WaSMAR6003_01.xml Seattle Personnel Department Labor Relations Subject Files Guide to the Seattle Personnel Department Labor Relations Subject Files Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla Seattle Municipal Archives 2023
PO Box 94728 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 Seattle 98124-4728 archives@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-20. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Seattle Municipal Archives Labor Relations Subject Files Seattle (Wash.). Personnel Dept. 6003-01 8 cubic feet 1968-2003 Subject files for the Personnel Department's Labor Relations unit English .

The Personnel Department was created in 1979. It administers the employee selection system, labor relations and negotiations, benefit programs, and the classification/compensation plan. The Department also manages employee records, implements affirmative action, and coordinates other personnel related programs. The City Charter of 1896 created the Civil Service system and established the Civil Service Commission and Civil Service Department to administer the system. The reorganization in 1979 abolished the Civil Service Department, replacing it with the Personnel Department, and established the Civil Service Commission as a separate City agency. In 1997, the Personnel Department was incorporated as a division within the Executive Services Department. In 2001, a departmental reorganization reestablished Personnel as a separate and independent department.

The Personnel Department's Labor Relations Unit negotiates and implements collective bargaining agreements and administers the City's Personnel Rules. From 1969 until the Personnel Department was created in 1979, the labor relations function was part of the Executive Department's Personnel Unit. Subject files for the Labor Relations Unit date primarily from the 1970s and 1980s and reflect policy development, committee work and interaction with departments across the City with respect to union policies and represented employees. The records are primarily those of Everett Rosmith, Bill Hauskins and Lizanne Lyons. There is information regarding a Quality of Worklife Project in the 1980s, the development of a smoking policy from 1985 to 1988, and the Seattle City Light Productivity Improvement Program in the early 1990s, among other topics.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Labor Relations Subject Files, Record Series 6003-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

 Seattle (Wash.) Labor Unions--Washington (State)--Seattle Smoking law and legislation--Washington (State)--Seattle Employees--Washington (State)--Seattle Annual reports 1983-1991 1 1 Benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Seattle City Light 1988-1990 1 2 Benefits - Sick Leave - Historical Data 1945-1976 1 3 Benefits - Sick Leave 1982-1984 1 4 Benefits - Vacation Ordinance 1981 1 5 Benefits - Vacation Ordinance 1982-1984 1 6 Communication Enhancements 1997-1998 1 7 Benefits - Long Term Disability (LTD) - LEOFF 1981 2 1 Benefits - Long Term Disability (LTD) - LEOFF 1982 2 2 Benefits - Long Term Disability (LTD) - LEOFF 1983-1988 2 3 Benefits - Medical Eligibility 1989 2 4 Cities Action Clinic 1996-1997 2 5 Cities Action Clinic - Ft Lauderdale FL Nov 17-19 1996 2 6 Cities Action Clinic, Cincinnati Ohio July 19-21 1997 2 7 Civilianization of Work 1992-1996 2 8 Coalition of Union - Bargaining 1996 2 9 Coalition for City Unions - Master Agreement and Negotiations 1997 3 1 Coalition of City Unions - Contract Rollover 1998 3 2 Compensation - Department of Construction and Inspections (DCLU) Elevator Inspections - Non Represented 1990 3 3 Departmental Labor Contract - Requests and Expirations 1977 3 4 Departmental Correspondence - Seattle City Light 1972 3 5 Departmental Correspondence - Civil Service Commission 1970-1972 3 6 Departmental Correspondence - Department of Community Development 1972 3 7 Departmental Correspondence - Engineering 1971-1972 3 8 Departmental Correspondence - Fire Department 1971-1972 3 9 Departmental Correspondence - General Services 1972 3 10 Departmental Correspondence - Health Department 1972 3 11 Departmental Correspondence - Human Resources 1972 3 12 Departmental Correspondence - Legislative Department - Jeannette Williams 1972 3 13 Departmental Correspondence - Mayor 1982-1989 4 1 Departmental