WAUBohanAntoniaK5579.xml Guide to the Antonia Bohan 1995 AFL-CIO Convention Delegate Collection 1995-1996 Bohan (Antonai) 1995 AFL-CIO Convention Delegate Collection Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2011 (Last modified: 4/12/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5579 (Accession No. 5579-001) Bohan, Antonia K Antonia Bohan 1995 AFL-CIO Convention Delegate collection 1995-1996 .39 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversized folder) Collection materials are in English. Printed ephemera, an audiocassette, buttons, and a convention delegate badge, collected by Antonia Bohan while a delegate to the AFL-CIO convention in 1995

Antonia "Toni" Bohan, the retiring Director of the Everett Contract Administration Office of Service Employees International Union, Local 925 Former president of SEIU Local 120, which merged into Local 925 around 2001. She collected this material as a Service Employees International Union delegate to the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention that elected John Sweeney president of the in 1995.

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Printed ephemera, an audiocassette, buttons, and a convention delegate badge, 1995. The material documents the links between locals of the SEIU and their Internatinoal union in campaigning for Sweeney's election at the convention. Delegates played a key role in "whipping" the crowd up, lobbying for Sweeney with other delegates, and building support for Sweeney on the convention floor.

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Source: Toni Bohan, 2010 December 08

Bohan, Antonia K--Archives Service Employees International Union. Local 925 (Seattle, Wash.) AFL-CIO Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Labor History Labor Unions Washington (State) Seattle Politics and Politicians Sound Recordings Artifacts