Labor

Willoughby Abner Papers

drice — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:53:43 -0400

The papers of Mr. Abner reflect his work with the UAW, and to a lesser extent, his involvement in civil rights and community activities.

Part I consists of correspondence, reports, newsletters, and miscellaneous publications reflecting Mr. Abner's positions with the UAW and his social concerns. Until 1963 Mr. Abner was with the Education and Citizenship Department of UAW Region 4, located in Chicago. In 1963 he moved to Detroit to become the assistant director of the Leadership Study Center of the UAW. Subjects include the labor movement on local, state, and international levels; urban affairs and social problems.

Part II reflects Mr. Abner's involvement with the NAACP, the city of Chicago, college campus unrest, prison conditions mediation, and community development activities. Subjects include: Affirmative action; labor mediation; civil rights; employment discrimination.

Gabriel Alexander Papers

abarker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:58:26 -0400

Attorney Gabriel Alexander served with the Region XI National War Labor Board and the National Wage Stabilization Board during World War II. In the private sector he served in the American Arbitration Association, and acted as arbitrator for cases such as General Motors and the UAW from 1948 to 1956, and as a permanent arbitrator for Great Lakes Steel-United Steelworkers. The papers of Mr. Alexander reflect his work in both the government and private sector as it relates to the interaction between union and management.

Part I contains government service files documenting Mr. Alexander's role as hearing officer, public panel member, or advisor in labor matters of importance to state and federal government agencies.

Part II contains private sector case files documenting Mr. Alexander's role as an arbitrator or referee in dispute cases.

Winfred G. Allen Jr. Papers

abarker — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:43:53 -0400

An Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech at Ambassador College, Pasadena, California, Winfred Allen received his doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in June, 1977. The papers of Mr. Allen consist primarily of correspondence relating to his dissertation research on Eugene Debs, Daniel DeLeon, and William Haywood, with emphasis on the speeches of the latter.

Arthur A. Almeida Papers

srafferty — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:45:26 -0500

Arthur A. Almeida was born in about 1929 and lived in San Pedro, California. He helped found the San Pedro Bay Historical Society. With his interest in local history, Almeida documented history of the early labor efforts including International Workers of the World (IWW) local - Maritime Transport Workers 510 and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Includes a speech given by Paul Ware and historical articles by Almeida about early organizing efforts in San Pedro and Los Angeles. Arthur Almeida is married to Irene and they had three children, Arthur 'Joaquim', Marjella, and Lourette.

ALPA New York PAA MEC Records

bbealmear — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:37:20 -0500

The New York Pan American World Airways (PAA) Master Executive Council (MEC) records span the years 1974-1991. In January 1991, Pan Am declared bankruptcy, and ceased to exist by year’s end. The MEC’s office was located in New York City. The bulk of the collection is related to contract negotiations. Other materials include correspondence with MEC officers, and weekly logs of activities.

ALPA Miami EAL MEC Records

srafferty — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:34:15 -0500

Parts 1 and 2 of the EAL MEC Records spans 30 years but focuses mainly on the last decade of Eastern Air Line's operations. Major subjects include mergers, air safety and bankruptcy litigation.

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America & Midwestern States Joint Board Records

abarker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:39:31 -0400

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Detroit and Midwestern States Joint Board date back to 1896 as the Journeymen Tailors, now Local 229, which became part of the Amalgamated in 1936. The Amalgamated began organizing among laundry workers and retail and department store employees during the 1940's, forming the Central States Joint Board. The collection consists of records of the Joint Board and member locals, predominately covering the 1940's-1950's.

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Lodge 176

aorchard — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:24:58 -0400

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Lodge 176 is a local, Detroit-based branch of the national labor union, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). The AFGE was founded in 1932 by unions loyal to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). It is composed of a federation of local unions and is led by a National Executive Council. The AFGE became affiliated with the AFL-CIO in 1955.

