AFSCME Local 1166 Strike Scrapbook, 1972.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

AFSCME Local 1166 Strike Scrapbook, 1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/720676659

Scrapbook, 1972, of the AFSCME Local 1166 strike at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan when 210 food handlers, lab technicians and maintenance personnel walked out after negotiations between the union and the university failed to come to an agreement on a new contract. Includes newspaper clippings, memos and notes.

0.01 cubic feet; 1 folder.

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8087853

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

AFSCME. Council 7. Local Union 1166

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fz5c2v (corporateBody)

In 1972, 210 Michigan Technological University food handlers, lab technicians and maintenance personnel went on strike for ten days after negotiations between the AFSCME Local 1166 and the university failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. According to the Local 1166 president, the walkout stemmed partially from the fact that two other state colleges were paying the full cost of employees' insurance, while Michigan Technological University did not and that other institutions provided a s...

Michigan Technological University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t83m0 (corporateBody)

A native of Bessemer, Michigan, Margaret Holley Chapman grew up in Lake Linden and graduated from Calumet High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lawrence College in 1932 and went on to attend Michigan College of Mining and Technology, becoming the first female to receive a degree from the college. After receiving a B.S. in General Science in 1933, she also received a B.S. in Chemistry in 1934 and worked on a master's degree in 1934 and 1935. She worked in the Corrosion Lab for ...