University of Cincinnati Chapter - 925 Union
The 925 Union is a workers union covering office staff and other similarly classed employees. The materials within the University Archives is varied and contains meeting minutes, correspondence, contract negotiation materials, and other such items. It also includes posters, promotional ephemera, publications, and audio/visual materials. It is a rich resource for the study of the history of the organization's UC chapter.
Box 1:
- Laurie Metcalf on Sexual Harassment 5 copies
- Meeting Minutes 1976-1990
- Correspondences 1972-1998
- Articles, Fliers, and Newsletters 1982-1994
- A Strange and Fierce Delight: The Early Days of Women’s Mystery Fiction
- Union Industries Show 1990
- Union is Better Bargain Than Legislation by Joshua L. Schwarz The Enquirer 1990
- U.C’s Steger: “A Lee Iacocca-type Guy” by Jane Prendergast Enquirer 1990
- Worker’s Compensation Fact Sheet
- Bottom Line v.8 n.21 1987
- Building the Local Union
- Voice v.1 n.1 1976
- Group Protests ‘Peeping Tom’ The News Record 1982
- UC Office Workers Approve Contract Post 89
- Arbitration Investigation Form
- Videotape- “9 to 5” Sexual Harassment PSA “Quiz, “9 to 5” Sexual Harassment PSA “Jackie”
- Audiotape- Annual NWSA Convention
- Two Posters
- Buttons and Stickers
- Forum: Women Studies Quarterly 1982-1984
- Profile 1967
- New England Sees It Through by Gladys Hasty Carroll 1969
- Chrysalis No. 3
- 1982 Cincinnati Women-Artists Calendar
- Stitches, Whistles, Bells and Wires: An Oral History of Cincinnati’s Working Women, 1904-1981
- Belles Lettres v.10 No.2 1995
- Woman’s Place is Everywhere U.C
- Agreement Between University of Cincinnati and District 925/SEIU October 1, 1989 to June 30, 1992
- Elizabeth Nourse: A Sketch 1992
- Legacy v.1 no.1 Spring 1984
- Nancy Ford Cones 1981
- University of Cincinnati Master Plan 1991
- 925 Newsletter 1984,1990
Box 2:
- 925 Negotiating Team
- Wage Information 1980s
- Benefits and Wages 1980s
- SEIU Steward
- Agreements, Articles, Definition of Department, Constitution/By-laws, and Proposals 1988-89
- Fliers and Correspondence 1989
- District 925 Annual Meeting 1991, 925 News 1991, and District 925-SEIU 1989
- Penny Smith-Cinti
- 925 Buddy Network
- 9 to 5 Benefits and Privileges
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Job Problem Hotline
- Healthcare 1991
- Membership Information and Envelopes
- Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, and Newsletters 1990-1991
- Misc.
- Bibliographic Citations of Novels, Anthologies/Short Fiction, Plays, Poetry
- “She Even Chewed Tobacco” A Pictorial Narrative of Passing Women in America The San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project 1989
- Dual Identity and Lesbian Autonomy: The Beginning of Separate Organizing Among Women
- Companionate Marriage and the Lesbian Threat by Christina Simmons
- The Female World of Love and Rituals by Carroll Smith-Rosenberg
- From Sexual Inversion to Homosexuality: Medicine and the Changing Conceptualization of Female Deviance
- Notes
- Group Discussions
- Women’s Studies 645: The Lesbian Experience Spring 1991 Film Schedule
- Meeting Minutes 1991
- Women’s Studies Periodicals: A Listing of Current Subscriptions 1985
- Women’s Studies Periodicals: A Listing of Historical Titles, Ceases Publications and Microform Collections 1985
- Who’s She? Locating Bibliographic and Autobiographical Works By and About Women 1985
- Women in Music: A CCM Library Guide to Locating Materials By and About Women 1986
- Women and the Law: Guide to Legal Research and an Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works in the Marx Law Library by Elizabeth Wood
- Bibliographic Citations
- 925 Annual Meeting 1991
- Lesbian Experience
- Red University of Cincinnati Folder
- Center for Women’s Studies Faculty Retreat 1990
- Questioning Homosexuality
- Not for Lesbians Only by Charlotte Bunch
- Women’s Studies Governance Structure
- Correspondence From: Hilda L. Smith To: Women’s Studies Faculty Re: Curriculum Development Activities, 1990-1991
- Correspondence From: Nominating Committee To: Women Studies Faculty Re: Faculty Elections 1990
- Raymond Walters College Women’s Studies Brochure 1990
- Yellow Legal Pad with Notes, SOHIO, Reclassification Clinic
- Penny/Correspondence 1991
- E Board
- Joyce/Sept. Sched
- Centerline v.3 no.1 1990, Introduction to DataEase, Surveys, 925 Newsletters 1990, and On the Job
- Purple Legal Note Pads
- Contract Information Committee
- Contract Enforcement
- 925