The AFGE Lodge 176 Records consist of the constitution and bylaws, legal legislation and court cases, financial reports, correspondence, and convention materials of the Lodge 176 branch of the AFGE from 1935 to 1957. Much of the correspondence is between Howard C. Myers, who was the president of the AFGE Lodge 176 during this period, and either James B. Burns, who was the president of the national AFGE, or Frank X. Martel, who was the president of the Detroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor. A large portion of the material concerns the fight for overtime pay and related violations.

Oscar Ameringer Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:14:29 -0400

Correspondence, clippings, photographs, speeches, and pamphlets of Mr. Ameringer, editor of the Illinois Miner, the Oklahoma Leader, and American Guardian. The papers consist of correspondence with friends within the labor and socialist movements and writings on issues affecting the labor movement. Among the correspondents are McAlister Coleman, Eugene Debs, John Dewey, Charles Ervin, Covington Hall, Carl Sandburg, Norman Thomas, Oswald Garrison Villard, and Henry Wallace.

Architectural Engineering Employees: Detroit Chapter Records

drice — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:20:25 -0500

The records of the AEE: Detroit Chapter consist of a paper and appendices prepared by James Skalski relating to efforts to unionize the professional and technical staffs of the architectural firms in the Detroit Metropolitan area.They reflect the problems of organizing professional groups such as engineers and architects.

Association for Union Democracy Records

abarker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:44:01 -0400

The Association for Union Democracy grew out of the publication of Union Democracy in Action, a newsletter created by Herman Benson in 1959 to promote democracy within unions. The records of the Association for Union Democracy reflect Herman Benson's interest in the struggles for democracy within unions, particularly the painters', seamen's and steelworkers' unions. To a lesser degree, the papers reflect his interest in general labor concerns.

Henry W. Austin Papers

abarker — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:39:50 -0400

A member of the United Steel Workers of America (USW) Local 2659, Henry Austin was a participant in the “dues protest” movement which involved an unsuccessful effort to unseat David McDonald as national president in the spring of 1957. Contents primarily concern the local unions' dues protest activities of 1956-1957.

Automotive Salesmen's Association Records

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:43:36 -0400

Ford and Chrysler dealership sales staff unionization

Charles Baker Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:58:53 -0400

Correspondence, clippings, press releases, and other files created by Mr. Baker's public relations agency in Toledo, Ohio. The papers pertain to the agency's work for the United Organized Labor of Ohio in their successful campaign to defeat a proposed right-to-work law in Ohio in 1958.

Ken Barger Papers

drice — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:46:10 -0400

Ken Barger (1941-), who was raised in east Tennessee, became active in social change after his experiences serving in the Vietnam War. He was a professor of Anthropology for thirty years at Indiana University Indianapolis, focusing professionally on social change. Through these professional interests, he got involved with the farm labor movement and the immigrant rights movement. Barger has been an active member of the FLOC movement since 1979. He participated in many activities, such as building boycotts, farm labor education, immigrant rights, and public education about migrant worker justice. He was the vice president of the Farm Labor Research Project and the community organizer for FLOC. As of 2011, he serves on the board of directors for the Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice as secretary.

The Ken Barger Papers are predominantly FLOC materials. Included are packets from the FLOC Constitutional Conventions and collective bargaining agreements between workers and companies like Vlasic Foods, Heinz U.S.A. and Campbell Soup. Several campaigns are covered with an abundance of material relating to the Campbell Soup Campaign and Mt. Olive Campaign. There are also copies of FLOC publications and Nuestra Lucha.

Warner Baxter Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:19:09 -0400

Minutes of Local 3 of Social Democracy of America and printed material on the general topic of socialism and the Socialist Labor Party.

Julius Bernstein Papers

drice — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:25:00 -0400

In his teens, Julius Bernstein became active in the Young People's Socialist League and for many years served as State Secretary of the Socialist Party in Massachusetts. Along with his wife, they were lifelong members of the Workmen's Circle and parents to Eugene Debs and Stanley Bernstein. In 1948 Bernstein started working for the Jewish Labor Committee in Boston where human rights, civil rights, and labor matters were of tantamount importance.

The Julius Bernstein Collection consists of printed material—periodicals, pamphlets, flyers,
clippings and organizational publications—related to race relations, education, labor unions,
Jewish issues and socialism.

