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United Auto Workers District 65, Boston University Local Collection, 1980sFinding AidFinding aid prepared by Ken Fones-Wolf.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
Administrative InformationAcquired from Leslie Lomasson Processed by Ken Fones-Wolf, 1990. Preferred CitationCite as: United Auto Workers District 65, Boston University Local Collection (MS 320). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Historical NoteThe decision of clerical and technical workers at Boston University to organize with District 65 of the UAW was as rooted in the labor movement as it was in the womens movement. By the early 1970s, office workers at B.U. were dissatsified with working conditions that included -- among other grievances -- sexual harassment and a classification system that did not value "women's work." In 1979 after an intense struggle with the administration, B.U. finally recognized the union and signed their first contract. Originally part of the Distributive Workers Union, District 65 had affiliated with the United Auto Workers in 1979, and was instrumental in leading similar efforts to organize white collar workers at Harvard and several other universities. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionPrinted history, District 65, UAW at BU: The First Ten Years (1988), and videotape, Twice as Strong, regarding unionization activities at Boston University Medical Campus. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents |
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