United Workers Union-Independent records 1973-1980 1974-1978

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United Workers Union-Independent records 1973-1980 1974-1978

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8.25 cubic feet; 11 boxes

eng,

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6379800

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Records of the Staff Rights Organizing Committee (SROC) and United Workers Union-Independent (UWU-I). SROC mobilized University of Washington staff to fight a discriminatory job reclassification that resulted in the first strike at the University of Washington in 1973. After the strike, members of the organizing committee formed their own union, United Workers Union-Independent. The union raised issues about the effects of racism and sexism on salaries that later became the concept ...

Staff Rights Organizing Committee (University of Washington)

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