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Descriptive Summary
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Creator: |
AFSCME, Local 420, Hospital Workers
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Title: |
AFSCME, Local 420, Hospital Workers Records
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Dates: |
1967-2002, (Bulk 1980-2000) |
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Abstract: |
AFSCME Local 420 represents a wide range of non-medical personnel in New York City's municipal hospitals and health centers.
Among its members are registered and practical nurses, nurses' aides, pharmacy technicians, orderlies, cafeteria staff, clerical
assistants and maintenance workers, many of them African-American or Hispanic. The Local has been active in the civil rights
movement, in African-American and Hispanic community affairs, in campaigns to oppose privatization and budget cuts in public
hospitals, and in securing better pay, benefits and training opportunities for non-professional hospital workers. The collection
includes President's Office Files, other officers' files, benefits records, election records, reports, flyers, clippings and
publicity materials.
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Quantity: |
18 linear feet (18 boxes) |
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Call Phrase: |
Wagner #215 |
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Historical/Biographical Note
AFSCME, Local 420, Hospital Workers, represents a wide range of non-professional workers employed in the New York City municipal
hospitals and health centers. Until the 1950s city hospital workers, many of them black or Hispanic, were among the lowest
paid of municipal workers and remained outside the organized labor movement. Registered and practical nurses, aides, orderlies,
clerical assistants, laundry workers, maintenance workers and truck drivers often worked in unsanitary even dangerous conditions,
under intense pressure. They were often treated disrespectfully by managerial and professional staff, and could be subject
to arbitrary firings or transfers and victimization for union activity. Their concerns, when hospital organizing began, were
not only with pay, benefits and opportunities for advancement, but also with issues of respect and dignity on the job. The
city hospital system, consisting of 21 hospitals spread throughout the five boroughs, each of them a vast complex of wards,
clinics and offices, offered daunting obstacles to union organizing. In 1955 the fledgling Local 420, recently consolidated
from several older units comprising AFSCME, District Council 37's Joint Board of Hospital Workers, had fewer than 500 members
citywide.
AFSCME District Council 37 director Jerry Wurf assigned several dynamic organizers to the Local, with a view to increasing
its size and challenging Teamsters Local 237, which was then the most influential union in the city hospital system. Among
the key organizers in the early years were Jean Couturier, Harold Staley, James Farmer (soon to become a leading figure in
the national civil rights movement) and James Butler. Despite determined opposition from administrators, the Local grew steadily
and some basic improvements in working conditions were achieved. By 1964, when Wurf moved to Washington as AFSCME international
president, the Local had grown to nearly 5,000 members, while the Teamsters claimed 6,500. New DC 37 head Victor Gotbaum
stepped up the drive among hospital workers, and assigned his trusted assistant Lillian Roberts, to the campaign. Roberts,
a former nurse's aide who had joined AFSCME in 1946 and honed her skills in the civil rights struggle, was, in the words of
historians Bernard and Jewel Bellush, "a rare personality" and "a symbol for black employees, but in particular for the many
black women in the city's hospitals." Roberts promised on-the-job training programs to move workers into better-paying jobs,
decent treatment from, supervisors, fair grievance procedures and tough and honest collective bargaining. Gotbaum, meanwhile,
enlisted the support of A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, George Meany, the New York City Central Labor Council and a number
of AFL-CIO union presidents on Local 420's behalf. By the fall of 1965 Gotbaum was ready to take on the Teamsters in a representation
election. As the contest for hospital workers' allegiance became for intense and vituperative, Local 420 deployed newspaper
ads and radio spots in Spanish and English, biweekly bulletins, door-to-door canvassing at workers' homes, palm cards, buttons,
stickers and any other means they could find to reach the workers.
In December 1965 hospital workers voted in the largest representation election New York history, and Local 420 won by a comfortable
margin among most categories of employees. The following year the Local, headed by president John Coleman, negotiated an
historic agreement with City, providing for pay increases, welfare fund contributions by the City, and a dues check-off.
