Local 1199 Records

Collection Number: 5206

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Local 1199 Records, 1938-1972
Collection Number:
5206
Creator:
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU);
RWDSU Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Memorabilia.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, collective agreements, strike materials, grievance reports, arbitration awards and decisions, publications, and memorabilia.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Records of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees document the evolution of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store drugstore local, representing pharmacists and drug clerks in New York City, into an international union of non-professional and professional workers in voluntary and non-profit health institutions, including hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as well as drugstores.
Between 1933 and 1957, 1199 functioned as a drugstore local with its membership growing to 5,000 workers employed in independent and chain drugstores throughout the New York metropolitan area. With its success in organizing workers in Montefiore Hospital in New York City, the union began a massive campaign to organize workers in voluntary and non-profit hospitals in the New York area, a large proportion of whom were black or Hispanic.
In 1973, the national union was established with locals in other states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, South and North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The union combined organizing efforts with civil rights organizations, in an effort to achieve mutual political goals. Throughout the period of these records, the union was led by Leon Davis (president of Local 1199 and of the national union) whose administration guided the union's political and social activities.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

These records contain correspondence, minutes, reports, releases, clippings, publications and agreements relating to all aspects of union activities including grievances, strikes, arbitration cases, organizing, legislative matters, and civil rights. A significant number of members of this union are women.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Adelphi Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
AFL-CIO
AFSCME
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
American Civil Liberties Union
American Labor Party
American Pharmaceutical Association
American Trade Union Council
Americans for Democratic Action
Associated Hospital Service of New York
Beth-El Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America
Citizens' Committee for Equal Rights
Committee for Justice to Hospital Workers
Committee for Racial Assurance
Community Council of Greater New York
Congress of Racial Equality
Consumers League of New York
Cost of Living Council (U.S.)
Distributive Processing and Office Workers of America
East River Urban Renewal Housing Project
Fair Housing Program
Greater New York Hospital Association
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York
Hospital Association of New York State
Hospital Facts Society, Inc.
Industrial Workers of the World
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
International Longshoremen's Association
International Union, United Automobile Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
League of Practical Nurses
League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York
League of Women Voters of New York State
Liberal Party of New York State
Liggett Drug Store
Long Island Federal Labor Council
Long Island Federation of Labor
Manhattanville Urban Renewal Study Committee
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center
Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Medical Workers of the U.S.S.R. Central Committee.
Metropolitan Drugstores Labor Relations Conference
Metropolitan Regional Medical Program. (New York, N.Y.)
Montefiore Hospital Medical Group (New York, N.Y.)
Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
Nassau-Suffolk CIO Council
Nassau-Suffolk Pharmaceutical Society
National Afro-American Labor Council
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Consumers League
National Trade Conference on Public Service Employment
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. District 1199.
National Urban League
New Jersey. Dept. of Labor.
New Jersey Industrial Unions Council
New Jersey State AFL-CIO
New York City CIO Council
New York City Central Labor Council
New York City Employers' Association
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
New York Committee for Trade Union Action and Democracy
New York Fair Trade Bureau
New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Career and Salary.
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Purchasing
New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Welfare.
New York (N.Y.). Housing and Redevelopment Board.
New York (N.Y.). Municipal Labor Committee.
New York Retail Druggists Association
New York (State). Advisory Committee on Pharmacy.
New York (State). Board of Mediation.
New York (State). Dept. of Civil Service. Division of Classification and Compensation.
New York (State). Dept. of Labor.
New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene.
New York (State). Labor Relations Act.
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly.
New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Health, Accident, and Hospital Insurance.
New York (State). Minimum Wage Act.
New York (State). State Board of Pharmacy.
New York (State). State Commission for Human Rights.
New York State AFL-CIO
New York State Labor Relations Board.
New York State Nurses Association
New York Urban League
Pharmaceutical Society of the State of New York
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union (New York, N.Y.)
Samuel Huntington Community Center, Inc.
Service Employees' International Union
Service Employees' International Union. Local 144 (New York, N.Y.)
Singapore National Trades Union Congress
Social Service Employees Union
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
State University of New York. Board of Higher Education.
Transport Workers Union of America
Union for Radical Political Economics
United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America
United Farm Workers
United Federation of Teachers
United Jewish Appeal
United Negro College Fund
United Public Workers of America
United States. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare.
United States. National Labor Relations Board.