Correspondence - Mayor 1979-1981 4 2 Departmental Correspondence - Municipal Court 1969-1972 4 3 Departmental Correspondence - Municipal Court 1978-1989 4 4 Departmentnal Correspondence - Office of Intergovernmental Relations 1980 4 5 Departmental Correspondence - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 1970-1972 4 6 Departmental Correspondence - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 1978-1982 4 7 Departmental Correspondence - Office for Women's Rights 1981-1987 4 8 Departmental Correspondence - Parks 1971-1972 4 9 Departmental Correspondence - Parks 1978-1989 4 10 Departmental Correspondence - Seattle Police Department 1968-1972 4 11 Departmental Correspondence - Police 1978-1989 4 12 City Council - Budget Retreat 1994 5 1 Departmental Correspondence - Seattle Center 1970-1972 5 2 Departmental Correspondence - Seattle Center 1981-1989 5 3 Departmental Correspondence - Treasurer 1981 5 4 Departmental Correspondence - Water Department 1976-1989 5 5 Emergency Relief Crews - Yakima (Mt St Helens) 1980 5 6 Employee Involvement Committee 1995-1996 5 7 Employee Involvement Committee - SPU 2003 5 8 Health Care Committee 2003 5 9 Human Resources / Personnel Representatives Memos 1993-1996 5 10 Human Resources - Citywide Quarterly Meeting 1995-1997 6 1 Human Resources Managers / Representatives Policy Unit - Quarterly Meeting 1994 6 2 Industrial Insurance - Payment for Medical Appointment 1978 6 3 Labor Management Committee on Managed Competition 1996 6 4 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Agreements 1996-1997 6 5 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Agreements 1998-1999 6 6 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Correspondence 1997-1999 6 7 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Correspondence (January - March) 1998 6 8 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Correspondence (April-June) 1998 6 9 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Contracting Out 1996-1997 6 10 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Employee Involvement Committee 1995-1999 6 11 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Heavy Construction Equipment Issues 1997 7 1 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Labor Management Partnership 1994-2000 7 2 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Subcommittee - Volunteers 1999 7 3 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Star Program Issues 1999 7 4 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Compensation Issues 1999 7 5 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Temporary Employee Usage 1998 7 6 Labor Management Leadership Committee - Seattle Jobs Initiative 1998 7 7 Labor Relations Advisory Group 1997 7 8 Labor Policy Committee - Retreat 1991 7 9 Mayor's Cabinet Retreat 1996 7 10 Labor Relations Forum 1988-1991 7 11 Labor Relations Forum 1992-1994 7 12 Labor Relations Forum 1995 7 13 Labor Relations Forum 1996 7 14 Labor Relations and Law Department Meetings 1990 7 15 Labor Relations and Law Department Meetings 1991-1994 7 16 Labor Relations and Law Department Meetings 1995-1996 7 17 Leave - Sick Leave / Legislative Analysis 1977 8 1 Leave - Sick Leave 1985-1987 8 2 Long Range Financial Outlook - Labor Relations Parameters 1991-1993 8 3 Mayor - Executive Cabinet Quarterly Briefings 1996 8 4 Mayor - Weekly Report 1997 8 5 Mayor - Weekly Office meetings and Council Business meetings 1996 8 6 Mayor's Cabinet Briefing July 21 - Labor Enviroment 1994 8 7 Labor Environment and Organizational Change 1994 8 8 Negotiations - Core Strategies 1998 8 9 Negotiations - Departmental Input 1989 8 10 Negotiations - Retirement 1997-1998 9 1 Negotiations - Pensions 1998 9 2 Negotiations - Retirement 1997-1998 9 3 Personnel Rules 1996-1997 9 4 Policies and Procedures 1993-1994 9 5 Quality of Worklife Project - Meetings 1984-1985 10 1 Quality of Worklife Project - Quality Circles 1982 10 2 Quality of Worklife Project - Notes 1984-1985 10 3 Quality of Worklife Project - Meetings 1984-1985 10 4 Quality of Worklife Project - Parks Department 1985 10 5 Quality of Worklife Project 1985 10 6 Reorganization - Department of Community Development (DCD)/ Dept. of Human Resources (DHR), Dept of Neighborhoods 1990-1991 10 7 Reorganitzation - Engineering Personnel Unit 1992 10 8 Reorganization - Municipal Court - Seattle Police Dept - Warrants