1 10 8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Gordon Chapman Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview is conducted in two parts. Part I discusses Chapman’s early years in Wisconsin, graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1931 during the Depression. In 1934 a college fraternity brother asked Chapman to help him out with the Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration, distributing surplus commodities to relief clients. Chapman recalls the origins of the AFSCME and how he became involved with the organization. He explains the missions on which the union was built and discusses his relationship with Arnold Zander, the first International president. In part II Chapman continues the discussion on the impact of WWII on the union. He recalls Zander’s interest in international affairs and how this concerned the union. The opposition to Zander and the origins of the opposition are mentioned as well as the 1964 conventions and the defeat of Zander. Chapman stepped down from his official union duties in 1966 but continued to attend conventions. He discusses his feelings on the events of the last ten years and closes with his views on Zander as a person and his feelings on collective bargaining. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1979-03-26 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Chapman, Gordon Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip P. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Grand Rapids, MI; 1966-2004 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Al Church Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview covers Al Church’s early years with the AFSCME. Church entered the service in 1942 and was discharged in 1946. He returned to Hibbing, MN and took a managerial position with a construction company until he found employment with the UPW-United Public Workers at the referral of a friend. Church discusses the UPW, its jurisdiction, and affiliation with the CIO. In 1950 the UPW was expelled from the CIO and Church eventually transitioned to work with the Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee (GCEOC). The GCEOC merged with the AFSCME in 1956 and Church recalls the events after the merger and the formation of Council 65 which was chartered in 1959. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1976-06-14 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Church, Al Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip P. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Detroit, MI; 1989-2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Joe Collins Oral History Description An account of the resource Joe Collins was born into a pro-union family in Brooklyn, NY. Collins briefly worked for the Edison Company before taking a civil servant job with the city of New York. Collins became chairman of the Civil Service Organization and was actively involved in the 1937 formation of the Civil Service Technical Guild. Collins left the guild and organized the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office as part of the ACEU-American Civic Employee’s Union, which became part of the Utility Workers Union. He discusses the ACEU’s opposition to the Communist dominated UPW and the eventual dismantling of the UPW. In 1951Collins helped organize the new chartered group into Amalgamated Local 37 and by 1954 Collins became chairman of the New York City Joint Board of the Government and Civic Employees. In 1956 the GCEOC merged with the AFSCME and Collins became a vice president. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1976-06-01 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Collins, Joe, 1904- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Ed Dailey Oral History Description An account of the resource Ed Dailey grew up in Youngstown, OH during the depression. After working in a series of odd jobs Dailey found steady work with the Street Department of the city of Youngstown in 1934. Dailey formed an unofficial group with the other truck drivers and after the group gained some recognition they formed a civil service employees association and began organizing with other city departments. Dailey recalls that as the group grew in numbers he was referred to Mike Leiden, president of the Central Labor Council and president of the Ohio Federation of Labor, for guidance with the expansion. Dailey and Leiden got in contact with the AF of L and soon the Youngstown group voted to become part of the AFSCME. Dailey became president of the newly formed Local 288 and soon became fulltime staff at the AFSCME. This interview covers Dailey’s involvement up to the early 1960’s. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1976-06-15 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Dailey, Ed, 1908- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Dr. Joseph Mire Oral History Description An account of the resource Dr. Joseph Mire was an economist and the first Education and Research Director of the AFSCME from 1943-1955. Dr. Mire was born and raised in Vienna, Austria and was active in the European labor movement. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1941 and taught economics at the School for Workers in Madison, WI. In 1943 Arnold Zander hired Dr. Mire as an economist/educator/researcher for the AFSCME. Dr. Mire compares the European labor movement to the American movement. He discusses the differences in labor education, research services, and political and social involvement in the labor movement. Dr. Mire left the AFSCME in 1955 to become the Director of the National Institute of Labor Education. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1976-06-15 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Mire, Dr. Joseph Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip P. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Wisconsin; 1943-1955 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). William J. McEntee Oral History Description An account of the resource William J. McEntee began his career as a union activist in 1924 after getting a job with the city of Philadelphia as a street cleaner. The street cleaners first organized under the Teamsters. The affiliation did not last and the cleaners were briefly organized under the city. The new city run union soon ran into problems, and after striking the union joined the State, County and Municipal Employees under the AF of L and became Local 222. McEntee discusses his position at Local 222 as a Business Agent and later as President of District Council 3. He discusses the rate of growth of the Council in the 1940’s. McEntee recalls his relationship and experiences working with International President Arnold Zander and the highlights of his experiences with the Council and the Union. McEntee retired in 1968, he shares his union involvement and life after retirement. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1976-06-13 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed McEntee, William J., 1903- Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip P. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Philadelphia, PA; 1924-1968 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Roy Kubista Oral History Description An account of the resource This interview takes place in two parts. Part I discusses the Kubista’s early life and education. Kubista began to work for the Wisconsin State Employees Association in 1934 conducting research on a part-time basis. Kubista discusses his research and the state of the Association during that period and the early days of the AFSCME. Kubista recalls Arnold Zander and describes his experiences with the leader. In part II Kubista discusses the role of AFSCME employee Colonel Alva E. Garey. The impact of WWII is mentioned as is the Associations involvement during and after the war. Kubista held the position of Executive-Secretary from 1936-1970, that latter part of the interview deals with his experience in that position and his role in the Association. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1982-12-17 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Kubista, Roy Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Mason, Philip P. Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) Madison,WI; 1934-1970 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). AFSCME Oral History Project Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Joe Ames Oral History Description An account of the resource The first part of this interview with Joe Ames is not transcribed and begins already in progress. Ames recalls the last years of President Zander and the highlights of those years are discussed. The controversy behind Leo Kramer’s book Labor’s Paradox is discussed as well as the making of the book and reaction to it after it was published. The union conventions of the 1960’s are discussed in detail along with the elections procedures and the aftermath of the elections. The last part of the interview covers the interest that Zander had in public housing and the union’s interest in those projects. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 1973-01-01 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Ames, Joe Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Greenya, John Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) New England; 1950's-1973