The election gave DC 37 a majority in the hospitals and also among non-uniformed city workers; this success spawned new gains
in organizing, and by the end of 1966 the Council represented more than 80,000 city employees. Over the next few years the
Local continued to make steady gains through bargaining, but there was continued concern over waste, inefficiency in management,
understaffing and deplorable conditions at municipal hospitals, while city officials made more and more concessions to private
hospitals. Steady pressure from DC37 blocked plans by the Lindsay administration to lease or fully privatize several hospitals.
But this was only the first salvo in what was to become a continuing struggle to defend public hospitals and their unionized
employees.
On 1972 James Butler was elected president of Local 420, and immediately took on the battle for better pay, benefits and educational
opportunities, and against privatization and hospital closings. Born in Savannah, Georgia and educated in Tampa, Florida,
Butler studied at City College in New York, and took a job at Fordham Hospital in 1954. Butler was to lead the Local through
the trying times of citywide fiscal crisis in the mid-1970s and on to a period of greatly increased membership (reaching an
estimated total of 14,000 in the early 1990s) and influence. He raised the public profile of the Local through rallies, marches,
involvement in community affairs and a firm commitment to national, and even international, campaigns for civil rights and
human rights. Butler's militant political agenda was furthered by Local officers such as Secretary-Treasurer (from 1984)
Kendreth Smith, Executive Vice-President (from 1996) Sarah Kennedy, Vice-President Alejandro Ruiz, Political Action Chairman,
James Webb, and many others whose work is reflected in the archival records.
Under Butler's administration the Local developed an effective newspaper, the City Hospital Worker; supported an award-winning choir, the Voices of Local 420; and participated in the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the
New York State Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH, the NAACP,
the National Urban League, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Labor Committee and other labor and civil rights
organizations. The Local became a leading force in ASCME DC37's Hospitals Division and in AFSCME's Health Advisory Committee.
Local 420 members traveled to the South to support civil rights and labor struggles, and were central to the campaign to have
the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday established as a national holiday.
As a result of the staunch opposition of Local 420 and DC37, the Giuliani administration was prevented from selling off Coney
Island, Elmhurst and Queens hospitals, as a first step toward dismantling the city hospital system. Despite the reluctance
of other New York labor leaders to confront a popular mayor, President Butler organized rallies, prayer vigils outside homes
of city officials, and a "Freedom Bus," which followed the mayor on the senate campaign trail. A landmark court decision
blocked the sale of entire facilities, but Giuliani pushed ahead with drastic cutbacks in funding of the Health and Hospitals
Corporation, reallocation of Medicaid funds to private hospitals, closures, and privatization of some hospital services, with
the result that the Local's membership dropped to 7,500 and the number of municipal hospitals to 11 by 2001. Clashes between
Butler and DC37 executive director Stanley Hill meant that the local could no longer count on firm Council backing in negotiations.
In the late 1990s dissent began to grow within the Local, as members questioned lavish expenditures by the leadership, a burdensome
dues increase, and plans for an expensive new local headquarters that never materialized.
In December local vice-president Carmen Charles, representing the opposition within the local, challenged James Butler for
the presidency and won, by a narrow margin. Despite repeated challenges to the election result by the Butler slate and inaction
by DC 37, Charles's victory was finally confirmed by AFSCME's national Judicial Panel in May 2002. The new administration
has embarked on a program of revitalization and reorganization, aimed at defending the some of the city's most vulnerable
municipal workers in the chilly climate of the new millennium.
Sources:
Bernard and Jewel Bellush, Union Power and New York: Victor Gotbaum and District Council 37 (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984).
Dierdre McFadyen, "Butler's Last Stand," City Limits Monthly (on-line), November 2001.
Silver Anniversary Celebration of Jim Butler, October 11, 1997 (New York: AFSCME, Local 420, 1997).
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Scope and Content Note
Series I, President's Office Files (James Butler), includes documentation of the Local's relations with District Council 37, with AFSCME, with New York City's Health and Hospitals
Corporation; extensive files on membership meetings, health and safety issues, working conditions and grievances at various
city hospitals; documentation of the Local's involvement with African-American churches and fraternal organizations and Hispanic
community and labor groups; documentation of the Local's participation in civil rights and other human rights campaigns; and
records of contacts with Latin-American, Caribbean and African labor organizations and philanthropic campaigns. The series
also includes extensive documentation of internal Local affairs, including Executive Board meetings, union elections, political
activity, celebrations, choir appearances, President Butler's activities, and Local finances.
