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Title: SEIU RESEARCH DEPARTMENT COLLECTION Genre: Papers, Date : 1942-1979 (Predominantly 1960-1979) Size : 6 linear feet, 6 storage boxes ID #: 1542-seiu-ResDept OCLC: ©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs HEFA.01c.update |
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Scope & Contents
SEIU (Service Employees International Union) placed the Research Department collection in the archives of Labor and Urban Affairs in February, 1994. The collection was opened for research in October, 1995.
The forerunner of SEIU was a union founded by 200 apartment (flat) janitors in Chicago on April 6, 1902. By 1905 that early union had dissolved. In 1912 another effort was made in Chicago to restart a flat janitor’s union. This time the union was more successful, and in 1921 the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU) was chartered by the American Federation of Labor. In 1968 the Union name officially changed to SEIU.
The Research Department was established as the Research and Education Department by resolution at the BSEIU special convention in Minneapolis, MN May 11-14, 1942. Having proved its worth during the years of World War II, the Union expanded the Department in 1945. One officer’s report in 1945 states that the Department would be responsible for collecting materials from the locals and distributing the material union-wide, as well as collecting material that would be of use to the Union “...in keeping books and records, utilizing new and progressive organizational methods, and in keeping generally abreast of the knowledge that they need.”
Research Department Directors for the period covered by the collection:
Anthony Weinlein: Apr. 1943-Feb 1967
Will Smith: Assistant Director Feb 1967-Apr 1970; Director Apr 1970-Oct 1972
Rudolph Oswald: Oct 1972-July 1975
Stanley Wisniewski: Nov 1975-Feb 1979
June McMahon: Acting Director Feb 1979-Aug 1980; Director Aug 1980-Sep 1984
This collection is comprised of reports. They reflect the activities of the union, such as collective bargaining; areas of concern for the union such as economic reports and industry surveys; and the benefits which the union provided for the membership such as the death gratuity and scholarship opportunities. The history and work of the Research Department itself is also documented in these reports.
NOTE: The files are arranged alphabetically within each series. The folder titles are descriptive and may not be the report title. The last dates given on the folder title are for the year the report was written, and not necessarily for the year(s) of information contained within the report.
Benefits Locals
Collective Bargaining Agreements Membership
Contracts & Data Surveys Research Department
Death Gratuity Scholarship Competition
Economic reports Wages
Industry surveys
Research Department Historical Files
Series I
Collective Bargaining, Contracts, & Wages Series, 1942-1979
Series II
Death Gratuity Series, 1943-1979
Series III
General Office
Files, 1946-1979
Series IV
Membership Series, 1946-1979
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Series I
Collective
Bargaining, Contracts, & Wages Series, 1942-1979
Boxes 1-2
1-25. Annual wage increase survey, 1947-1979
26. Bargaining agreements; nursing homes; U.S. & Canada, Feb 1970
27. Collective bargaining agreements; cleaning contractors, Nov 1974
28. Collective bargaining agreements; colleges / universities-selected characteristics, Jun 1967
29. Collective bargaining agreements; hospitals- selected characteristics,
Jun 1969
30. Collective bargaining agreements; race track locals, Feb 1966
31. Collective bargaining; gas industry conference facts, Mar 1973
32. Collective bargaining / OSHA; building service industry, Dec 1977
33. Collective bargaining / OSHA; health care facilities, Oct 1977
