Abstract

Photographs related to the career of George Hardy (1911-1990), a Canadian-American labor leader who served as president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) from 1971 to 1980, and his father, Charles "Pop" Hardy (1891-1948), also a labor leader with the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU).

Abstract Consists of a selection of George Hardy's papers, including personal files, correspondence, clippings, materials relating to the George Scalise case of the 1930s, a biography titled "So Much to be Done: George Hardy's Life in Organized Labor," and an oversized scrapbook from the Theater Janitors Strike in 1951. The bulk of the papers and records from George Hardy's term as President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are held by the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and...

Abstract The collection comprises the California records of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), later known as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and contains the predecessor records for Local 24/7 and Local 44. The records document the union's involvement in many local and state-wide political campaigns, elections, and BSEIU conventions. Also included are membership materials, contracts and logbooks for the Window Cleaners Union Local 44, various union and...