Hospitals--Employees

AFSCME Career Development Program Records

jruss — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:51:45 -0400

Seeing success in a program run by AFSCME District Council 37 in New York City that upgraded Nursing Aides to Licensed Practical Nurses, the International union wished to bring career development training to its members who were hospital employees. As such, in 1967, AFSCME began investigating how to develop hospital career development training programs. In 1969, AFSCME was awarded a grant from the Department of Labor and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to work with hospitals in Boston, Cleveland, and Maryland. In 1971, AFSCME received a second grant to take the Hospital Career Development Program (HCDP) to three new cities, Memphis, Detroit, and St. Paul. At this point, language guaranteeing funding for continuing career development began to enter negotiated contracts. In 1973, AFSCME received its third grant, which brought HCDP to three more cities, Houston, Milwaukee, and the District of Columbia.

This collection documents the planning, execution, and evaluation of the AFSCME Career Development Program, 1966-1975, which primarily involved the Hospital Career Development Program (HCDP). HCDP developed and implemented career ladders and training curricula for hospital employees. The records are comprised of correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, curricula, job descriptions, organizational charts, contracts, press releases, news clippings, lesson plans, course schedules, graduation invitations and announcements, recruitment material, newsletters, and a small number of photographs.

American Federation of Teachers Publications

dgolodner — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:23:31 -0500

The American Federation of Teachers was founded in 1916 and immediately made the American Teacher, published by the New York City Teachers Union, as its official organ. Since then the AFT has published numerous publications that range from organizing tools to professional development materials for its members. It has also published materials dealing with the labor movement, tenure, civil and human rights as well as teaching tools. Official publications of the AFT also spoke directly to the AFT’s diverse membership, which includes higher education higher education faculty and staff, paraprofessionals, public employees and health care workers.

This is an artificial collection made up of these publications from AFT headquarters, AFT affiliates and individuals associated with the AFT drawn from the preexisting library collection and from various other shipments.

SEIU Local 535 Records

aorchard — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:20:21 -0400

The formation of SEIU Local 535 began when members of the Social Workers Action Committee of #434, SEIU united with the Social Workers Standards Committee in Los Angeles, California. In 1964, these Los Angeles County social workers led a successful strike against the county, the result of which was SEIU chartering Local 535 as the social workers union. As more California public employees continued to strike and join Local 535, the union grew. Eventually Local 535 helped pass the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, the first Californian legislation on public sector collective bargaining. In 1970, Local 535 ventured into private sector organizing, representing members at non-profit organizations, with a continued focus on hospital employees, particularly nurses. In addition to representing public and hospital employees, Local 535 also represented jewelry workers after the 1981 merger of the International Jewelry Workers Union into SEIU. In the mid-2000s, Local 535 dissolved and its members amalgamated into other SEIU locals including 521, 620, 721, 1000, and 1021.

The records generated by Local 535 that comprise this collection primarily include State Executive Board minutes, Executive Director reports, committee and caucus documents, publications and newsletters, and photographs.

SEIU Public Relations Records

aorchard — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:26:31 -0400

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, now comprising three divisions: healthcare, property services, and public services. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, SEIU utilized the services of media consultants Abernathy and Associates for public relations and communication work. The collection consists of materials generated by Abernathy and Associates for SEIU, as well as source materials created by other entities (e.g., clippings) used for research and reference. The manuscript and audiovisual materials cover subjects including SEIU’s history and former SEIU President John Sweeney (speeches and the New Voices Slate), healthcare (including the Beverly and Kaiser campaigns), Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, organizing, Justice for Janitors, and asbestos. Document types consist of correspondence, speeches, scholarly articles and book chapters, pamphlets, flyers, reports, and clippings. Audiovisual formats found within the collection include photographs, slides, negatives, cassettes, and DVDs, the contents of which document campaigns (including publicity spots), conventions, events, and speeches.

(9293) Portraits, Emily McLaughlin, 1920s

eclemens — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 11:30:11 -0400

Portrait of Nurse Emily A. McLaughlin, c. 1927.

(12443) New Jersey State Hospital Employee Rally, 1972

scaloia — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:07:01 -0500

AFSCME New Jersey State Employees rally at the state capitol. Signs read “Give us more bread”; “State refuses to bargain in good faith”; “No phoney bonus more bread now”; “Inspectors want collective ‘bargaining’ PERC ‘unfair’ Over the hill with Mason and Cahill.” The image appeared in the February 1972 issue of Public Employee magazine.

(12486) AFSCME Cook County Hospital Employees organizing, 1971

scaloia — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:15:04 -0500

Cook County Hospital Employees AFSCME Local 1111, clerical workers, and AFSCME Local 2041, service workers, at a meeting, circa August 1971. The Chicago, Illinois hospital workers, including security officers in Local 2205, voted September 1-2 of that year. AFSCME Council 19 Director Carmen Mendoza is seated on the right, four rows back.