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
United States. Wage Stabilization Board.
United Workers' Party of Israel
United Workers' Party of Israel. Central Committee.
University of the State of New York. Division of Professional Licensing Services.
Whelan's Drugs
Abel, I. Walter. 1908-
Abelow, William J.
Abzug, Bella S. 1920-
Abernathy, Ralph. (Ralph David). 1926-
Allen, James E., 1911-
Anderson, Arvid
Beame, Abraham (Abraham David), 1906-
Bettes, Rachel.
Biemiller, Andrew J.
Bragg, Edward
Brennan, Peter J.
Brooks, George W.
Brownstein, Allan
Buckley, James (James Lane), 1923-
Burnell, John
Carlino, Joseph
Catherwood, Martin P. (Martin Paul), 1904-1978.
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-
Cirincione, Paul
Conroe, Irwin A., 1899-
Corbett, Raymond
Corsi, Edward, 1896-1965
Davis, Angela (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Davis, Leon J. (Leon Julius), 1907-
Davis, Ossie
De Sapio, Carmine
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
Dubin, Marshall
Epstein, Harry
Felix, Harold
Fink, Leon, 1948-
Foner, Moe, 1915-
Gallagher, Harold
Glotzer, George
Godoff, Elliott.
Goldberg, Arthur J.
Gotbaum, Victor
Greenberg, Brian
Greenberg, Max
Hanover, Harold C.
Hill, Herbert
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Iushewitz, Morris
Ives, I.M. (Irving M.)
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-
Johnson, Edwin C. (Edwin Carl), 1884-
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kay, Edward
Kevauver, Estes, 1903-1963
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Kheel, Theodore Woodrow
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-
King, Martin Luther
Lefkowitz, Louis J.
Lehman, Herbert Henry, 1878-1963
Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet)
McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-
McKissick, Floyd, 1922-
McLaughlin, Mary
Meany, George, 1894-
Metzger, Norman, 1924-
Miller, Arnold, 1972
Mitchell, Ted
Monserrat, Joseph
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Nunez, Emilio
O'Brien, James
O'Dwyer, Paul, 1907-
Olson, Jesse
Ornati, Oscar A.
Oswald, Rudolph A.
Plotnick, Henry
Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972
Quill, Mike
Randolph, A. Philip, (Asa Philip), 1889-
Ranhand, Samuel
Raskin, A. H. (Abraham Henry), 1911-
Ray, Edward
Refrieger, Anton, 1905-1979
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Richardson, Elliot L. (Elliot Lee), 1920-
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Ryan, William J.
Schrank, Robert
Screvane, Paul Rogers, 1914-
Seitz, Howard A.
Shanker, Albert
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-
Stark, Abraham
Taylor, William
Thaler, Seymour R.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Turner, Doris
Van Arsdale, Harry, 1905-1986
Wagner, Robert F., 1910-
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953
Weicker, Lowell P. (Lowell Palmer), 1931-
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-
Woodcock, Leonard
Young, Andrew J., 1932-

Subjects:
Afro-Americans. Civil rights. United States.
Apprentices. Pharmacists. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Drug trade. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Food industry. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Health facilities. United States
Arbitration, Industrial. Hosiery industry. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Hospitals. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Insurance companies. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Nursing homes. United States.
Arbitration, Industrial. Retail trade. United States.
Boycott. Drug trade. United States.
Boycott. Food industry. United States.
Boycott. Hospitals. United States.
Boycott. Insurance companies. United States.
Boycott. Retail trade. United States.
Checkoff. Drug trade. United States.
Checkoff. Food industry. United States.
Checkoff. Health facilities. United States.
Checkoff. Hospitals. United States.
Checkoff. Insurance companies. United States.
Checkoff. Retail trade. United States.
Collective bargaining. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
Collective bargaining. Drug trade. United States.
Collective bargaining. Drugstores. New York (N.Y.)
Collective bargaining. Drugstores. United States.
Collective bargaining. Food industry. United States.
Collective bargaining. Health facilities. New York (N.Y.)
Collective bargaining. Health facilities. United States.
Collective bargaining. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
Collective bargaining. Hospitals. New York (State)
Collective bargaining. Hospitals. United States.
Collective bargaining. Insurance companies. United States.
Collective bargaining. Nurses. United States.
Collective bargaining. Nursing homes. New York (N.Y.)