Series II: Executive Vice-President's Files, consists mainly of files reflecting the interests and activities of Executive-Vice-President Sarah Kennedy, who was elected
to that position in 1996. Kennedy, a nurse at Coney Island Hospital, served as Chapter Chair, as Chair of Local 420's Women's
Committee and Chair of the Political Action Committee. She was a Choir member, coordinated the union's Black History Month
programs, helped organize the campaign against privatization of Coney Island Hospital and was extremely active in community
and church affairs.
Series III, Secretary-Treasurer's Files, consists mainly of records compiled by Secretary-Treasurer Kendreth Smith. Smith, a former Chapter Chair at Fordham Hospital,
became Secretary-Treasurer in 1984. The series includes financial records, benefits records, and records relating to issues
of concern to members, such as dues, salary-levels, uniform allowances, training programs, and military service credits.
It also reflects Smith's political activity within AFSCME and AFSCME District Council 37, and as a member of the Coalition
of Black Trade Unionists.
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Related Material at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Records of the Social Service Employees Union (AFSCME, DC 37, Local 371) (Wagner #3)
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Separated Material
Photographs, slides and videos from the AFSCME, Local 420 collection have been separated to the Non-Print Department of the
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. (Photographs #212)
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research without restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2630
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: gail.malmgreen@nyu.edu
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Access Points
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Subject Names: |
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Butler, James. |
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Gotbaum, Victor. |
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Kennedy, Sarah. |
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Ruiz, Alejandro. |
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Smith, Kendreth. |
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Wurf, Jerry, 1919- |
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Subject Organizations: |
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AFSCME, District Council 37 (New York, N.Y.). |
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AFSCME. |
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Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.). |
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Health and Hospitals Corporation (New York, N.Y.). |
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Subject Topics: |
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Collective labor agreements - Hospitals - United States. |
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Hospitals - Job descriptions. |
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Hospitals - New York, N.Y. |
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Hospitals - Staff - Labor unions - United States. |
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Hospitals - United States - History. |
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Nurses' aides |
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Nurses. |
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Subject Places: |
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New York (State)--New York. |
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Document Types: |
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Clippings. |
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Correspondence. |
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Flyers. |
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Newsletters. |
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Reports. |
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Administrative Information
Provenance
The records of AFSCME, Local 420 were donated to the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, NYU, in the spring of 2004, under an
agreement with Local President Carmen Charles.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Records of the AFSCME, Local 420, Hospital Workers; Wagner #215; box number;
folder number; New York University Libraries;New York University Libraries
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Container List
[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]
| Series I: President's Office Files.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
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1 |
Abu-Jamal, Mumia |
2000 |
| 1
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2 |
African Relief |
1981 |
| 1
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3 |
African Relief |
1985 |
| 1
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4 |
African-American Electorate |
2000 |
| 1
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5 |
African-American New Yorkers: Health Care Issues |
1994 |
| 1
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6 |
Agreements |
1987-1992 |
| 1
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7 |
AIDS Discrimination Survey |
1988 |
| 1
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8 |
AIDS: General |
Undated |
| 1
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9 |
AIDS in Minority Populations in the US: Conference |
1987-1988 |
| 1
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10 |
