Clare M. Sheridan FSU papers, 1975-1983.

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Clare M. Sheridan FSU papers, 1975-1983.

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The papers include position papers, minutes, newsletters, platforms, contracts, memoranda, and other records that provide information about the Faculty Staff Union's early history (including selection of an affilitate and bargaining), anti- union propaganda, ongoing concerns, and committee and other work. There are also a number of files about the librarians section of the union.

4 boxes (7 linear feet)

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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Sheridan, Clare, 1885-1970

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University of Massachusetts at Boston. Faculty Staff Union.

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Clare Sheridan, a College of Public and Community Service librarian at UMass/Boston, was one of the early participants in the drive to unionize UMass/Boston faculty, librarians, and non-supervisory professional staff. The drive began in late 1974, and by mid-1975 the proposed union called itself the Faculty Staff Union. Although the constituents were somewhat different, UMass/ Boston unionizers cooperated with the emerging Massachusetts Society of Professors at the University of Massachusetts at...

University of Massachusetts at Boston. Library

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Faculty governing bodies have played an important role at UMass/ Boston. The power of such elected, representative bodies has ranged from determining curriculum policies to supervising student activities to having a significant impact on the selection of administrators. The early faculty had a great deal of responsibility and authority, which lessened as the university gained an administrative structure and staff. Before the founding of the Student Senate, the governing body of the faculty had v...