Collective bargaining. Nursing homes. New York (State)
Collective bargaining. Nursing homes. United States.
Collective bargaining. Retail trade. United States.
Contracting out. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Drug abuse counseling. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Drug trade. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Drugstores. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Food industry. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Health facilities. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
Employee fringe benefits. Hospitals. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Nursing homes. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Insurance companies. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Retail trade. United States.
Employee fringe benefits. United States.
Employees, Dismissal of. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Grievance procedures. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
Grievance procedures. Drug trade. United States.
Grievance procedures. Drugstores. New York (N.Y.)
Grievance procedures. Drugstores. United States.
Grievance procedures. Food industry. United States.
Grievance procedures. Hospitals. United States.
Grievance procedures. Health facilities. United States.
Grievance procedures. Hospitals. United States.
Grievance procedures. Insurance companies. United States.
Grievance procedures. Nursing homes. United States.
Grievance procedures. Retail trade. United States.
Health planning. Law and legislation. United States.
Hiring halls. Drug trade. United States.
Hiring halls. Drugstores. United States.
Hiring halls. Food industry. United States.
Hiring halls. Health facilities. United States.
Hiring halls. Hospitals. United States.
Hiring Halls. Nursing homes. United States.
Hiring halls. Retail trade. United States.
Hospitals. Staff.
Hours of labor. Drug trade. United States.
Hours of labor. Drugstores. United States.
Hours of labor. Food industry. United States.
Hours of labor. Health facilities. United States.
Hours of labor. Hospitals. United States.
Hours of labor. Insurance companies. United States.
Hours of labor. Nursing. United States.
Hours of labor. Nursing homes. United States.
Hours of labor. Retail trade. United States.
Insurance, Health. Health facility employees. United States.
Insurance, Health. Hospital employees. United States.
Job vacancies. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Kennedy-Griffiths Bill
Labor and laboring classes. United States. Poetry.
Labor and laboring classes. United States. Songs and music.
Labor discipline. Drug trade. United States.
Labor discipline. Drugstores. United States.
Labor discipline. Food industry. United States.
Labor discipline. Health facilities. United States.
Labor discipline. Hospitals. United States.
Labor discipline. Insurance companies. United States.
Labor discipline. Nursing homes. United States.
Labor discipline. Retail trade. United States.
Labor unions. Health facilities. United States.
Layoffs. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Layoffs. Drug trade. United States.
Layoffs. Drugstores. United States.
Layoffs. Health facilities. United States.
Layoffs. Hospitals. United States.
Layoffs. Food industry. United States.
Layoffs. Insurance companies. United States.
Layoffs. Nursing homes. United States.
Layoffs. Retail trade. United States.
Manpower planning. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
Manpower planning. Drug trade. United States.
Medical care. Law and legislation. United States.
Medical personnel.
Medicredit.
Minorities. Housing. United States.
Minorities. Workers education. New York.
Misconduct. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
National health insurance. United States.
Nursing home employees. United States.
Paid nonwork time. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Pensions. Drug trade. United States.
Pensions. Health facilities. United States.
Pensions. Hospitals. United States.
Pensions. Nursing homes. United States.
Pensions. Pharmacies. United States.
Pharmacists. Licenses. New York (State).
Pharmacists. New York (State). Unionization.
Position classification. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Position classification. Drug trade. United States.
Position classification. Drugstores. United States.
Position classification. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
Rank and file participation. Health facility employees. United States.
Retirement. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Seniority, Employee. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Social security. Law and legislation. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Drug trade. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Drugstores. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Food industry. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Health facilities. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
Strikes and lockouts. Hospitals. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Insurance companies. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Nursing homes. New York (N.Y.)
Strikes and lockouts. Nursing homes. New York (State)
Strikes and lockouts. Nursing homes. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Retail trade. United States.
Trade-union dues. Drug trade employees. United States.
Trade-union dues. Hospital employees. United States.
Trade-union dues. Pharmacists. United States.
Trade unions. Biomedical technicians. United States.
Trade-unions. Drug trade employees. United States.
Trade-unions. Drug trade employees. United States. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. Connecticut.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. Massachusetts.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. New Jersey.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. North Carolina.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. Pennsylvania.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. South Carolina.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. United States.
