Albertz, Hubert Local 32E Archives (SEIU), 1948-2009
Collection Number: 6072
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Hubert Albertz Local 32E Archives (SEIU), 1948-2009
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6072
Abstract:
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, indictments, interviews and financial
records (chiefly on 1 microfilm reel) documenting Albertz's fight to be reinstated
in Local 32E and the history of corruption in the BSEIU, both within Local 32E and
the International.
Creator:
Albertz, Hubert
Service Employees International Union
SEIU Local 32E
Quanitities:
0.5 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Custodian and member of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU)
Local 32E. New York City custodian Hubert Albertz defied BSEIU union leadership by
publicly protesting a dues increase. He wassubsequently fired from his job and removed
from his Local in the Bronx. He spent over 30 years documenting and publicizing corruption
in the BSEIU and fighting for reinstatement in Local 32E.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, indictments, interviews and financial
records (chiefly on 1 microfilm reel) documenting Albertz's fight to be reinstated
in Local 32E and the history of corruption in the BSEIU, both within Local 32E and
the International. Individual union figures documented include Local 32E presidents
Sam "Firpo" Abrams, Thomas F. "Tommy" Lewis, and Henry F. Chartier and BSEIU presidents
George Scalise and David Sullivan. The collection also includes an unpublished manuscript
by George Albertz entitled "Local 32E : BSEIU in the Bronx : a chronicle of corruption."
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Hubert Albertz Local 32E Archives (SEIU) #6072. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Abrams, Sam.
Albertz, George (George H.).
Albertz, Hubert, b. 1902.
Chartier, Henry F.
Lewis, Thomas F.
Scalise, George.
Sullivan, David, 1904-
Building Service Employees' International Union--Corrupt practices.
Building Service Employees' International Union. Local 32E (Bronx, N.Y.)--Corrupt
practices.
Subjects:
Trade-unions--New York (State)--New York--Corrupt practices.
Racketeering--New York (State)--New York.
Janitors--New York (State)--New York.
Trade- unions--Building-service employees--New York (State)--New York.
Building-service employees--New York (State)--New York.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
The Building Service Story
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1948 | |
| Box 1 |
Luciano-Costello-Genovese Crime Family
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| Box 1 |
Hubert Albertz & Bronx SEIU Local 32E
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1966-1985 | |
| Box 1 |
Restricted
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2007 | |
| Box 1 |
Material from FBI Files, Annotated Albertz Microfilm Stems
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1951-2009 | |
| Box 1 |
Labor Racketeer George A Scalise
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