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AFSCME, Local 983 Photographs

Call Number

PHOTOS.263

Dates

1968-2006, inclusive
; 1998-2006, bulk

Creator

AFSCME. Local 983

Extent

1 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes and 1 folder.

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Abstract

AFSCME, Local 983 is one of the District Council 37's earliest locals, founded in the 1950s, representing motor vehicle operators and other blue collar municipal and public employees. The collection contains mostly photographs from 1998-2006, many including local president Mark Rosenthal.

Historical/Biographical Note

AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), Local 983 is one of the District Council 37's earliest locals, founded in the 1950s. The union initially represented motor vehicle operators, but came to include different blue collar employees, including high pressure plant tenders, parks workers, asbestos handlers, assistant city highway repairers, city seasonal aides and other municipal and public employee jobs. Some historical highlights of the union included their two week strike in 1962, when 2,000 motor vehicle operators defied the anti-strike Condon-Wadlin Law. The strike achieved the first welfare fund for non-uniformed city employees and a wage and benefit increase that doubled the city's last offer before the walkout. In 1971, Local 983 was part of the 8,000 DC 37 worker walk out against Governor Nelson Rockefeller backed blocking of pension legislation. In 1998, Mark Rosenthal was elected president of Local 983. In 2013, Joe Puleo was elected president of the local.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains approximately 700 black and white and color photographs of the AFSCME Local 983. The bulk of the photographs date from 1998 to the mid 2000s. Most of the photographs are of rallies, conferences, meetings, and other events. Notable events include the rally against the police killing of Amadou Diallo, images relating to "workfare" program (a program requiring welfare recipients to work in exchange for benefits, often at jobs where the replaced or supplemented union workers), and the WEP (Work Experience Program) program. Many of the photographs feature Mark Rosenthal, the president of Local 983 from 1998 until the present day (2013 as of this writing.)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by AFSCME, Local 983, was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; AFSCME, Local 983 Photographs; PHOTOS 263; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The provenance of this collection is unknown. Materials were likely donated by AFSCME District Council 37, in 2007. The accession numbers associated with this collection are 1950.230 and NPA.2008.038.

Custodial History

The archived website was migrated from the California Digital Library's Web Archiving Service to the Internet Archive's Archive-It Service in November 2015. The link to California Digital Library was removed in October 2017.

Related Archival Materials

Tamiment holds the records of other AFSCME, District Council 37 unions, including:

AFSCME, District Council 37 Records (WAG 265)
AFSCME, District Council 37 Printed Ephemera Collection (PE 020)
AFSCME, District Council 37 Graphics (GRAPHICS 034)
AFSCME, District Council 37 Photographs (PHOTOS 247)

Collection processed by

Nicole Greenhouse

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-20 16:44:36 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

The collection was re-boxed for preservation.

In 2014, the archived websites were added as Series I.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012