Collective bargaining--Health facilities--United States

AFSCME Program Development Department Records, Part 1 & 2

jruss — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:05:55 -0400

The AFSCME Program Development Department was created in January of 1973 to deal with matters such as health care, the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, employee protections, career development, and sex discrimination. It was funded by federal grant money until 1975 when the funds ran out, the department was disbanded, and its several functions were taken over by other AFSCME departments.

The records in Part I reflect the Department's concerns with women's issues, sex discrimination, the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), and other groups. Important figures represented are Linda Tarr-Whelan, deputy director, 1973-1975; her successor, Nancy Perlman; and International President Jerry Wurf. Important topics appearing in the records include affirmative action, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, International Women's Year, Title IX, and commissions on the status of women.

The records in Part II of this collection contain the administrative records of the Program
Development Department head and staff. A large portion of Part II is devoted to subject
files, which illustrate the broad scope of the Department’s focus. Part II also contains
records pertaining to the Department’s efforts to prevent the decentralization of mental
health institutions and to protect the employees that worked in those facilities. Files on
other health care related issues are also included in Part II. A few files related to
Women’s Issues that were missed when processing Part I also appear.

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.

SEIU Executive Office: John Sweeney Records

ljones — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:52:45 -0500

For many, John Sweeney is known as the now former head of the AFL-CIO, a position from which he retired in 2009 after 14 years of service. For most of the previous 35 years, though, he was a member turned officer of the Service Employees International Union, having served 15 of those years as its President. The SEIU Executive Office: John Sweeney Records document his tenure during these 15 years, although portions of these records predate his tenure in that office.

The records contain files documenting the activities of SEIU local unions, joint councils and other SEIU affiliates. In addition, the files of SEIU executive board members, vice presidents, divisions, departments and staff members are also found within the collection, often within series identified in this manner. Researchers can also review records documenting the meetings, hearings, conventions and conferences Sweeney attended and at which he often spoke or testified. Records documenting SEIU's conventions from its inception in 1921 until 1992 are also found within these records. The records of the conventions reveal the major policy shifts of the union. Sweeney's interest in healthcare are also found within these records in addition to the union's external relationships with labor organizations and others.

Amy Zanoni discusses — Poor Health: Retrenchment and Resistance in Chicago’s Public Hospital

mcourtney — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:14:51 -0400

Please join the Reuther Library for a presentation from our latest Fishman grant recipient Wednesday April 5, 2017, at noon.

Amy Zanoni, a doctoral candidate from Rutgers University, will discuss her research into disinvestment, austerity measures, and privatization efforts beginning in the 1970s at the Cook County Hospital. read more »

(32557) Collective bargaining meeting

gstrassel — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:07:47 -0500

Meeting with Locals 585, 668, and 1199 PA in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to discuss bargaining between Beverly nursing homes and their employees. Part of the Dignity Rights and Respect campaign.

(32558) Bargaining meeting

gstrassel — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:10:47 -0500

Meeting with Locals 585, 668, and 1199 PA in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to discuss bargaining between Beverly nursing homes and their employees. Part of the Dignity Rights and Respect campaign.

(32560) Strike and civil disobedience

gstrassel — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:39:58 -0500

Dignity, Rights, and Respect Vencor-Hillhaven strike in San Francisco.

(32561) Dignity, Rights, and Respect strike and civil disobedience

gstrassel — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:52:08 -0500

Dignity, Rights, and Respect Vencor-Hillhaven strike in San Francisco.

Protester being arrested at demonstration against Vencor-Hillhaven as part of the Dignity, Rights, and Respect campaign

(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."