AIDS Resource Manual (New York State Dept. of Social Services) |
1987 |
| 1
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11 |
Amalgamated Bank: Note |
1994 |
| 1
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12 |
Ambulatory Care Training |
1995 |
| 1
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13 |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) |
1990-1993 |
| 1
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14 |
AFSCME |
2000 |
| 1
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15 |
AFSCME: Board Meetings |
1989-1990 |
| 1
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16 |
AFSCME: Constitution (Proposed Amendments) |
1988 |
| 1
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17 |
AFSCME Convention |
1982 |
| 1
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18 |
AFSCME Convention |
2000 |
| 1
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19 |
AFSCME Convention: Election for Int'l Vice-President |
2000 |
| 1
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20 |
AFSCME Convention: Health Care Convention |
1990 |
| 1
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21 |
AFSCME Correspondence |
2000 |
| 1
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22 |
AFSCME DC 37 |
1991-1992 |
| 1
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23 |
AFSCME DC 37 |
1993-1995 |
| 1
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24 |
AFSCME DC 37: Administratorship Decision |
1999 |
| 1
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25 |
AFSCME DC 37: AIDS Task Force |
1988 |
| 1
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26 |
AFSCME DC 37 and Local 1199: Joint Statement |
1986 |
| 1
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27 |
AFSCME DC 37: Budget |
1999 |
| 1
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28 |
AFSCME DC 37: City-wide Agreements |
1987, 1992, 2000 |
| 1
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29 |
AFSCME DC 37: Clippings |
1998-2000 |
| 1
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30 |
AFSCME DC 37: Correspondence |
1999-2000 |
| 1
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31 |
AFSCME DC 37: Delegate Calculations |
1997-1998 |
| 1
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32 |
AFSCME DC 37: Delegates Meetings |
1989-1999 |
| 1
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33 |
AFSCME DC 37: Delegates Meeting |
Jan 21, 1999 |
| 1
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34 |
AFSCME DC 37: Executive Board |
1991-1995 |
| 1
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35 |
AFSCME DC 37: Executive Board Meetings |
1992-1999 |
| 1
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36 |
AFSCME DC 37: Finances |
1998-1999 |
| 1
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37 |
AFSCME DC 37: (Gotbaum et al) v. Local 420 |
1979 |
| 1
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38 |
AFSCME DC 37: Hospital Division |
1991-1992 |
| 1
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38a |
AFSCME DC 37: Hospital Division Members List FOLDER NOT OPEN TO RESEARCHERS |
1990 |
| 1
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39 |
AFSCME DC 37: Housing Committee |
1988 |
| 1
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40 |
AFSCME DC 37: Indictments |
2000 |
| 1
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41 |
AFSCME DC 37: Joint Labor Management Committee |
1988 |
| 1
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42 |
AFSCME DC 37: Laws and Rules Committee |
1998-1999 |
| 1
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43 |
AFSCME DC 37: Laws and Rules; Committee and Hearings on per Capita Increase |
1997 |
| 1
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44 |
AFSCME DC 37: Legislative Activity |
1994 |
| 1
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45 |
AFSCME DC 37: Legislative Conferences |
1990-1994 |
| 1
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46 |
AFSCME DC 37: Per Capita Increase |
1997 |
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 2
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1 |
AFSCME DC 37: Local 420-Request for Disaffiliation |
1981 |
| 2
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2 |
AFSCME DC 37: Local Presidents List |
2000 |
| 2
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3 |
AFSCME DC 37: Kroll Associates Investigation |
1990 |
| 2
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4 |
AFSCME DC 37: Martin Luther King Tribute |
2001 |
| 2
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5 |
AFSCME DC 37: Media Overview |
1994-1996 |
| 2
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6 |
AFSCME DC 37: Media Overview |
1999 |
| 2
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7 |
AFSCME DC 37: Meetings |
1999 |
| 2
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8 |
AFSCME DC 37: Organizing |
1996 |
| 2
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9 |
AFSCME DC 37: Per Capita-by Local |
1997-1998 |
| 2
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10 |
AFSCME DC 37: Political Action Department |
1984-1995 |
| 2
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11 |
AFSCME DC 37: Press Releases |
1999 |
| 2
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12 |
AFSCME DC 37: Rank and File for Democratic Change |
2000 |
| 2
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13 |
AFSCME DC 37: Representatives |
1980 |
| 2
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14 |
AFSCME DC 37: Scholarship Dinner Dance |
1990 |
| 2
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15 |
AFSCME DC 37: Strategic Planning |