- 925 News 1994, 9 to 5 Office Worker Survival Guide, Membership Information, Notes, Scavenger Hunt, and Sterne City Bulletin 1991
- Decide Your Future
- NA/NA Staff Association
- NANASA
- Sarah Orne Jewett’s ‘Dear Old House and Home’ by Marie Donahue
- 925
- 925- Brochure and Envelopes, Correspondences 1984 From: Henry Winkler To: Campus Community, From: William C Lodge To: Colleagues, From Joseph A. Steger To: Ms. Deborah Schneider 1991
- Pay Campaign Comm
- Legal Note Pads
- U.C Chapter-District 925
- This Week v.15 i. 32 1990s, and Budget ‘Surplus’ Evaporates on Close Analysis
- PASWI
- 3/5 925 E Board
- Penny Smith Data Support
- Miscellaneous
- Miscellaneous
- C.E. 10/18 Meeting
- 2/21/91 CEC Meeting
- Miscellaneous
- E-Board, Training, and Parking Information 1990
Series 1—Periodicals and Newsletters
Series 2—Correspondence
Series 3—Schedules, Agendas, and Minutes
Series 4—Proposals, Agreements, and Contract Violation Materials
Series 5—District 925 Constitutional and Governmental Documents
Series 6—District 925, Primary Documents
Series 7—Subject Files
Series 8—Miscellany
Series 9—Books
Series 10—Directories
Series 11—Ephemera
INVENTORY
Box 1:
- Clippings from local newspapers, primarily the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post
- AAUP News: The University of Cincinnati Chapter
- Personnel Points
- Update (“for Leaders and Activists in SEIU’s Office Worker Division”)
- Update, District 925
- Action Alert, District 925
- District 925 News, also known as District 925 Newsletter
- Miscellaneous newsletters
- Photocopied articles from local newspapers, primarily the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post
- Photocopied articles from miscellaneous publications
- Correspondence from Mary Cervantes
- Correspondence to Mary Cervantes
- Correspondence from Donna L. Ferneding
- Correspondence from Kathleen Gubser
- Correspondence from William C. Lodge
- Correspondence from Karen Nussbaum
- Correspondence to Karen Nussbaum
- Correspondence from Jill Parris
- Correspondence from Deborah Schneider
- Correspondence to Deborah Schneider
- Correspondence from Penelope Smith
- Correspondence from Joseph Steger
- Correspondence to Joseph Steger
- Correspondence from Rosemary Weaver
- Correspondence to Rosemary Weaver
- Miscellaneous correspondence on District 925 stationery
- Miscellaneous correspondence on University of Cincinnati stationery
- Miscellaneous correspondence
- District 925 Contract Enforcement Committee meetings
- District 925 Coordinating Council meetings
- District 925 Executive Board meetings
- District 925 membership/general public meetings and events
- District 925, miscellaneous meetings
- The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) meetings and events
- Miscellaneous meetings and events
- District 925 Contract Enforcement Committee minutes
- District 925 Coordinating Council minutes
- District 925 Executive Board minutes
- District 925, miscellaneous minutes
- University of Cincinnati Labor Coalition (UCLC) minutes
- Organized labor proposals to the University of Cincinnati
- University of Cincinnati proposals to organized labor
- Agreements and contracts between organized labor and the University of Cincinnati
- Materials relating to contract violations and grievances
- Correspondence from Deborah Schneider and Penelope Smith with regard to possible contract violations
- District 925 constitution and bylaws
- District 925 internal proposals
- District 925 resolutions
Box 2:
- “1991 Chapter Goals: District 925 Service Employees International Union”
- District 925 election announcements and election miscellany
- District 925 election flyers
- District 925 ballots
- District 925 membership applications
- District 925, assorted forms and applications
- District 925 surveys
- District 925 petitions
- District 925 and organized labor reports
- District 925 press releases and drafts of speeches delivered by members
- District 925 budgets and financial records
- District 925 building lists and rosters of various committees
- Handwritten lists of individuals identified by room number
- Receipts and order forms
- Statistics and figures useful for bargaining
- Songs and chants
- Awards and certificates for various members of District 925
- “Second Decade: District 925 Leadership Development Program” (3 copies)
- Miscellany related to District 925
- How-to manuals for organized labor
- Union/labor materials
- Union/labor-related flyers and informational handouts
- Labor law materials
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU) materials