Leon Blythe Papers

pneirink — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:50:31 -0400

Daybooks of Leon Blythe, an autoworker in Detroit, from 1923-1926. Also include published family history, Blythe Spirits: A Family History, by Robert W. Blythe.

David Bonior Papers

drice — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:57:42 -0500

David Bonior (June 6, 1945 -) was a Michigan State Representative from 1973-76, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976-2002, serving as Democratic Whip from 1991-2002. Bonior was born in Detroit and raised in Hamtramck. He received his BA at University of Iowa and his MA at Chapman University. After college he worked as a probation officer in Detroit before volunteering four years in the Air Force from 1968-72. Upon returning he was elected to the Michigan legislature, and in 1976 was elected to the U.S. House. He was well known for his advocacy of minority rights, environmental concerns, working people’s rights, and Vietnam veterans. He was elected Democratic Whip in 1991, and was the longest Whip in the history of Congress. He left Congress in an unsuccessful bid for Governor of Michigan in 2001-02 where he ran against former Governor Jim Blanchard, and Attorney General Jennifer Granholm. His campaign centered around environmental concerns, minority rights, and the economy. Following his gubernatorial campaign, Bonior taught Labor Studies at Wayne State University and chaired the American Rights at Work program.

Part I of the Bonior Papers include documents relating to his activities in the 10th and 12th Congressional districts of Michigan during his years in Congress, as well as his run for Governor. The collection focuses mainly on Michigan issues, particularly social, labor, and environmental. Bonior’s biographical information, district schedules and participation in events are included in the administrative series. A large portion of the collection centers around his bi-yearly campaigns and includes campaign literature, mailings, events, research, and polling and surveys of his congressional district. Also included are newspaper clippings, newsletters and press releases.

George And Grace Brewer Papers

drice — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:47:54 -0400

Correspondence, speeches, lectures, newspaper clippings, union member- ship booklets, newspapers, scrapbooks, and pamphlets collected by Mr. Brewer, chief spokesman for the Socialist Party in the southeastern Kansas region, especially Crawford County (1905-21), and member of the Kansas Legislature (1914-16). Mr. Brewer was also, for a time, traveling secretary to Eugene V. Debs. Subjects include mining strikes and accidents; World War I pacifism and profiteering; Navy League; Socialist Party activities; anti-papism in Detroit and Chicago; Non-Partisan League; southeast Kansas politics; speaking engagements of Eugene V. Debs and George Brewer; and family affairs of George and Grace Brewer. Major correspondents are Eugene and Katherine Debs.

Bricklayers and Masons International Union of America Records

drice — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:47:09 -0400

Contains: Executive Board materials

British Columbia Teachers' Federation Records

drice — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 10:15:29 -0400

Newsletters and reprints of articles from 1976-1977 relating to the efforts of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation to provide curricular material on labor history in Canadian schools.

Brookwood Labor College Photographs

drice — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:03:31 -0400

Brookwood Labor College in Katonah, New York was founded in 1921 as an experimental college for labor specific classes. It was a residential college different from traditional colleges. It only lasted until 1937 when it fell victim to the depression. Collection documents students, faculty, and other labor leaders affiliated with the school, as well as the buildings and grounds of the Brookwood Labor College. Classes, Brookwood Labor Player performances, and other student activities are also depicted.

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Records

drice — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:45:20 -0400

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (BMWE) was founded at Demopolis, Alabama, in July, 1887 under the name of the Order of Railroad Trackmen, and eventually came to include all workers who build and maintain the tracks, bridges, buildings and other structures of the railroads. Its Grand Lodge headquarters was permanently established in Detroit, Michigan in 1913, and is comprised of System Divisions or Federations, each of which has under its jurisdiction one or more railroad systems and the Subordinate Lodges located on those systems. In 2004, the BMWE merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to become the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Part 1 of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Collection consists primarily of outgoing presidential correspondence for the years 1899-1900 and 1912-1914, preserved in letterpress copybooks, Grand Executive Committee meeting minutes and proceedings for the years 1918-1920, and BMWE Ladies' Auxiliary convention proceedings as well as minutes and correspondence of the Denver and Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Auxiliaries.

