrs. Hildebrand, Senator Hildebrand, and Ray Flory, Secretary of the Toledo Central Labor Union.

(11738) AFL-CIO Civil Rights Conference

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:19 -0500

In early 1986, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy addresses the 11th biennial AFL-CIO Civil Rights Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

(11751) Regional Health Conference

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:24:07 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy speaks at the 1973 Regional Health Institute in Ohio.