to SPD 1990 11 1 Reorganization - Municipal Court to SPD / Law / SPD Warrant Office 1991 11 2 Reorganization - Municipal Court Warrant Servers to SPD 1991-1992 11 3 Reorganization - SPD Court Unit to Law - Caseflow Management Study 1990 11 4 Reorganization - SPD Court Unit to Law - Caseflow Management Study 1991 11 5 Reorganization - Personnel Dept 1992-1993 11 6 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program - Local 17 1989 11 7 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program - (PIP (1) 1990 12 1 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) (2) 1990 12 2 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) (3) 1990 12 3 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) - 4 1990 12 4 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) - 5 1990 12 5 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) - 6 1990 13 1 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) 1991 13 2 Seattle City Light - Productivity Improvement Program (PIP) 1992 13 3 Seattle-King County Health Dept. - General (including reorganization) 1980-1988 13 4 Seattle-King County Health Dept. - General (including reorganization) 1989 13 5 Seattle-King County Health Dept. - General (including reorganization) 1990 13 6 Policy - Smoking 1981-1984 14 1 Policy - Smoking 1985 14 2 Policy - Smoking - Committee members and legislation 1985 14 3 Policy - Smoking Policy Committee - Consultant 1985 14 4 Policy - Smoking - Employee Survey 1985 14 5 Policy - Smoking - Cessation classes 1985 14 6 Policy - Smoking Policy Development Committee 1985 14 7 Policy - Smoking Policy Development Committee Meetings 1985 14 8 Policy - Smoking - Employee Meetings 1985 14 9 Policy - Smoking Policy Development Committee Final Report 1985 14 10 Policy - Smoking Policy Proposed Changes 1985 14 11 Policy - Smoking Policy Meetings 1986 14 12 Policy - Smoking Policy - Union Correspondence and Notes 1985-1986 14 13 Policy - Smoking 1986 15 1 Policy - Smoking 1987 15 2 Policy - Smoking - Injunction 1987 15 3 Smoking - Policy - Other Public Employer Cases 1987 15 4 Policy - Smoking 1988 15 5 Policy - Smoking 1989 15 6 Policy - Smoking 1989-1990 15 7 Policy - Smoking - Ordinance and Amendments 1986-1988 16 1 Policy - Smoking - Union Complaint 1988 16 2 Policy - Smoking - Union Complaint 1988 16 3 Special Programms - Solid Waste / Garbage Collection 1982 16 4 Special Programs - Solid Waste Collection Services 1987-1988 16 5 Special Programs - Summer Youth Employment Program 1980-1989 16 6 Task Force on Service Delivery Efficiencies 1995-1997 17 1 Training - Labor Relations Training for Shop Stewards and Supervisors 1987 17 2 Training - Labor Relations Traiing for Shop Stewards and Supervisors 1984 17 3 Training - Labor Relatinos Training for Shop Stewards annd Supervisors 1985-1986 17 4 Training 1994 17 5 Transit Negotiations - Background 1970-1972 17 6 Transit Negotiations 1971 18 1 Transit Negotiations - Amalgamated Transit Union Div 587 - MOAs 1971-1972 18 2 Transit Negotiations - Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 1972 18 3 Transit Negotiations - Amalgamated Transit Union Div 587 1972-1973 18 4 Transit Negotiations 1970 18 5 Transit Negotiations - Local 77 1971-1972 18 6 Transit 1973 19 1 US Wage Stabilization Program - Pay Board 1972 19 2 US Wage Stabilization Program - Pay Board 1973 19 3 US Wage Stabilization Program - Pay Board - Cost of Living Council 1972-1973 19 4 US Wage Stabilization Program - Pay Board - Cost of Living Council Phases 2 and 3 1972-1973 19 5 US Wage Stabilization - Wage Freeze 1972 19 6 US Wage Stabilization - Council on Wage and Price Stability 1978-1979 19 7 US Wages / Price Voluntary Guidelines 1978-1981 19 8 Union Security 1975-1989 19 9 Volunteers - Parks Dept 1981-1982 19 10 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans 1968-1975 20 1 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans 1974-1977 20 2 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans - Board of Public Works (BPW) and OMB 1975-1978 20 3 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans - Parks to Women's Rights 1975-1978 20 4 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans 1980-1985 20 5 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans - DAS to Human Resources 1983 20 6 Work Stoppage Contingency Plans - Intergovernmental Relations to Women's Rights 1983 20 7