(12489) Mendoza, Jones, AFSCME District Council 19, Chicago, 1971

scaloia — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:24:40 -0500

Carmen Mendoza, left, and Johnnie Jones shake hands at an AFSCME Council 19 event in Chicago. Jones had been a hospital attendant with no options for promotion before graduating from the AFSCME Hospital Career Development Program and becoming a psychiatric aide at the Rosewood State Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Jones’s experience was used to illustrate AFSCME benefits to Cook County Hospital Employees, Local 1111 and Local 2041. After an election on September 1-2, 1971, Local 1111 won representation of clerical workers, while Local 2041 service employees lost out to another union.

(12490) AFSCME Council 19, Chicago, Cook County Hospital Employees

scaloia — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:26:44 -0500

An AFSCME Council 19, Chicago, organizing meeting for Cook County Hospital employees, August 1971. At the podium is Council Director Carmen Mendoza, seated on the left is Council Rep Neal Bratcher.

(12512) AFSCME Atlanta Local 1644, Grady Hospital

scaloia — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:46:43 -0400

AFSCME Local 1644 members stand with a sign that reads “No cuts! Save Grady Hospital! 622-3091 All Peoples Congress” in Atlanta, GA. This image appeared in the May 1982 issue of Public Employee with the caption “Local 1644 joins Atlanta community activists in protesting the cuts at Grady Hospital."

(12513) AFSCME Atlanta Local 1644 members

scaloia — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:51:21 -0400

Three members of AFSCME Local 1644 Grady Hospital, Atlanta Georgia, stand together smiling. From left: Chapter Chairperson Virginia Ramsey, Carrie Harper, and Secretary-Treasurer Geneva Johnson.

(30436) SEIU Locals 535 and 250 Strike

aorchard — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:27:06 -0400

Members of SEIU Locals 535 and 250 strike to obtain a better contract.

(30442) SEIU Local 535 Kaiser Permanent Staff

aorchard — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:27:07 -0400

SEIU Local 535 staff at Kaiser Permanente pose for a photo.

From left to right: Julie Baker, RN; Tina Querbach, RN; Sandy Sticco, RN; Jon Lepie, 535 Organizer; Eileen Luna, 535 staff.

(30449) SEIU Locals 535, 250, and 390 Rally for Better Pay, Alameda County, California

aorchard — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:27:07 -0400

Members of SEIU Locals 535, 250, and 390 protest to improve their wages.

(30479) New York hospital workers agreement, 1966

jruss — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:24:21 -0400

New York City Mayor John Lindsay prepares to announce that a collective bargaining agreement has been reached with city hospital workers that improved conditions for 17,000 aides. Joining him at the microphone are AFSCME District 37 Director Victor Gotbaum (left) and City Labor Relations Director Herbert Haber. The union bargaining committee sits in the audience.

(30480) AFSCME Locals 420 and 1784 certified, 1966

jruss — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:40:37 -0400

AFSCME New York City Local 420 and Local 1784 were certified as bargaining agents for 35,000 city hospital employees. Lillian Roberts, then head of AFSCME District Council 37's hospital division, stands in the front row, second from left.

(31896) SEIU Local 32E Women Hospital Workers, 1963

aorchard — Sat, 31 May 2014 14:51:33 -0400

SEIU Local 32E women hospital workers in October, 1963.

(32426) Election and victory press conference, Local 1199 P, 1999

gstrassel — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:47:20 -0500

Members of Local 1199 P Allegheny General Hospital celebrating their election victory in Pittsburgh.

(32427) SEIU election victory celebration, Local 1199 P, 1999

gstrassel — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:37:50 -0500

Local 1199 P Allegheny General Hospital election and victory press conference. Employees from Pittsburgh's Allegheny General Hospital celebrating their election victory.

(32430) Healthcare facility tour, Chicago, 1999

gstrassel — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:29:02 -0500

Andy Stern with a security guard during a Local 1 healthcare facility tour in Chicago.

(32431) Healthcare facility tour, Chicago, 1999

gstrassel — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:33:42 -0500

Local 1 healthcare facility tour by Andy Stern in Chicago.

(32444) Maryland needlestick bill signing, Annapolis, 1999

gstrassel — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:00:22 -0500

Maryland needlestick bill signing with Governor Glendening and John Sweeney, 1999.

(32445) Maryland needlestick bill signing, Annapolis, 1999

gstrassel — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:04:39 -0500

SEIU members outside on the day of Maryland's needlestick bill signing in 1999.

(32446) Maryland needlestick bill signing, Annapolis, 1999

gstrassel — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:07:33 -0500

Maryland needlestick bill signing with Governor Glendening and members of SEIU in 1999.

(32452) SEIU doctors' council press conference, Washington DC, 1999

gstrassel — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:43:05 -0500

Andy Stern speaking at SEIU doctors' council press conference at AFL-CIO in 1999.

(32491) Nurses march

gstrassel — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:14:55 -0500

Nurses march at the Capitol and meeting at AFL-CIO, 1997.

(32492) Nurses march

gstrassel — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:22:25 -0500

Nurses march at the Capitol and White House meeting, and meeting at AFL-CIO in 1997. Members of the Nevada Sevice Employees Union 1107 demonstrating at nurses march.

