Public service employment

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.

(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.

Podcast: Julia Gunn on Civil Rights Anti-Unionism: Charlotte and the Remaking of Anti-Labor Politics in the Modern South

teller — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:15:15 -0400

Dr. Julia Gunn explains how progressive civil rights politics enabled Charlotte, North Carolina, to become the nation’s second-largest largest financial capital while obscuring its intransigence towards working-class protest, including public sector sanitation workers, bus drivers, firefighters, and domestic workers. read more »

SEIU: A Successful Union in an Era of Labor Decline

teller — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 13:20:33 -0500

Dr. Timothy Minchin explores how the SEIU nearly doubled its membership from 1980-1995, during a time of significantly declining numbers in most other American labor unions. read more »

International Fire Fighter

kchinery — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:01:25 -0400

Processed. Bound volumes: 1935-1952, 1954-1960, 1964-1965 (Vols. 18-35, 37-43, 47-48).

The Detroit Fire Fighter

kchinery — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:05:20 -0400

Processed. Vols. 27:10; 30:5; 33:2; 34:2-3,5,7-12; 35:1-41:12; 42:1-6,8-12; 43:1-3,5-12; 44:1-12; 45:1,3-12; 46:1-52:12; 53:1,3-12; 54:1-56:7; 57:1-69:12; 70:1-2,4-12; 71:1-72:12; 73:1-8,10-11; 74/75:6-7,9,11; 76:1,4-12; 77/73:1-2,4-12; 74:3-9. Previous titles: The Fire Fighter (thru 1972); Detroit Fire Fighters (1973-1993). Inconsistent volume numbering.