2000 |
| 2
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16 |
AFSCME DC 37: Trials |
2000 |
| 2
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17 |
AFSCME DC 37: Women's Committee |
1989-1991 |
| 2
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18 |
AFSCME DC 71: New Jersey |
1997 |
| 2
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19 |
AFSCME Financial Standards Code |
1992 |
| 2
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20 |
AFSCME Health Care Advisory Committee Meeting |
2000 |
| 2
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21 |
AFSCME Health Care Reform |
1994 |
| 2
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22 |
AFSCME Health Care Resolution |
2000 |
| 2
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23 |
AFSCME Indiana Organizing Drive |
1990 |
| 2
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24 |
AFSCME Local 2507 (EMS and Paramedics) |
1994 |
| 2
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25 |
AFSCME Local 2679 (Ohio) |
1996 |
| 2
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26 |
AFSCME McEntee-Lucy Campaign |
1981 |
| 2
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27 |
AFSCME People Training Program |
1993 |
| 2
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28 |
AFSCME Political Action Conference |
1988 |
| 2
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29 |
AFSCME Regional Women's Conference |
1979 |
| 2
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30 |
AFSCME Regional Women's Conference |
1987-1988 |
| 2
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31 |
American Federation of Teachers-Local 3882 (New York University) |
1988 |
| 2
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32 |
Anniversaries: Local 420 |
1992 |
| 2
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33 |
Anti-Apartheid Rally |
1986 |
| 2
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34 |
Anti-Crack Campaign |
1986 |
| 2
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35 |
Anti-Drug Rally: Al Roker Sr. |
1990 |
| 2
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36 |
Antigua Workers Union |
1997-1999 |
| 2
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37 |
Antioch Baptist Church |
1993 |
| 2
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38 |
A. Philip Randolph Institute |
2000 |
| 2
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39 |
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) |
1996 |
| 2
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40 |
Association of Surgical Technologists |
1984, 1989 |
| 2
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41 |
Association of Surgical Technologists: Chapter-Metro 47 |
1999 |
| 2
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42 |
Auditorium Reservations |
1989-1990 |
| 2
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43 |
Awards and Plaques |
1990-1996 |
| 2
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44 |
Baker, David (Indiana) |
1990 |
| 2
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45 |
Banners |
1990-1996 |
| 2
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46 |
Bargaining |
1984-1987 |
| 2
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47 |
Bargaining |
1990-2001 |
| 2
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48 |
Bargaining, City-wide |
1988 |
| 2
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49 |
Bellevue Hospital |
1985-2001 |
| 2
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50 |
Bellevue Hospital: AIDS |
1985-1986 |
| 2
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51 |
Bellevue Hospital: Laundry |
1989 |
| 2
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52 |
Bellevue Hospital: Laundry (Dinkins-Boufford Meeting) |
1989 |
| 2
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53 |
Bellevue Hospital: Missing Syringes |
1989 |
| 2
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54 |
Bellevue Hospital: Nurses Aides |
1989 |
| 2
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55 |
Bellevue Hospital: Turkey Raffle |
1999 |
| 2
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56 |
Bermuda Industrial Union |
1990, 1996 |
| 2
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57 |
Bird S. Coler Hospital |
1987-1992 |
| 2
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58 |
Black Agency Executives |
1997 |
| 2
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59 |
Blacks for Barbaro |
1981 |
| 2
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60 |
Black Clergy |
2000 |
| 2
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61 |
Black Farmers Groups |
1989-1990 |
| 2
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62 |
Black History Month |
1994 |
| 2
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63 |
Black Solidarity Day |
1981 |
| 2
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64 |
Black United Fund of New York |
1984-1991 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 3
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1 |
Botnick, Victor |
1986 |
| 3
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2 |
Boyd, Bonnie |
1987 |
| 3
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3 |
Boys and Girls Club of Harlem |
2000 |
| 3
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4 |
Bronx House of Detention |
2000 |
| 3
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5 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Closing of Cafeteria |
1991 |
| 3
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6 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1989 |
| 3
