Local 1199 (Rochester, N.Y.) Records

Collection Number: 5948

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Local 1199 (Rochester, N.Y.) Records, 1973-1995

Collection Number:

5948

Creator:

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWSDU);
RWSDU Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union

Quantity:

3.2 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Records (documents).

Repository:

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

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

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.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union (New York, N.Y.)

Service Employees International Union. District 1199 (Rochester, N.Y.)

Subjects:

Health facilities--Employees--Labor unions--New York (State)--Rochester.

Hospitals--Staff--Labor unions--New York (State)--Rochester.

Form and Genre Terms:

Records (documents)

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Restrictions on Use:

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Cite As:

Local 1199 (Rochester, N.Y.) Records #5948. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
5995: Retail, Wholesale, And Department Store Union. Local 1199 Drug And Hospital Employees Union (New York, N.Y.) Rochester, N.Y.. Additional Records
5206: Local 1199 Records

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
Box 1	Folder 1	Buttons and Bumper stickers
		1199, SEIU, AFL-CIO
Box 1	Folder 2	Calendars, Rochester 1199	1993
Box 1	Folder 3	Calendars, Rochester Labor	1984
Box 1	Folder 4	Center of Concern Newsletters	1982-1986
Box 1	Folder 5	Coalition of Labor Union Women-American Family Celebration Local Action Kit	1988
		5/14/1988
Box 1	Folder 6	Collective Bargaining and Health Care - SEIU Research Department	1980-1981
Box 1	Folder 7	Day Care Issues-Monroe County Day Care Consortium	1983-1985
Box 1	Folder 8	Merger Agreement between SEIU and NUHHCE and Health Care Davison By-Laws
Box 1	Folder 9	Muehlenkamp, Robert Slide Presentation at Cornell Organizers Forum	1991
		10/25/1991
Box 1	Folder 10	National Benefit Fund for Hospital and Health Care Employees Financial Reports	1984-1990
Box 1	Folder 11	Report to National Union Executive Board	1978
		10/28/1978
Box 1	Folder 12	National Pension/Benefit Funds for Hospital and Health Care Employees 1978	1978
Box 1	Folder 13	National Union Financial Reports-Exec Board Meeting	1978
Box 1	Folder 14	National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees -Second Convention Financial Reports	1975
		12/10-13/75
Box 1	Folder 15	Third Convention Financial Reports	1977
Box 1	Folder 16	Third Convention Wage Standards and Organizational Activities Report	1977
Box 1	Folder 17	Fourth Convention Officers Report	1979
		12/5/1979
Box 1	Folder 18	Fourth Convention Financial Reports	1979
Box 1	Folder 19	Fourth Convention Wage Standards and Organizational Activities Report
Box 1	Folder 20	Fifth Convention	1981
Box 1	Folder 21	Seventh Convention	1987
		12/9-12/87
Box 1	Folder 22	Officers Report to the National Union Convention	1979
		12/5/1979
Box 1	Folder 23	New England Health Care Employees	1987-1989
Box 1	Folder 24	New England Health Care Employees Welfare Fund	1987
Box 1	Folder 25	Occupational Disease in NYS-Proposal for a Statewide Network of Occupational Disease Diagnosis and Prevention Centers	1986
		12/9/1986
Box 1	Folder 26	Occupational Health Matters	1986
		v.1:no.1 (1986:Spring)
Box 1	Folder 27	Popper, Bruce	1989-1992
Box 1	Folder 28	Rochester Area Labor and Religion Conference	1981-1983
Box 1	Folder 29	Rivera, Dennis Profile 12/10/90 from The New Yorker	1990
Box 2	Folder 1	Adams Drug Co/1199 New England Division	1981-1987
Box 2	Folder 2	Anthony L. Jordan Health Center/1199	1979-1992
Box 2	Folder 3	Association of Voluntary Homes/1199	1989-1992
Box 2	Folder 4	Beth Israel Medical Center/Registered Nurses of 1199	1980-1995
Box 2	Folder 5	Brookdale Hospital Medical Center/Registered Nurses Division of 1199	1978-1980
Box 2	Folder 6	Builders Exchange of Rochester/Carpenters Local 85	1986-1989
Box 2	Folder 7	Continuing Developmental Services/1199	1988-1992
Box 2	Folder 8	Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital/General Service Employees Union	1991
		12/31/1991
Box 2	Folder 9	Davenport Osteopathic Hospital/NUHHCE	1979-1982
Box 2	Folder 10	DeGraff Memorial Hospital/CWA	1987-1990
Box 2	Folder 11	Empire State and Long Island Pharmaceutical Societies/1199