Part 2 of the records are a comprehensive documentation of the organization’s activities related to the growth and decline of railroad systems on an international, national and divisional scale. Organizational documentation includes governing documents, correspondence to and from Presidents and union members, and agreements from 1906-2004, which give insight into a union that at one time had more than 350,000 members. Records specifically document the organization’s founding and history, its administration, and the evolving activities of its members.

Joe Brown Papers

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:19:34 -0400

A one-time reporter for the Federated Press, Mr. Brown gathered a variety of items for a proposed book on unionism in the auto industry. Clippings, correspondence, handbills, and miscellaneous publications relate to the rise of auto unions during the 1930s and 1940s. Nearly every topic of importance for that time and subject is covered, including sit-downs, drives to organize various plants, and strikes. The scrapbooks contain mostly Detroit newspaper clippings about auto unions.

Box 23, Folder "Strikes and Lockouts (by Industry): Glass Companies is unavailable.

Raphael and Olga Brown Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:46:58 -0400

Union organizers for the American Federation of Silk Workers (AFSW) in New Jersey, the papers of Raphael and Olga Brown relate to their work as union organizers and the textile strikes of 1933-1934.

Buck Dinner Committee Records

srafferty — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:45:33 -0400

Labor lawyer Maurice Sugar established the Buck Dinner in 1929. Meeting annually in locations throughout metropolitan Detroit, the Buck Dinner Committee provides financial support to advocacy groups involved in civil rights, equality, and social justice. Each year the committee picks “Head Hunters” to invite guests to these dinners to donate money. After they collect funds, the committee meets to decide which organizations need money to continue their activities. A sample of recipient organizations includes the American Civil Liberties Union, the Congress of Racial Equality, and the National Lawyers Guild. The committee remains active as of 2018 and continues to provide financial support to social advocacy groups.

Valery Burati Papers

abarker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:36:17 -0400

Valery Burati’s 50-year career in labor included union organizing for the New England Council of Industrial Organizations and the Textile Workers of America, and positions such as labor relations specialist for the U.S. government in Japan and the Philippines. The papers of Mr. Burati reflect his work in international labor, and highlight the influence of U.S. economic policy on postwar Japan, Asia, and Africa.

Arthur W. Calhoun Papers

drice — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:16:07 -0500

Arthur Calhoun was an author of many published books, a scholar, and a teacher at a large number of American universities, focusing largely on economics and sociology. His papers reflect both his personal and professional interests and are mainly comprised of manuscripts of his writings on subjects as diverse as religion, history, workers education, gerontology, and the humanities.

Lester Cappon Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:01:32 -0400

The papers of Lester Cappon relate primarily to the coal and iron industry in Alabama, including biographical sketches of the United Mine Workers official, William R. Farley.

Chicago Union Printers Baseball Association Records

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:19:47 -0400

The Chicago Union Printers Baseball Association was founded in the spring of 1908 by members of the Chicago Typographical Union Number 16. In the late summer of 1908, the Chicago team, along with teams from Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Washington, and Pittsburgh participated in the first Union Printers International Baseball League tournament, hosted by New York City. During the course of the league's existence, St. Paul, Detroit, Hamilton (Ontario) joined with the original eight cities. Some cities dropped the championship. The papers of the Chicago Union Printers Baseball Association consist of a few issues of "Typo Sports", a newspaper covering the Union Printers International Baseball League, several tournament programs, and a brief historical sketch of the league.

Ely Chinoy Papers

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:38:01 -0400

Materials related to the writing of Automobile Workers and the American Dream and Assembly Line

Cigar Makers Union No. 130 Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:42:07 -0400

Contains: minute book, 1885-87. This union was located in Saginaw, Michigan.

Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:03:46 -0400

The Civil Rights Congress was organized in 1935, and, until 1937, aided the cause of labor; protected academic freedom; and attacked police brutality, censorship, the Black Legion, the Ku Klux Klan, fascism, and discrimination. In 1938, its name was changed to the Civil Rights Federation and the group then turned to problems concerning discrimination against blacks and political minorities. The group dissolved in 1955. CRC records cover their early activities; their focus from 1938-1941 on the "defense of civil rights on the part of widely divergent group throughout Michigan....labor, farm, church, fraternal, language, racial, political, civic, professional, women, and youth groups.;" and their subsequent emphasis on cases of discrimination and those holding unpopular political positions.

Kenneth V. and Sheila M. Cockrel Papers

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:50:59 -0400

Kenneth Vern Cockrel was born November 5, 1938 and raised in Detroit. He earned a B.A. in political science and his J.D from Wayne State University. Ken Cockrel also became active in politics while at Wayne. While working at the Detroit News to pay his way through school, he met Mike Hamlin and John Watson, and together they formed the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as an umbrella organization uniting local Revolutionary Union Movements, such as the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), and related support groups. In 1971, Cockrel and Motor City Labor League defectors formed the Labor Defense Coalition, which was instrumental in forcing the dismantling of STRESS, a notorious Detroit Police unit. At the same time, Cockrel helped found the law firm, Philo, Maki, Ravitz, Pitts, Moore, Cockrel & Robb. Over the next ten years, he and his colleagues earned reputations as crusaders for working and poor people by winning a number of high-profile lawsuits —cases such as New Bethel, James Johnson, Hayward Brown and Madeline Fletcher. In 1977, Cockrel was elected to a seat on the Detroit City Council as an "independent socialist". Those who had worked on his election campaign regrouped as the Detroit Alliance for a Rational Economy (DARE), and charged themselves with researching various issues Cockrel would face as a councilman such as tax abatement, public health, and attempts to create an independent, mass political force to work for strong community control of basic urban institutions. Disillusioned at his inability to use his Council position to improve conditions in the city, however, he decided not to run for re-election in 1981. He returned to the practice of law, ultimately rejoining his friend and former colleague, Justin Ravitz, at Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz in 1988.

Sheila Ann Murphy Cockrel is the daughter of the founders of the Detroit Catholic Worker movement, Louis and Justine L'Esperance Murphy. From 1966-1968 she worked as staff secretary for the West Central Organization. In the late sixties and early seventies, as a founder of the Ad-Hoc Action Group, the Motor City Labor League and the Labor Defense Coalition, Cockrel honed her organizing skills in demonstrations and rallies against police brutality, absentee landlords and jail conditions, as well as petition campaigns such as the one to abolish STRESS. At the same time, she helped initiate and maintain a series of city-wide mass educational programs known first as the Control, Conflict & Change Book club, and then, as the From the Ground Up Bookclub. Perhaps the best tests of Murphy's organizing and administrative skills came in 1972 when she successfully managed Justin Ravitz's campaign for Detroit Recorder's Court judge, and again, in 1977 with her stewardship of the Kenneth Cockrel campaign and his Council staff. Longtime political allies, Sheila Murphy and Kenneth Cockrel married in 1978. In 1993 Sheila Cockrel ran successfully for the Detroit City Council and served on that body until 2009.

Sanford Cohl Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:42:09 -0400

The Papers of Sanford Cohl document a critical theoretical discordance in the doctrine of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) over the issue of the Hitler-Stalin Pact, which led to the formation of the Workers Party (WP).

Camille Colatosti Papers

srafferty — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:28:00 -0500

Camille Colatosti worked during the 1990s as a writer and as an advocate for working women. Originally writing as a staff member at Labor Notes, a Detroit-based labor journal, Colatosti left in 1992 but continued her writings for journals and publications focusing on labor and women, among other topics. During her time at Labor Notes, Colatosti wrote Stopping Sexual Harassment: A Handbook for Union and Workplace Advocates, and began to run workshops on this topic, raising awareness and knowledge of this issue. After leaving Labor Notes, Colatosti established the Working Women's Project, seeking to provide leadership training and support to working women, and provide them with information needed to achieve equality in the workplace. Through this Project, she continued her work against sexual harassment and traveled around the country providing harassment workshops to various groups including unions. Camille Colatosti also worked as an educator at local Metro-Detroit colleges and with Operation ABLE, an organization with which she taught basic computer skills to help adults with employment.

