Abstract

Consists of the records of Automotive Machinist Union, Lodge No. 1305, originally founded in San Francisco and later including Marin County, Oakland, and Eureka. The collection spans the years 1919 to 1970, and includes minutes of the executive board, bylaws, correspondence, agreements, ledgers, a roll book, membership applications, clearance cards, organizing leaflets, legal cases, correspondence with the Grand Lodge, and records of a sister machinists union, Lodge No. 1414.

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Labor Project for Working Families (LPWF) records comprise materials collected by Netsy Firestein in her position as founder and executive director of the organization from 1992 until 2013. The collection includes administrative and research materials, correspondence, newsletters, and publications produced by LPWF. Also included are publications from various local and national organizations dealing with labor and family issues and media clippings about LPWF.

Abstract This collection documents the labor activities of Kathy Labriola, licensed vocational nurse, union activist, and community organizer. The records comprise newsletters, flyers, notes, correspondence, articles, clippings, and promotional materials collected and generated by Labriola in her role as shop steward for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 250, and through her involvement in three union-related committees: the Aids Education Committee, the Southern Africa Solidarity...

Abstract This collection is comprised of the records of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 3 (San Francisco, Calif.), 1950-2017. These records primarily document the history and activities of the union from 1970 to 2002. Materials include master contract files between Local 3 and employers of represented staff; grievances; organizational records, including executive and administrative files; and campaigns to unionize workplaces (such as the University of the...

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Primarily records related to Olson's tenure as President of BATU, Local 21, including office files, subject files, clippings, union newspapers, minutes, correspondence and files related to strikes, grievance and arbitration cases, pensions, health and welfare, and the mergers with the Newspaper Guild and CWA. Also includes material documenting the union's participation in politics and progressive political causes, trips to other countries, and healthcare reform for seniors.

Abstract Records of the Social Services Employees Union (SSEU), an independent public workers union in San Francisco. The union, established in the mid-1960s and made up of rank and file social workers and social service employees within the San Francisco Department of Social Services (DSS), was entirely employee-run and governed, and remained unaffiliated with any other official union. Files consist of administrative records, correspondence, DSS inter-office memorandums and meeting minutes, SSEU...