Box 2	Folder 12	GMC Rochester Division/UAW 1097	1979
Box 2	Folder 13	Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound/Group Health Registered Nurses/ 1199	1983-1985
Box 2	Folder 14	Hurley Medical Center/Registered Nurses Organization	1980-1982
Box 2	Folder 15	Johns Hopkins Hospital/1199E	1978-1980
Box 2	Folder 16	Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Office and Professional employees International Union Local 30	1984-1987
Box 2	Folder 17	Lakeshore Nursing Home/1199	1977-1985
Box 2	Folder 18	League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York/1199	1974-1982
Box 2	Folder 19	Madison General Hospital/1199W	1984-1986
Box 2	Folder 20	Monroe, County of/CSEA	1986-1988
Box 2	Folder 21	Mount Clemens General Hospital/1199M	1982-1984
Box 2	Folder 22	National Benefit Fund for Hospital and Health Care Employees/New England Health Care Employees Welfare Fund	1987
Box 2	Folder 23	New York, State of/CSEA Institutional Services Unit	1985-1988
Box 2	Folder 24	Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 30-Standard Union Office Agreement	1984-1987
Box 2	Folder 25	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine/1199	1979-1981
Box 2	Folder 26	Psychiatric Institute of Washington DC/CWA	1987
Box 2	Folder 27	Regional Transit Service/ Amalgamated Transit Union local 282	1979
Box 2	Folder 28	Rochester City School District/BENTE/AFSCME 2419	1984-1990
Box 2	Folder 29	Rochester Labor Council Constitution and By-Laws	1983
Box 2	Folder 30	Rochester Labor Council-Directories of Local Unions	1990-1993
Box 2	Folder 31	Rochester Telephone Corp./CWA	1978
Box 2	Folder 32	St. Claire's Hospital/1199	1989-1990
Box 2	Folder 33	San Francisco, City and County of/SEIU locals 250, 535 & 790	1987-1989
Box 2	Folder 34	Schlegel Corp. Rochester Division/ACTWU	1978-1981
Box 2	Folder 35	SEIU Constitution and By-Laws	1988
Box 2	Folder 36	Southeastern Michigan Chapter American Red Cross/1199M	1981-1984
Box 2	Folder 37	Strong Memorial Hospital/1199	1974-1992
Box 2	Folder 38	University of Rochester/1199	1975-1992
Box 2	Folder 39	Volunteers of America Adult Care Facility/ 1199	1986-1988
Box 2	Folder 40	Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island/1199	1976-1979
Box 2	Folder 41	Xerox Corp/ACWA local 14A	1974-1977
Box 3	Folder 1	1199 Financial Report	1978
Box 3	Folder 2	1199 national union contracts/Office Procedure Manual	1983-1986
Box 3	Folder 3	1199 Newsletters	1985-1986
Box 3	Folder 4	1199 News	1989
		June 1989.
Box 3	Folder 5	1199	1987
Box 3	Folder 6	1199 Constitution	1973-1987
		Includes amended versions
Box 3	Folder 7	1199E bylaws
Box 3	Folder 8	1199 Newspaper Clippings	1989-1992
Box 3	Folder 9	New England Health Care Employees of 1199 bylaws	1979
Box 3	Folder 10	1199 Rochester Newspaper Clips	1992
Box 3	Folder 11	1199 Publicity
Box 3	Folder 12	1199 Wage Standards and Organizational Activities Reports	1979
		12/79.
Box 3	Folder 13	Report to 1199 Executive Council	1978
		11/6/1978
Box 3	Folder 14	SEIU/1199 National Leadership Conference	1981
		6/5/1981
Box 3	Folder 15	SEIU Resources Catalog, Film and Video Catalog	1988
Box 3	Folder 16	Service Employees Union Magazine	1991-1992
Box 3	Folder 17	SEIU Settlements Report	1989
		First half of 1989
Box 3	Folder 18	Fiscal Year 1990 Federal Budget: Impact on SEIU Members	1989
Box 3	Folder 19	The Hidden Story of Taxpayer Subsidies for Low Wage Employer's Public Policy Department, SEIU	1988
Box 3	Folder 20	"Employer Paid health Insurance is Disappearing" SEIU Public Policy Department	1989
Box 3	Folder 21	Service Employees	1986
		v.45/46 (1986)
Box 3	Folder 22	SEIU COPE	1989
Box 3	Folder 23	SEIU Legislative Action Packet 101st Congress	1989
Box 3	Folder 24	Resolutions Committee Submissions	1979
Box 3	Folder 25	SEIU Health and Welfare/National Pension Funds	1988
Box 3	Folder 26	The Safety Link Vol. 3 No. 2 April 1992	1992
		v.3:no.2 (1992:Apr.)
Box 3	Folder 27	SEIU	1989-1990
Box 3	Folder 28	1992 SEIU Convention	1992
Box 3	Folder 29	University of Rochester NYSDH Planning Grant-First Report	1988
		1/29/1988
Box 3	Folder 30	Second Report	1988
		4/29/1988
Box 3	Folder 31	Final Report	1988
		6/30/1988
Box 3	Folder 32	Update	1990-1992
		1990-92 Issues
Box 3	Folder 33	Unlabeled materials
Box 4		Images of Labor -- incl. Malcolm X & A Philip Randolph
Box 5		Bread and Roses

Contents

Local 1199 (Rochester, N.Y.) Records

Collection Number: 5948

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