Trade-unions. Health facilities. United States. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Czechoslovakia.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Japan.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Maryland. Baltimore. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. New Jersey. Organizing. 1964.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. New Jersey. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.). Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (State). Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. North Carolina. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Pennsylvania. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Poland.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston. Organizing.
Trade- unions. Hospitals. United States.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. United States. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Hospitals. Washington, D.C. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nurses. New York (State). Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nurses. North Carolina. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nurses. Pennsylvania. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nurses. United States. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nurses. United States.
Trade-unions. Nursing homes. Maryland. Baltimore. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nursing homes. New York (State). Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nursing homes. North Carolina. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nursing homes. Pennsylvania. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Nursing homes. United States.
Trade-unions. Nursing homes. United States. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. Organizing.
Trade-unions. Pharmacists. New York (N.Y.)
Trade-unions. Pharmacists. United States.
Trade- unions. Pharmacists. United States. Organizing.
Trade unions. Social workers. United States.
Trade-unions. United States. Cultural activity.
Trade-unions. United States. Elections of officials.
Trade-unions. United States. Social action.
Trade-unions. United States. Social activity.
Unfair labor practices. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Unfair labor practices. Drug trade. United States.
Unfair labor practices. Drugstores. United States.
Wages. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Wages. Drug trade. United States.
Wages. Drugstores. United States.
Wages. Food industry. United States.
Wages. Health facilities. United States.
Wages. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
Wages. Hospitals. United States.
Wages. Insurance companies. United States.
Wages. Law and legislation. United States.
Wages. Minimum wage. Law and legislation. United States.
Wages. Minimum wage. New York (State)
Wages. Nursing homes. United States.
Wages. Retail trade. United States.
Work assignments. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Work rules. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Work rules. Drugstores. United States.
Work rules. Health facilities. United States.
Work rules. Hospitals. United States.
Work rules. Nursing homes. United States.
Workers' education. Drug trade employees. New York (N.Y.)
Workers' education. Health facility employees. United States.
Workers' education. Hospital employees. New York (N.Y.)
Workers' education. Hospital employees. United States.
Workers' education. Pharmacists. New York (N.Y.)
Workers' education. Pharmacists. United States.
Working conditions. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
Working conditions. Drug trade. United States.
Working conditions. Drugstores. New York (N.Y.)
Working conditions. Drugstores. United States.
Working conditions. Food industry. United States.
Working conditions. Health facilities. United States.
Working conditions. Hospitals. United States.
Working conditions. Insurance companies. United States.
Working conditions. Nursing. United States.
Working conditions. Nursing homes. United States.
Working conditions. Retail trade. United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Memorabilia.


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Local 1199 Records #5206. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
5206-D: Local 1199 Drug Division Records
5206-G: Local 1199 Guild Division Records
5206-PR: Local 1199 President Leon Davis Records
5206-S: Local 1199 Executive Secretary Moe Foner Records
5206-X: Local 1199 Clippings and News Releases
5457: Mark Lillian Collection of Roosevelt Hospital (NYC) vs. Local 1199, 1962 Representational Dispute Documents
5510: Local 1199 Records
5520m: "Building a Union in the Hospitals: the Organization of Local 1199 at Montefoire Hospital, 1948-1958" Manuscript
5525: Local 1199 Additional Files
5651: Local 1199 Additional Records
5768: Sidney Cahn Collection of League of Voluntary Hospitals & Homes of New York vs. Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Union Arbitration Files
5680 OH: Local 1199 Oral History Project
5854: Local 1199 Additional Records
5871: Local 1199 Additional Records
5929: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Records
5929 AV: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Audio-Visual Materials
5929 MB: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Memorabilia
5929 P: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Photographs
5933: Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Union News files
5933 P: Local 1199 Photograph Files
5938: Local 1199 Leon Davis Additional Papers
5945: Local 1199 Additional Records
5948: Local 1199 (Rochester, N.Y.) Records
5984 AV: Local 1199 Additional Videos
5984 AV: Local 1199 Additional Videos
6016: Local 1199 National Benefit and Pension Fund Records
6062: Paul Friedman Collection of National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, Local 1199 Miscellany
6069: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Additional Files
6084 G: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Women of Hope Poster Sets
6140: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project
6140 AV: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Audio Recordings
6140 P: Local 1199 Moe Foner Photographs
6169: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Files
6169 AV: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Audio-Visual Materials
6169 MB: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Memorabilia
6169: Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Files

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