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AFT Local 231: Detroit Federation of Teachers Records

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

This collection has union newspapers, correspondence, reports, convention material, proceedings, minutes, flyers, brochures and other materials related to the growth of the DFT. Issues in these papers are Bradly v. Milliken, class size, desegregation, collective bargaining, strikes and salaries

AFT Secretary-Treasurer's Office Records

dgolodner — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:27:04 -0400

Papers covering the activities of various secretary-treasurers of the AFT. The secretary-treasurer oversees departments within the national office, collects per capita dues, responds to affiliates’ needs such as strike and collective bargaining assistance, and is closely involved with the AFT Executive Council and the AFL-CIO secretary-treasurers.

Part I topics of note include organizing, segregated locals, worker education, international teacher unions, federal aid to education, and academic freedom.

Part II contains additional content related to the subjects in Part I, as well as material related to union finances, various assistance programs, strikes, the AFT Executive Committee and Council, AFT National Conventions, the National Education Association, and the AFL-CIO, especially jurisdictional disputes and secretary-treasurers' meetings.

Mary Ellen Riordan Papers

scaloia — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:32:42 -0500

Mary Ellen Riordan (1920-2010) was president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers from 1960-1981. In 1965, teachers and the school board signed their first contract, only the third teacher contract in the country. Riordan also guided the Detroit Federation of Teachers
through three strikes, the Detroit Public Schools desegregation case Bradley v. Milliken, and agency fee case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education. In addition to her work with DFT, she served on the AFT Executive Council as Vice-President, the AFT Executive Committee, and on the boards of many state and local organizations. The Mary Ellen Riordan Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, reports, newsletters, clippings, court documents and legal briefs, contracts, pamphlets, lesson plans, reference material, and ephemera. Topics of note include collective bargaining and strikes; desegregation in the Detroit Public Schools, race relations generally, and especially surrounding the 1967 unrest in Detroit; fair share and agency fees and related court cases; teaching materials from the 1930s through post-World War II in the subjects of math, science, and home economics; and teacher retirement.

Ernest Smith Papers

drice — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:30:03 -0500

Ernest Smith was a teacher in the Detroit Public School System who was involved in the black civil rights movement. He helped found the Michigan Freedom Now Party, an all-black party, for whom he ran as candidate for U.S. senator. His papers reflect his interest in black political action, resistance to compulsory unionization, right-to-work organizations, and civil rights issues.

United University Professors (UUP) Bargaining Election Workshop

jruss — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:07:00 -0500

Al Shanker urges members of the United University Professors (UUP) of the SUNY (State University of New York) campuses to affiliate with AFT rather than with NEA. The major benefit he cites is the fact that AFT is already established in the state whereas the NEA would have to build the organization from the ground up. He discusses recent events in collective bargaining legislation, including an agency fee law in New York that greatly increased the UUP's bargaining power.