Health insurance

Citizen Action Records

drice — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:24:20 -0500

Citizen Action (CA) was founded in 1979 by former members of Students for a Democratic Society and the Indochina Peace Campaign as a coalition of state and national liberal consumer and activist groups. It organized door-to-door canvassers to work on the state level promoting CA membership and educating the public on issues such as health care, energy, environmental concerns, and auto insurance. Citizen Action was also active in election campaigns on the local, state and national level to recruit and support candidates who espoused the same ideas on various issues. Citizen Action affiliates, such as Ohio Citizen Action and Connecticut Citizen Action Group, played a key role in get-out-the-vote campaigns and issue-specific canvassing and lobbying, especially regarding health care. On the national level, Citizen Action lobbied Congress and the federal government, often testifying before committees, working to introduce bills and interacting with federal departments and commissions. Citizen Action was shut down in 1997 after a scandal emerged involving illegal funds from the Teamsters.

The records in this collection are primarily from the national office of Citizen Action, though there are documents dealing with issues and activities in specific states. Also among these records are documents from affiliate organizations: Citizens/Labor Energy Coalition (C/LEC) and Energy Action.

SEIU Communications Department Records

aorchard — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:52:19 -0500

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, and now comprises three divisions: healthcare, property services, and public services. The records of SEIU’s Communications Department document the International’s mass mailings from 1974 through 1987. Included in the collection are (predominately) monthly summaries listing all the mass mailings sent by the International (with the exceptions of June 1983-October 1983, January 1985-March 1985, and January 1986-December 1987) and copies of the individual mass mailings (with the exception of January 1974-June 1976).

These mass mailings collected by the Communications Department were generated by a variety of individuals and departments (including Research and Publications). Topics include human rights and health issues, union resolutions, pensions, politics (including COPE), women (especially 925), scholarships, legislative actions, and various topics relevant to SEIU members. Document formats found within the records include correspondence, memos, articles, newsletters, and flyers.

UAW Local 1604 Records

drice — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:34:43 -0400

Originally Scovill Brass Workers Union, Local 569 of the International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers (CIO), United Auto Workers Local 1604 was chartered in 1950 and represented metal workers in Waterbury, Conn. Its records reflect routine operations and activities of the local as well as its relationships with Scovill Manufacturing Company and other companies; community organizations; and local, state, and national labor organizations.

UAW Social Security Department: Community Health Association Records

drice — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:11 -0500

Subjects include: Michigan’s first HMO; health insurance; medical care for autoworkers; socialized medicine; Metropolitan Hospital (Detroit)

Charles White Papers

abarker — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:01:15 -0400

An active union member, Charles White served as treasurer, president, and administrative head of the Lordstown Credit Union, in various positions in United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1112 (Lordstown, OH), and as a UAW Community Action Program representative. Mr. White’s papers reflect his work with Local 1112, particularly as the local’s Insurance and Workmen’s Compensation Representative.

Walter P. Reuther on National Healthcare

Public Relations Team — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:39:02 -0400

In the Winter 2012 semester, the Reuther Library worked with students in the Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration program at the Wayne State School of Library and Information Science to produce a series of student-written, guest blog posts.

Alexandra Orchard is an MLIS and Archival Administration Certificate candidate planning to graduate in August 2012. A few of her research interests include digital preservation, local history, technology, and pop culture.

Although current talk of national healthcare may seem new and revolutionary, it is far from the first time this issue has received national attention. read more »

(246) Union Birth Benefit program, Cesar Chavez

eclemens — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:24:07 -0400

Cesar Chavez at a rally celebrating the first recipients of the Union Birth Benefit, a health care program that provides services to pregnant women and newborns.

(11514) Chrysler Strike, Heath Insurance, Detroit, Michigan, 1950

eclemens — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:39:04 -0400

Emil Mazey, UAW Secretary-Treasurer, presents a check to representatives from Blue Cross, Detroit, Michigan. The check, cut by the union, paid for the health insurance premiums of the workers while they were out on the 100-day Chrysler Strike.

Left to right: Mr. Lutz, Blue Cross representative; Mr. Burke, Blue Cross representative; Art Hughes, Assistant Chrysler UAW Director; John Sigler, UAW Blue Cross representative.

(11690) Health Rally for Women

jruss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:58:36 -0500

Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski speaks at the Women's Leadership Rally on National Health Insurance in Washington, D.C. March 9-10, 1976.

(11691) National Health Conference

jruss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:05:21 -0500

AFSCME members attend the Women's Leadership Rally on National Health Insurance in Washington. From left: Nancy Croteau of Virginia’s Council 30; Pearl Sheffield, vice president of Local 2687; and Bertha Selby, past president of Local 2687.

(11692) Women's Leadership Rally

jruss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:02 -0500

Illinois Congressman Dan Rostenkowski speaks at the 1976 Women’s Leadership Rally on National Health insurance.

(11693) Women's Leadership Rally

jruss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:16:57 -0500

Edith Barksdale Sloan, Director of Consumer Affairs for Washington, D.C., speaks at the Women’s Leadership Rally on National Health Insurance.

(11694) Women's Leadership Rally

jruss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:33:17 -0500

AFSCME members from New York attended the Women’s Leadership Rally at National Health Insurance Conference. They were joined by UAW leader Olga Madar (front right) and CLUW leader Gloria Johnson (standing, third from right).

(11695) Women's Leadership Rally

jruss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:37:01 -0500

An AFSCME member from New York looks over the program for the Women’s Leadership Rally on National Health Insurance. This image appeared in the April 1976 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine.

(29279) SEIU/1199, Healthcare Conference, Washington, D.C., 1981

aorchard — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:23:38 -0400

Attendees at the SEIU/1199, Healthcare Conference in Washington, D.C.

(29280) John Sweeney and others, SEIU/1199, Healthcare Conference, Washington, D.C., 1981

aorchard — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:23:38 -0400

John Sweeney and another speaker address the attendees at the SEIU/1199, Healthcare Conference in Washington, D.C.

(32460) Justice for Janitors healthcare demonstration, Local 1877, Sacramento CA, 1998

gstrassel — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:30:00 -0500

Local 1877 J4J demonstration on healthcare in Sacramento, 1998.