34-35. Collective bargaining statistics, 1976-1978
36-46. Collective bargaining statistics; Canada, 1973-1979
47-57. Collective bargaining statistics; U.S., 1973-1979
58. Collective bargaining; Union objectives / supporting arguments,
26 Jun 1953
59. Collective bargaining; utilities-trends-1974, Jan 1975
60. Contract clause book; contract cleaners, Oct 1978
61. Contract clauses; county & municipal workers, Nov 1978
62. Contract clauses; health care, Jun 1975
63. Contracts with clauses for paid days off due to deaths, 9 Nov 1953
64. Contract clauses; public employees, Nov 1978
65. Contract clauses; public sector, May 1974
66. Contract clauses summary; contract cleaners report, Jul 1973
67. Contract data; hotel employees, 2 May 1962
68-73. Contract facts; gas industry, 1974-1979
74. Contract report; cleaners, Nov 1974
75-84. Contract settlements, 1974-1979
85. Contract survey; amusement & recreation industry, Dec 1976
86. Contract survey; apartment buildings, Nov 1974
87-88. Contract survey; apartment building workers, 1977-1978
89-90. Contract survey; cleaning contractors, 1977-1978
91-93. Contract survey; colleges & universities, 1974-1979
1. Contract survey; county & municipal employees, Nov 1978
2. Contract survey; holiday provisions, Sep 1975
3-5. Contract survey; hospitals, 1973-1978
6. Contract survey; municipal employees, Sep 1976
7-10. Contract survey; nursing homes, 1973-1978
11. Contract survey; office buildings, Nov 1974
12. Contract survey; office building agreements, Jun 1977
13. Contract survey; office building workers, Oct 1978
14. Contract survey; public authorities, [1974]
15-17. Contract survey; race tracks, 1974-1978
18. Contract survey; registered nurses, Dec 1979
19-22. Contract survey; schools, [1974]-1978
23-27. Contract survey; window cleaners, 1947, 1974-1978
28. Cost of living protection / escalator clauses, May 1974
29. Cost of living / escalator clauses; public sector, May 1974
30. Fringe benefits in contracts-1965-1966, Sep 1966
31. Holiday provisions in contracts, 26 May 1954
32. Honors & premium pay in contracts, 18 Nov 1947
33. No discrimination clauses in local agreements; examples, 28 Sep 1961
34. Paid vacations & holidays in contracts, 26 Nov 1947
35. “Poverty” rates in local union bargaining agreements, Aug 1965
36-48. Service Contract Act wage determinations, 1966-1978
49. Sick leave & accumulation provisions in agreements, 21 Oct 1947
50-51. Union security, check-off, & arbitration provisions in agreements,
1947-1948
52. Union security provisions in agreements, 17 Jan 1951
53. Vacation provisions in contracts-Winter 1952, Jan 1953
54-55. Wage determination, 1973
56-57. Wages & fringe benefits; toll collectors, 1961-1962
58. Wages / fringe benefits; U.S. hospitals, Jan 1974
59. Wages, hours, & conditions of work survey, Jun 1943
60. Wage increases / average hourly earnings; postwar, 13 Feb 1948
61. Wage increases; locals-1945-1958, [c.1959]
62. Wage Labor Board; salary survey by region-done by BSEIU, c. 1942
63. Wage levels; inter-city variations for elevator operators-1943 & 1947, Dec 1947
64. Wage; office building workers, 9 Nov 1949
65. Wage policy for International Union; proposal, 4 May 1951
66. Wage price controls; news & views, Oct 1971
67. Wage price freeze; guidelines & policies, 8 Dec 1971
68. Wage range survey; state hospitals, 1 Dec 1960
69. Wage rates; public sector-state & local government, May 1974
70-73. Wage rates / ranges; selected occupations; cities & other governmental units, 1957-1960
74-76. Wage rates / ranges; cities & public schools, 1961-1963
77. Wage rates / ranges; selected occupations in public buildings, parks, hospitals, & schools, 1956
78-79. Wage rate survey; city & county hospitals, 1964-1965
80. Wage rates survey; selected occupations, 1962
81. Wages in selected occupations under BSEIU jurisdiction-Fall 1942,
20 May 1943