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7 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1990 |
| 3
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8 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1991 |
| 3
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9 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1992 |
| 3
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10 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1993 |
| 3
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11 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1994 |
| 3
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12 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1995 |
| 3
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13 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center |
1999 |
| 3
|
14 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1979 |
| 3
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15 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1980 |
| 3
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16 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1981 |
| 3
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17 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1982 |
| 3
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18 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1983 |
| 3
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19 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1984 |
| 3
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20 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1985 |
| 3
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21 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1986 |
| 3
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22 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1987 |
| 3
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23 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1988 |
| 3
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24 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1989 |
| 3
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25 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1990 |
| 3
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26 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1991 |
| 3
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27 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1992 |
| 3
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28 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Grievances |
1993 |
| 3
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29 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Health and Safety |
1989 |
| 3
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30 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Layoffs |
1990-1991 |
| 3
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31 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-OR Staff |
1990-1991 |
| 3
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32 |
Bronx Municipal Hospital: Jacobi Center-Shift Problems |
1983 |
| 3
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33 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1989 |
| 3
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34 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1990-1992 |
| 3
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35 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1995 |
| 3
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36 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1995 |
| 3
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37 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1995 |
| 3
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38 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1998-1999 |
| 3
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39 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry |
1999-2000 |
| 3
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40 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry: Angelica Health Services |
1988-1999 |
| 3
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41 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry: Health and Safety |
1988-1993 |
| 3
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42 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry: Infectious Waste Problems |
1985-1989 |
| 3
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43 |
Brooklyn Central Laundry: Memos |
1984-1988 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 4
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1 |
Brooks, Patricia |
1994 |
| 4
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2 |
Budget Bill: Memorandum |
1992 |
| 4
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3 |
Budget Cuts |
1988-1999 |
| 4
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4 |
Budget Cuts: Albany Protest |
1989 |
| 4
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5 |
Budget Cuts: Health Care |
1990-1992 |
| 4
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6 |
Budget Cuts: Political Breakfast |
1991 |
| 4
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7 |
Bumpers, Eleanor |
1984 |
| 4
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8 |
Burger King: Local 1199 Protest |
1998 |
| 4
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9 |
Butler, James: AFSCME Vice-Presidential Campaign |
1981 |
| 4
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10 |
Butler, James: Biographical |
1992-2000 |
| 4
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11 |
Butler, James: Speeches |
Undated |
| 4
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12 |