John and Phyllis Collier Photographs

drice — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:46:45 -0400

John Collier (1874-1947) was interested in various socialist, radical,
liberal, and anarchist causes, and was a life-long student of philosophy,
theology, mysticism, and psychic phenomena. Phyllis Feningston
Collier was John Collier's secretary and life-long companion who was
active in the labor movement. Collection consists of images collected
by Phyllis Collier. Emphasis is on John Collier and his activities, such
as his brief acting career, but also included are photographs of friends
and family of both Phyllis and John.

Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:08:26 -0400

A group of thirty men met to organize the Columbia Typographical Society in Washington, D.C. in December of 1814. In 1867 they joined the newly-formed National Typographical Union (later, the International Typographical Union) as Columbia Typographical Union No. 101, representing workers at The Washington Post, Times-Herald, and Evening Star. Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 is now the oldest continuously existing labor union local in the United States. The records of the Columbia Typographical Union No. 101 consist of minutes, correspondence, committee reports, clippings, grievance and contract negotiations files dating from its founding.

Commonwealth College Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:10:48 -0400

Commonwealth College was organized in 1923 and eventually established its quarters in Mena, Arkansas. Its aim was to provide training for young people to work in the labor movement. It was also an experiment in educational self-support, educational democracy, and cooperative living. During its tenure, it was subject to the pulls and tugs of left-wing ideology, disagreement as to the appropriate curriculum and activities for a labor education school, and financial problems. It closed its doors in 1940. The papers of Commonwealth College consist of a manuscript entitled "The Commonwealth College Strike Story," a report covering events in 1932 at the college when some students were agitating for more representation in the Commonwealth College Association, a body consisting of faculty, staff, and some students, which was responsible for formulating policies for the college.

Elmer Cope Papers

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:28:42 -0400

Part of the Elmer Cope Papers at the Ohio Historical Society. Subjects include: labor education; political action; U.S. role in international trade organizations

Andrew Court Papers

abarker — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:30:17 -0400

Andrew Court served as an economist for the Automobile Manufacturers Association (AMA) and General Motors. Mr. Court’s papers reflect his work with these two organizations.

Leon Cousens Papers

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:41:34 -0400

Correspondence, course outlines, notes, and bibliographies relating to Brookwood Labor College (1934-35); reports, clippings, pamphlets, and miscellaneous materials dealing with labor and social reform in the 1930s; speeches, reports, writings, notes, and travel itineraries of Mr. Cousens, who was a member of the Detroit Local of the Socialist Party and state organizer for the Socialist Party of New Mexico. Subjects include labor education, New Deal labor boards, New Mexico Farm Holiday Association, Socialist parties of America, New Mexico, and Detroit, and the thirty-hour week.

Jack Crosby Papers

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:54:02 -0400

Correspondence (1932) and a souvenir Labor Day program published by the Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Syracuse, New York, and vicinity (1899), collected by Mr. Crosby. The history and officers of labor organizations affiliated with the Syracuse Central Trades and Labor Assembly in 1899 are discussed.

David Tanzman Papers

kschmeling — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:18:15 -0400

David S. Tanzman, originally from Corona, New York, was born in 1919 and received a BA in Liberal Arts from Wayne State University. According to the Detroit Jewish News, Tanzman fought in the European Theatre in World War II and when the war ended he worked as a government messenger in Washington. Later he became a mediator for the National Defense Mediation Board and then the National Wage Stabilization Board. In September 1948, he relocated to Detroit and joined the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service where he helped prevent labor disputes through mediation and arbitration until 1979. After his work with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, he kept his hand in labor mediation and arbitration, and also became an instructor in the field of labor management relations in both public and private sectors.

Additionally, Tanzman was a former program Director of the Wayne State University and University of Michigan Institute of Labor and Industrial affairs. Other professional activities include: being founder and past president of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, appointment to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission in 1983, a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, and Chairman of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission from 1986-1992.

Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC): John Mecartney Records

kschmeling — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:32:04 -0400

John Mecartney (1922-2004) was a lifelong activist with civil rights, peace and nonviolent defense and farm worker issues. He graduated from Garrett Theological Seminary and served as a United Methodist minister in Wisconsin. After receiving his Ph.D. from Northwestern University he taught sociology and peace studies at Wayne State University, University of Detroit Mercy, Bluffton College, and Albion College. He was on the board of Methodists United for Peace with Justice, as well as an active member of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), Socialist Party of America (Socialist Party USA), and numerous other organizations.

Detroit Allied Printing Trades Council Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:17:09 -0400

Subjects include: Kingsport Press strike; Detroit Board of Education boycott (1960's)

Detroit Education Association Records

drice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:26:30 -0400

Correspondence, reports, minutes, constitutions, awards, petitions, publicity material, drafts of articles, notes, posters, press releases, newsletters, calendar of meetings, bound journals, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings of the Detroit Education Association and its predecessor, the Detroit Teachers Association. Subjects include DEA collective bargaining election contests with the Detroit Federation of Teachers (1963-66); DEA budget presentations to the Board of Education (1955-64); DEA constitutional revision (1963-64); DEA contract negotiations with the Board of Education (1961-67); DEA lobbying activities with the Michigan Legislature (1955-65); DEA membership campaigns (1959-66); Michigan Education Association Board of Directors meetings (1963-67); MEA Representative Assembly (1964); MEA regional conferences (1960-64); MEA Teachers Institute Day (1964); National Education Association conventions (1959-66); Detroit school millage campaigns (1959-63); Detroit Teachers retirement programs (1951-65); education proposals for Detroit public schools (1958); Livonia Education Association (1962-63); and Michigan Constitutional Convention (1961-62). Correspondents include Samuel M. Brownell, Charles Diggs, John Dingell, Martha Griffiths, Thaddeus M. Machrowicz, Patrick V. McNamara, George Romney, Harold Ryan, and Robert Waldron.

Detroit Industrial Mission Records

drice — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:22:18 -0400

The Detroit Industrial Mission (DIM) was an ecumenical organization that was founded on the premise of a need for a better understanding between the worker, management and religion. It aimed to serve all churches and types of industry. The industrial mission, organized by the Rev. Hugh C. White in October 1956, sought to organize independently of the formal structures of any denomination. The mission engaged directly with varying types of industry to explore with managers and their workers the relevance of their work and Christianity; ultimately the goal was to discover the meaning of work. They sought men and women who were eager to pursue the quest for industrial expression of faith and to develop a greater quality of life within industry consistent with the industrial institution. Ultimately, they intended to foster human good between the work experience and theological ideas of men, industry, and the religious tradition. Due to financial constraints, the Detroit Industrial Mission folded in 1978.

Part 1, includes correspondence, reports, project evaluations, and various papers by project members.

Part 2, documents the organization’s development and their activities with emphasis on the 1960s through the early 1970s. The records contain project files and administrative files. DIM project files specifically document the organization’s activities within industry including workshops, interviews, and the mission’s offerings of strategy for the individual industries that sought help. Administrative files collectively document material generated by the mission staff including correspondence, financial records, and subject files used for research. These materials may also be found throughout the entirety of the records.

Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records

drice — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:39:59 -0500

The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement was formed in May, 1968 at the Chrysler
Dodge Main Plant in Hamtramck, Michigan. Among those active in its founding
were General Baker, Mike Hamlin, John Watson, Ron March, Luke S. Tripp, Jr.,
Kenneth Cockrel, John Williams and Charles J. Wooten.

The collection has multiple parts. Part one primarily covers the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW). Part two primarily covers the Communist Labor Party.

Subjects include: Detroit Revolutionary Union Movements (DRUM); ELRUM; League of Revolutionary Black Workers; black power; plant safety; Motor City Labor League; CLP; DRUM

Available on microfilm and digital copy. Please access our ArchivesSpace resource record (Finding Aid View) for direct access to digital files. Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records