82. Wage surveys; public employees in hospitals, schools, cities in IL, IN, WI, MI, 16 Jul 1959
83. Weekly salary / age groups of local officers-Aug 1947, 14 Jul 1948
Series II
Death Gratuity
Series, 1943-1979
Box 3
1. Age of death gratuity claims paid in Feb & May-1962 &1963, Dec 1963
2. Age groupings of members at death who died in benefit standing / average age of death-1943-1948, Dec 1948
3. Causes of death of members who died in gratuity standing-1950-1951,
25 Nov 1952
4. Cost of 1950 amendments to gratuity system, 11 May 1951
5. Cost estimate; 55 year plus members to attain $500 death benefit gratuity standing, 30 Mar 1950
6. Death benefit in the coming year; estimate of probable experience,
4 Oct 1946
7. Death benefit payments that would have been made in 1944 if the system of payment had been the one that will be in effect in 1951, 26 Sep 1946
8. Death gratuity, 3 Oct 1955
9. Death gratuity; factors, 26 Sep 1955
10. Death gratuities paid to beneficiaries of retirees-1963, Oct 1964
11. Death gratuities paid on deceased female members-1957 & 1959,
18 Aug 1960
12-19. Death benefit gratuity payments to affiliated locals having over 1,000 members, 1947-1973
20-32. Death gratuity payments; worksheets, 1943-1979
33-34. Death gratuity payments; worksheets summary, 1943-1962
35-39. Death gratuity reports, 1957, 1971-1979
40. Death gratuities without beneficiaries; larger locals-1963-1965, May 1966
41. Future of the international death gratuity system, 20 Jun 1952
42. Gratuity experience of Locals 1 (Chicago, IL) & 32B(NY, NY); comparison to entire union, 22 Sep 1949
43. Gratuity & group life insurance systems; locals-1952-1953, 11 Jun 1953
44. If the system had been different; a study of what 1946 death claim benefits might have been, 27 Sep 1946
45-64. International death benefit gratuity, 1947-1971
65. International death benefit gratuity; summary of past experience, 1 Oct 1946
66. Probable death rate applicable to BSEIU members-1947-1951, 3 Oct 1946
67. Relationship between dues payment report & death gratuity payments,
3 Aug 1955
Series III
General Office
Files, 1946-1979
Boxes 4-5
1. Amusement / recreation industry survey, Oct 1978
2. Automation & unemployment in the service industries, 16 Mar 1961
3. Building Service Employee; a criticism, 5 Mar 1946
4. Building Service Employee 1955; a description, 13 Feb 1956
5. Building service industry-1972-1976, Apr 1976
6. Building service industry report-1974-1977, Oct 1978
7. Building service safety month; proposed program & schedule,
Summer 1954
8. Cleaning industry data, Nov 1974
9. Colleges & universities in the U.S.; preliminary report, Mar 1967
10. Common stock holdings of the International Union-1957-1959, 9 Mar 1960
11. Contract cleaning industry; aspects, Nov 1966
12. Dues buttons questionnaire; returns, 13 Sep 1949
13. Economic / demographic statistics; hospitals & nursing homes, May 1962
14. Economic report; state & local government trends-1955-1959, 12 Apr 1960
15. Economic statistics for collective bargaining, Mar 1973
16. Economic statistics for collective bargaining; Canada, Mar 1973
17-21. Economic trends; Canada-1955-1976, 1960-1976
22-25. Economic trends; selected service industries-1955-1976, 1960-1976
26-31. Economic trends; state & local governments-1955-1978, 1960-1978
32-36. Economic trends; U.S.-1955-1976, 1960-1976
37. Educational activities of the Union, 28 Dec 1962
38. Educational program; suggestions, 8 Feb 1946
39-41. Employment / unemployment trends; service occupations, 1965-1967
42. Expenditures comparison; BSEIU-1956 & 1957, 14 Jan 1958
43. Expenditure patterns in BSEIU financial statements-Apr 1940-Sep 1948, 23 Nov 1948
44. Expenditures / receipts comparison; BSEIU-1959-1961, 28 Sep 1961
45. Gas industry trends-1950-1962, 16 Dec 1963
46. Gas workers workshop; economic notes, Feb 1971
47-48. Health care corporations, 1976-1978