(32493) Nurses march meeting

gstrassel — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:26:45 -0500

Nurses march at Capitol and White House meeting, and meeting at AFL-CIO, 1997. Andy Stern with Mary Kay Henry with SEIU members at a meeting at the AFL-CIO.

(32505) University of Southern California strike

gstrassel — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:49:01 -0500

Local 1877 University of Southern California strike, 1997.

Andy Stern marching with demonstrators from Local 399 against Service Master in Los Angeles.

(32506) University of Southern California strike

gstrassel — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:54:01 -0500

Local 1877 University of Southern California strike, 1997.

Eliseo Medina participating in a sit-in in Los Angeles.

(32627) SEIU election victory celebration

gstrassel — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:41:44 -0500

Local 1199 P Allegheny General Hospital election and victory press conference. Employees from Pittsburgh's Allegheny General Hospital celebrating their election victory.

(38389) St. Peter Hospital Public Servants Week Planning Committee, Minnesota, 1948

scaloia — Wed, 09 May 2018 15:32:28 -0400

Originally published in the July 1948 issue of Public Employee with the caption: “Members of the St. Peter hospital Public Servants Week planning committee and advisory group are seen above. Combined, their service represents a total of 267 years of service at the institution.

“Seated, l to r, are: Martena Larson, local 614 steward; Mrs. Ernest Paquette, local 614 secretary and committee chairman; Dr. George H. Freeman, hospital superintendent; and Mary O. Johnson, director of nurses.

“Standing, l to r, are: Lenn Faltisek, local 614 president, Elmer Peters, steward; Edwin Baker, local 786 secretary; Earl Rasche, assistant supervisor; Ernest Paquette, committeeman; Claude Alm, men’s supervisor; E. W. Sandeen, committeeman; and Louise Richards, local 614 treasurer.”

(38400) Hospital Technicians at AFSCME Day, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1967

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 10:11:18 -0400

Local 1694 Maryland Hospital Technicians examine union material. Published in October 1967 issue of Public Employee with caption: “Laboratory technicians at the University of Maryland look over the AFSCME display during ‘AFSCME Day’ at the University’s Baltimore campus. Many of the visitors became members of Local 1694.”

(38404) Philadelphia AFSCME members throw Christmas party for hospitalized children, 1948

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 10:24:49 -0400

AFSCME Local 488 Philadelphia Hospital Employees and Philadelphia Municipal Employees District Council 33 hosted a Christmas party for hospitalized children, with Local 488 president Ronald Smith dressed as Santa Claus. The image appeared in the February 1949 issue of AFSCME’s Public Employee magazine with the caption: “Since the small patients at Philadelphia General Hospital couldn’t come to a Christmas party, the party came to them. Santa Claus has stolen the affections of the little guests, but Dr. Paschal Lucchessi, hospital superintendent (left) was enjoying the party too much to even care! John Miller [right, standing next to tree], president of Highway Local 403, and Robert Willard [right, standing behind crib], secretary-treasurer of District Council 33, were among the local members who worked to make it a festive occasion and found time to enjoy their own party.”

(38405) Philadelphia AFSCME members throw Christmas party for hospitalized children, 1948

scaloia — Fri, 11 May 2018 10:27:16 -0400

AFSCME local 488 members pose with children at Philadelphia General Hospital Christmas party hosted by the local and AFSCME District Council 33. Richard Brennan, left, vice-president of Local 488; Ronald Smith (Santa Claus), president; and Donald Levering, secretary-treasurer. The women are unidentified. The story appeared in the February 1949 issue of AFSCME’s magazine, Public Employee.

(46539) AFSCME Cleveland, Moore, Brindza

scaloia — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:08:21 -0500

AFSCME International representatives James Moore, left, and Robert Brindza stand with Cuyahoga County's Highland View Hospital in the background. AFSCME Local 1746 organized workers at Highland View, Sunny Acres, and other Cleveland-area hospitals in the 1960s.

(46540) AFSCME Local 1746 strike, Wurf

scaloia — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:31:35 -0500

A crowd of Local 1746 members and supporters watch AFSCME President Jerry Wurf on a snowy day in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Workers at Sunny Acres Hospital, near Cleveland, were on strike for union recognition for 75 days in 1967.

(46541) AFSCME Sunny Acres strike picket

scaloia — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:40:55 -0500

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

(46719) AFSCME Local 1746 Sunny Acres Hospital agreement

scaloia — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:20:15 -0500

This image appeared in the May 1967 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine with the caption: "Members of the Sunny Acres Hospital negotiating committees are joined by well-wishers following the signing of the contract that ended the long strike. Seated, from left, are Jesse Johnson, Walter Saunders, Muriel Hunter, Lily Robinson and John Moore. Standing, from left, are International Representative Robert Brindza; Bill Petite, assistant director of Council 78; James Moore, organizing committee chairman; Bill Van Zandt, International representative assigned to Michigan; George Forbes, Cleveland City Councilman; and Paul J. DeGrandis, director of Council 78."

The Housestaff Voice

kchinery — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:16:18 -0500

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