Civil Service Technical Guild

The Civil Service Technical Guild was organized in 1937 as Council 6 of the Civil Service Forum by three engineers, Henry F. Cunningham, William F. Elliot, and George Ellenoff. Their first activity was a protest in Albany against subcontracting--"farming out," and the Buckley Law (1937) repealed a provision in the new New York City charter which required farming out of large projects. In 1948 the Guild disaffiliated from the Civil Service Forum and was independent until 1951 when it merged with the Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee (GCEOC) of the CIO, and finally with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District 37 after the AFL-CIO merger in 1956. The Guild recruited 2,000 new members after the passage of the Buckley Law and over the years won for its members improved salaries, medical and dental benefits, Social Security and long term disability.

From the description of Records, 1937-2003 (bulk 1970-1999). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 60851753

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