49. Health care corporations; U.S. & Canada, Mar 1975
50. Health care costs; causes of escalation, Apr 1976
51. Health industry statistics; Canada, Jan 1974
52. Health & welfare plan survey, 22 Sep 1954
53. Health, welfare, social security & BSEIU-1955-1960, 18 Mar 1960
54. Horse & dog racing; some economic aspects, Feb 1966
55. Hotel / lodgings workers-1950, 2 May 1962
56. Hospital industry, Aug 1966
57-58. Hospitals & nursing homes; economic / demographic statistics, 1968-1972
59-60. Hospital & nursing home statistics, 1976-1978
61. Hospital statistics; Canada, Nov 1976
62. Hospital unionism; state laws & court decisions, 5 Jun 1962
63. Inflation, Sep 1974
64. In-service training; park employee interest, 20 Oct 1953
65. International representatives questionnaire, 18 Nov 1957
66. Largest unions in AFL-CIO, [c. 1956]
67. Leadership opinion poll #1; replies-Jun 1948, 15 Jul 1948
68. Local attendance; Eastern / Midwestern regional conferences, 27 Nov 1951
69. Locals; hospitals & colleges, Jun 1966
70. Locals; Pennsylvania-membership comparison 1959-1960, 11 Oct 1960
71. Locals; race tracks, 14 Jan 1963
72. Locals; representatives / membership, 1963
73. Locals & their members; selected characteristics, [c. 1960]
74. Locals; 25 largest in BSEIU, [c. 1956]
75. Local union agreements covering miscellaneous occupations, Jan 1962
76. Local union elections; office limits, 8 Mar 1951
77. Local 1 (Chicago, IL): a study in membership stability, 3 Oct 1946
78. Locals 38 (Tacoma, WA), 50 (St. Louis, MO), 113 (Minneapolis, MN); membership / age at initiation / age in 1946, 27 Sep 1946
79. Local 54 (NY, NY); a study of characteristics, 3 Oct 1946
80. Local 69 (Philadelphia, PA); membership statistics, 22 Jul 1947
81. Local 82 (Washington, DC); union building contract study, 1963
82. Local 150 (Milwaukee, WI); voter registration & residence data for members-Summer 1952, 11 Nov 1952
83. Local 329 (Chicago, IL); estimated cost of proposed supper money- sickness / benefits plan, 22 Apr 1958
84. Local 362 (Miami, FL); airport service employees pay & benefits,
19 Sep 1963
85-88. Maintenance companies financial reports, 1974-1978
89. Medical research campaign; proposal, 1954
90. Missile sites / missile site labor relations in U.S.-notes, 8 Feb 1962
91-92. NLRB; election report, 1973-1974
93-97. NLRB; health care elections, 1974-1979
98-99. NLRB representation elections; local unions, 1963-1964
100. New magazine questionnaire; results, Nov 1956
101. New monthly publication addressed to local officers & business representatives; proposal, Jun 1961
102. Nursing home industry, 31 Aug 1966
103. OSHA; SEIU guidebook, Jun 1975
104. Office procedure; BSEIU International-notes & recommendations, Jul 1957
105. Off-track betting; threat of, Sep 1971
106. Organization; extent in building services, 24 Jan 1951
107. Organizational questionnaires; data, 31 Mar 1947
108. Organizing the potential membership, 6 Oct 1947
109. Organizing prospectus; New Jersey, Jun 1969
110. Pari-mutuel statistics; horse, greyhound, jai-alai-U.S. 1957, 15 Jul 1958
111. Pay board; procedures for processing, May 1972
1. Pension plans; public sector, May 1974
2. Planning BSEIU’s future, 29 Sep 1960
3. Political / legislative activities of the International Union, Nov 1966
4. Presidential task force on collective bargaining for federal employees; summary, 9 Oct 1961
5. Proposed pension plan; preliminary notes / estimates, 1 Dec 1949
6. Proposed pension plan; preliminary notes / estimates on insurance costs,
7 Dec 1949
7. Public employee statistics chart book, [1974]
8. Publicity of BSEIU, 2 Oct 1953
9. Publications; views expressed by western conference delegates-Sep 1954,
3 Dec 1954
10. Racing industry trends, Oct 1977
11. Racing statistics, Nov 1974
12. Race track dues study, 3 Dec 1958
13. Race track statistics; pari-mutuel betting in 18 states-1956, 3 Oct 1957
