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