District 65, UAW at BU: The First Ten Years

mums320 United Auto Workers District 65, Boston University Local Collection, 1980s Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Ken Fones-Wolf. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric S. Cartier. 2003-05-29 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu152 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst United Auto Workers District 65, Boston University Local Collection, 1980s Finding Aid Manuscript Number 320 Compiled by Ken Fones-Wolf 1990 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview United Auto Workers. District 65 United Auto Workers District 65, Boston University Local Collection1980s MS 320 1 folder Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst The 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. The collection includes a printed history and videotape documenting unionization activities at Boston University's Medical Campus. English. Historical Note

The 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.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Printed history, District 65, UAW at BU: The First Ten Years (1988), and videotape, Twice as Strong, regarding unionization activities at Boston University Medical Campus.

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Cite 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.

Acquired from Leslie Lomasson

Processed by Ken Fones-Wolf, 1990.

For more on District 65, see John P. Hoerr, We can't eat prestige : the women who organized Harvard Call no.: Du Bois Library LD2120 .H64 1997.

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