Butts, Reverend Calvin |
1991 |
| 4
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13 |
Bylaws |
Undated |
| 4
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14 |
Campaign for a New South |
1986 |
| 4
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15 |
Carrillo, J. Emilio |
1990 |
| 4
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16 |
Carrillo, J. Emilio: Hazardous Waste Meeting |
1990 |
| 4
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17 |
Carrillo, J. Emilio: Resignation |
1991 |
| 4
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18 |
Carrion, Anthony |
1993 |
| 4
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20 |
Carter, James (Stabbing of) |
1983-1984 |
| 4
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21 |
Carthan, Eddie (Mayor of Tchula, MS) |
1982 |
| 4
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22 |
Centers for Disease Control: Grants |
1989 |
| 4
|
23 |
Centers for Disease Control: Meeting-Blackwell and Tolliver Testimony |
1991 |
| 4
|
24 |
Central Supply Assistants |
1993 |
| 4
|
25 |
CETA Workers |
Undated |
| 4
|
26 |
Chapter Chairs and Shop Stewards Lists |
Undated |
| 4
|
27 |
Charles, Carmen |
1999 |
| 4
|
28 |
Charter Change (NYC) |
1987-1988 |
| 4
|
29 |
Church of God in Christ, Inc. |
1994 |
| 4
|
30 |
City Hospital Visiting Committee Report |
1989 |
| 4
|
31 |
City Hospital Worker |
1990 |
| 4
|
32 |
City Hospital Worker: Materials |
1987-1988 |
| 4
|
33 |
City of Hope |
1988 |
| 4
|
34 |
City-wide Contracts |
1982 |
| 4
|
35 |
City-wide Equal Employment Opportunity Committee |
1988 |
| 4
|
36 |
Civil Service Examination: Veterans' Preference |
1988 |
| 4
|
37 |
Civil Rights: American Weekly Newspaper |
1994 |
| 4
|
38 |
Clarke, Lee |
1991 |
| 4
|
39 |
Clinton, Hillary |
2000 |
| 4
|
40 |
Clippings |
May 1993 |
| 4
|
41 |
Coalition for Community Empowerment of Greater Southeast Queens (formerly, People Against Crack) |
1987 |
| 4
|
42 |
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) |
1979-1998 |
| 4
|
43 |
CBTU |
1999-2000 |
| 4
|
44 |
CBTU Conference |
1989 |
| 4
|
45 |
CBTU Convention (Detroit) |
1989 |
| 4
|
46 |
CBTU Convention (New Orleans) |
1990 |
| 4
|
47 |
CBTU Dinner Dance |
1990 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 5
|
1 |
CBTU Political Action Seminar |
1987 |
| 5
|
2 |
CBTU Tri-State Conference |
1989 |
| 5
|
3 |
CBTU Tri-State Conference |
1990 |
| 5
|
4 |
CBTU Women's Luncheon |
1988 |
| 5
|
5 |
Coalition of Labor Union Women |
1974-1993 |
| 5
|
6 |
Commission on the Public's Health System |
1999 |
| 5
|
7 |
Committee for Positive Youth |
1993 |
| 5
|
8 |
Community Advisory Board |
1994 |
| 5
|
9 |
Community Health Boards |
1980 |
| 5
|
10 |
Community-Labor Coalition for Social and Economic Justice |
1989 |
| 5
|
11 |
Community Service Council of Greater Harlem |
1989 |
| 5
|
12 |
Comptroller's Report |
1988-1989 |
| 5
|
13 |
Coney Island Hospital |
1986-2000 |
| 5
|
14 |
Coney Island Hospital: Arbitration |
1987 |
| 5
|
15 |
Coney Island Hospital: Cafeteria Privatization |
1998 |
| 5
|
16 |
Coney Island Hospital: Cafeteria Privatization (Saunders v. HHC) |
2000 |
| 5
|
17 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1977 |
| 5
|
18 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1978 |
| 5
|
19 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1979 |
| 5
|
20 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1980 |
| 5
|
21 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1981 |
| 5
|
22 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1982 |
| 5
|
23 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1983 |
| 5
|
24 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1984 |
| 5
|
25 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1985 |
| 5
|
26 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1986 |
| 5
|
27 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1987 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 6
|
1 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1987 |
| 6
|
2 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1988 |
| 6
|
3 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1989 |
| 6
|
4 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1990 |
| 6
|
5 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1991 |
| 6
|
6 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1992 |
| 6
|
7 |
Coney Island Hospital: Grievances |
1993 |
| 6
|
8 |
Coney Island Hospital: Health and Safety |
1995 |
| 6
|
9 |
Conference on the Harlem Recovery Plan |
1990 |
| 6
|
10 |
Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Weekend |
1990 |
| 6
|
11 |
Congressional Districts (NY): Union Strength |
Undated |
| 6
|
12 |
Constitution (L420) |
1998 |
| 6
|
13 |
Contribution Limits |
1993 |
| 6
|
14 |
Co-op City Baptist Church: Requests (re: Choir) |
1987 |
| 6
|
15 |
Corporate Nursing Services |
1990 |
| 6
|
16 |
Correspondence: Members |
1999 |
| 6
|
17 |
Cumberland Neighborhood Family Care Center (N.F.C.C.) |
1988-1989 |
| 6
|
18 |
Cumberland N.F.C.C.: Layoffs |
1991 |
| 6
|
19 |
Cumberland N.F.C.C.: Rally |
1991 |
| 6
|
20 |
Cuomo, Governor Mario M.: Proposed Health Care Bill |
1993 |
| 6
|
21 |
Daily Challenge: Giuliani v. Hospital Workers |
1998 |
| 6
|
22 |
DeBow, Louise |
1981-1982 |
| 6
|
23 |
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority |
1991 |
| 6
|
24 |
Democratic Agenda |
1979 |
| 6
|
25 |
Democratic National Convention |
2000 |
| 6
|
26 |
Democratic Party, New York State |
1990 |
| 6
|
27 |
Department of Corrections |
1988-1990 |
| 6
|
28 |
Department of Corrections |
1991 |
| 6
|
29 |
Department of Corrections: Bronx House of Detention |
1989-1990 |