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP) materials
- Data-entry materials
- Workplace discipline materials
- Health and safety materials
- Sick-leave materials
- Insurance/healthcare coverage materials
- Video display terminal (VDT) materials
- General health and safety issues materials
- Women’s/gender issues materials
- Sex-based wage discrimination materials
- Work and family issues materials
- University of Cincinnati Advisory Council to the President on Women’s Issues materials
- Reproductive rights materials
- Women’s issues flyers and announcements
- “Cincinnati Women’s History Tour”
- Women’s/gender issues, miscellaneous materials
- Race/affirmative action materials
- Handwritten materials
- Miscellany
- Two computer printouts of various statistics, possibly concerning responses to an unspecified survey
Box 3:
- 9 to 5: The Working Woman’s Guide to Office Survival, by Ellen Cassedy and Karen Nussbaum: 1983
- Women & Men: The Consequences of Power: A Collection of New Essays, edited by Dana V. Hiller and Robin Ann Sheets: 1977
- Garland for a City, by BY Williams, Annette Patton Cornell, and Caroline Williams, signed by the authors: 1946
- Labor’s Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais, a photocopy of the cover and pages 298-309: undated
- Elizabeth Nourse, 1859-1938: A Salon Career, by Mary Alice Heekin Burke, with a contribution by Lois Marie Fink: 1983
- The Ladies, God Bless ‘Em: The Women’s Art Movement in Cincinnati in the Nineteenth Century, published by the Cincinnati Art Museum: 1976
- Women in Cincinnati: Century of Achievement, 1870-1970, vol. II., edited by Dottie I. Lewis and Robin Lippleman: undated, but probably 1984 or 1985
- Lighting the Way...: The Woman’s Club of Cincinnati, 1915-1965, by Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh: 1986
- The Golden Age: Cincinnati Painters of the Nineenth Century Represented in the Cincinnati Art Museum, published by the Cincinnati Art Museum: 1979
- The AIDS Book: Information for Workers, published by the Service Employees International Union: 1988
- “Business as Usual”: Stories from the 9to5 Job Survival Hotline, published by 9to5, National Association of Working Women: 1991
- Clerical Bargaining: Contract Clauses, published by the Service Employees International Union: 1986
- Analysis of Financial Statements of University of Cincinnati: Academic Years 1985-1989, by Richard E. Weber: 1990
- University of Cincinnati 1985-1986 Telephone Directory
- University of Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Directory: 1986-1987
- University of Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Directory: 1987-1988
- University of Cincinnati Faculty/Staff Directory: 1989-1990
- University of Cincinnati Faculty and Staff Directory: 1991-1992
- Assorted pamphlets and handouts
- University of Cincinnati Center for Women’s Studies stationery
- Two black folders, reading “WE MAKE UC WORK”
- Very large sheets of white paper, folded up, with handwritten notes and diagrams possibly used during a lecture or presentation
- Three blue posters, reading “Whatever It Takes!,” for District 925
- Three posters; one blue, one pink, and one purple; reading “Competence, Creativity, Concern”; for District 925
- Beige poster, reading “Expressions,” for an event at the New Central Library of the University of Cincinnati during the period of 3/16/??-4/21/??
- White poster, reading “Proud to be an office worker/ Proud to be union,” for the Service Employees International Union for National Office Workers Week 1990
- Two black posters, reading “WE MAKE UC WORK,” for District 925
- Blue poster, reading, “PROUD TO BE OFFIC WORKS/ PROUD TO BE UNION,” for the Service Employees International Union for National Office Workers Week 1988
Box 4:
- Series 11, continued—Ephemera
- Blue coffee mug, reading “VOTE YES!,” for District 925
- Two blue pencils, reading “PROUD TO BE AN OFFICE WORKER/ PROUD TO BE UNION,” for District 925
- Tablet of white stationery, reading “SEIU STEWARD”
- Assorted business cards
- Stickers for District 925 and the Service Employees International Union
- Black-and-white photograph, 4”x6”, of individuals carrying District 925 banners down a sidewalk, labeled “Klosterman Strike/ Baker’s Union/ August 3, 1994”
- Eleven buttons, all relating to organized labor
Material not in containers
- Series 11, continued—Ephemera
- Blue poster, reading “OFFICE WORKER,” fastened by a pink button reading “SECRETARIES WEEK SEIU”
- White poster, reading “FAIRNESS DOCTRINE”