Graduate Employee Unions

AFT Higher Education Department: Graduate Student Organizing Files

dgolodner — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:03:57 -0500

The AFT Higher Education department was started in the late 1960s to focus on organizing faculty and staff on campuses across the country. This collection focuses on the organizing drives with graduate students. The collection is made up of correspondence, newspapers clippings, journal articles, flyers and contracts.

AFT Research Department: Contracts

dgolodner — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:40:25 -0500

The Research Department of the American Federation of Teachers is one of the oldest departments of within the AFT and this particular collection contains collective bargaining contracts negotiated by AFT affiliates and from the NEA, AAUP and other unions that represent teachers in K-16, paraprofessionals, nurses and public employees. Of note in series II there are contract language for community education and charter schools. The rule books and handbooks are especially interesting for some are pre collective bargaining and contain unique language on the duties of employees and what was expected of students.

Graduate Employees Union at Michigan State University

dgolodner — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:07:20 -0400

The Graduate Employees Union at Michigan State University filed for union recognition on February 2, 2001 with the Michigan Employment Relations Committee. On March 22, 2001 the GEU-MSU held its first general membership meeting and by the following month on April 20th the union had won the collective bargaining election 662 to 192. In September 2001 the union and administration began contract talks. By the beginning of winter semester information pickets were a daily occurrence on campus. In March 2002 the membership of GEU-MSU voted to strike and the union did on April 25, 2002. The following day the administration agreed on a contract. This collection contains information about the organizing campaign of graduate students at Michigan State University.

Oregon Federation of Teachers Records

dgolodner — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:46:19 -0500

The Oregon Federation of Teachers Collection includes both the papers of the OFT and the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP). The OFT was chartered in June 1952 and during that decade was successful in securing teacher tenure laws. During the 1960s and 1970s the OFT grew in size by organizing more workers in K-12, community college and higher education in faculty, nurses and classified positions. In the 1990s the OFT changed its’ name by convention to the Oregon Federation of Teachers, Education and Health Professionals (OFTHEP). The OFTHEP continued to help with locals in the state with bargaining, grievances and arbitrations.
The records of Oregon Federation of Teachers consist of correspondence and other materials relating to nurse, hospitals, health professionals, public employees, k-12 teachers as well as higher education faculty and staff. The collection has very good information on the issues facing various professions in the state of Oregon during the 1980s.