14. Research & education department; bi-annual report, 28 Jan 1948
15. Research department; five proposed projects, 24 Oct 1950
16. Research department; functions / operations, 10 Mar 1960
17. Research department; future, 8 Sep 1960
18. Research department; growth of workload, 27 Mar 1957
19. Research department; nine months report, 10 Oct 1946
20. Research department; plans, 1943
21. Research department; plans for 1946, 2 Jan 1946
22. Research department; proposed project on consumer education, 1950
23. Research department; semi-annual report, 5 Jul 1946
24. Research department; work load survey, 24 Jun 1952
25. Safety program; proposed, 28 Jan 1954
26. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1961-1962, 19 Mar 1962
27. Scholarship competition-1961-1962, Oct 1962
28. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1962-1963, 2 Apr 1963
29. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications, 15 Apr 1963
30. Scholarship competition-1962-1963, Oct 1963
31. Scholarship competition-1963-1964, Oct 1964
32. Scholarship competition, Jun 1965
33. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1965-1966, 1966
34. Scholarship competition, Oct 1966
35. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1966-1967, 7 Mar 1967
36. Scholarship competition, Oct 1967
37. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1967-1968, Apr 1968
38. Scholarship competition, Nov 1968
39. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1968-1969, Mar 1969
40. Scholarship competition, Sep 1969
41. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1969-1970, Mar 1970
42. Scholarship competition, Oct 1970
43. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1970-1971, Mar 1971
44. Scholarship competition, 1971
45. Scholarship competition; preliminary applications-1971-1972, Mar 1972
46. Scholarship competition, Aug 1972
47. Scholarship competition, Mar 1973
48. Scholarship competition, Oct 1973
49. Scholarship competition, Mar 1974
50. Scholarship regions, 9 Oct 1961
51. School trends, Nov 1978
52. Service industries, May 1979
53-54. Service industries; developments, 1978-1979
55. Service industries; employment & unemployment-Jan-Sep 1966, Nov 1966
56. Service industries growth, Nov 1965
57. Service workers; characteristics, Sep 1973
58. St. Clair County (MI) employee’s retirement plan; integration with Federal Social Security, 18 Dec 1959
59. Taxes (per capita) of other unions, 26 Nov 1957
60. Taxes; per capita payment changes, 14 Apr 1958
61. Unemployment & recession, Mar 1975
62. Union contributions to LLPE (Labor’s League for Political Education)- 1952, 17 Mar 1953
63. Union contributions to LLPE-1953, 26 Feb 1954
64. Union magazine contents survey-1947-1948, 2 May 1949
65. Union (BSEIU) recognition in federal installations, Jan 1966
66. U. S. labor law; hospitals & nursing homes, Jan 1974
67. Vocational education; project, 1 Jul 1946
68-69. A Woman’s Rights; SEIU Guidebook to Equal Opportunity / Equal Pay,
1975-1976
Series IV
Membership Series,
1946-1979
Box 5-6
70-71. Age composition of the international union, 1947-1948
72-73. Age at entry / length of membership of members who withdrew or were suspended, 1946-1949
74. Average membership of local unions-1951, 1954, 1955, & changes, [c.1956]
75. Employee growth; building service occupations-1900-1950, Jan 1959
76. Hotel employees; membership, 26 Mar 1959
77. Joint Council 15 (Saskatchewan); membership / death gratuity statistics,
Sep 1960
78. Locals under 100 members in 1958; charter date / average membership / gratuity payments, 1958-1961
79. Local union membership; semi-annual report, Sep 1971
80-82. Local union membership, 1962-1964
83. Members; hospital & nursing home employees, 2 Feb 1962
84. Members & the labor force, 19 Feb 1964
85-86. Membership change / turnover / gratuity standing/ delinquency statistics, 1948-1950