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Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 records, 1938-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Office and Professional Employees International Union. Local 8 (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 records
Dates
1938-2010 (inclusive)
Quantity
371.06 cubic feet (367 boxes, 2 packages)
Collection Number
3185
Summary
Organizational records of a local union that represents over 4,000 members in health care, social services, insurance and office settings throughout Washington state
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Local 8 represents clerical and office workers of a wide variety of businesses around Puget Sound. Name of parent body changed from Office Employes International Union to Office and Professional Employees International Union in 1966.

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Content Description

Correspondence, disputes and grievances, negotiations, contract files, election files, case files, organizing files, membership records, financial records, chronological files, legal documents, minutes, reports, convention files, newsletters, subject files, ephemera.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 16 accessions.

  • Accession No. 3185-001, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1938-1974
  • Accession No. 3185-002, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1972-1975
  • Accession No. 3185-003, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1944-1980
  • Accession No. 3185-004, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1978-1981
  • Accession No. 3185-005, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1980-1982
  • Accession No. 3185-006, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1976-1986
  • Accession No. 3185-007, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1979-1987
  • Accession No. 3185-008, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1982-1989
  • Accession No. 3185-009, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1989-1991
  • Accession No. 3185-010, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1992-1994
  • Accession No. 3185-011, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1995-1996
  • Accession No. 3185-012, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1995-1998
  • Accession No. 3185-013, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 Records, 1999-2000
  • Accession No. 3185-014, Office and Professional Employees International union, Local 8 Records, 1995-2004
  • Accession No. 3185-015, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 records, 2005- 2007
  • Accession No. 3185-016, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 8 records, 2008- 2010

Acquisition Information

Received from OPEIU #8, Libby Alejandro and Cindy Shu

Related Materials

The OPEIU Local 8 website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2013. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/3988/*/http://www.opeiu8.org/

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • AFL-CIO. Maritime Trades Department
  • AFL-CIO. Washington State Labor Council
  • Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity
  • Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
  • Office Employees International Union. Local 8 (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union. Local 8 (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
  • Sea-Land Service, Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Washington (State). Marine Employees Commission
  • Washington State Ferry Union Coalition

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
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