Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council: Tom Turner Records
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Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council: Tom Turner Collection Papers, 1920-1984 (Predominantly, 1968-1984) 124 linear feet 1 oversize folder Accession #53 DALNET # OCLC # Tom Turner served as president of the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council from 1969, when the Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb County AFL-CIO Councils merged, until 1986. Prior to his election as president, Turner worked in the United Steelworkers of America Local 1299 as a steward in the Checking Department. He worked his way through the administrative ranks with the USWA and was appointed to the staff of District 29 in 1964. The following year Turner went to work for the Wayne County AFL-CIO as the administrative assistant to President Al Barbour. In 1967 he won election to the organization's vice presidency. The Wayne County AFL-CIO Council's Executive Board elected him president in 1968. The Executive Board of the Metro Detroit Council approved his election overwhelmingly at the merger convention in 1969. Turner was active in the civil rights movement, serving as president of the Detroit NAACP from 1968 until 1970. He sat on the national board of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and on several committees of New Detroit, Inc. He also served on the board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and on the National Council for Health Planning and Development. Other organizations in which he has been involved include the United Foundation's Labor Participation Committee, the Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Trade Union Leadership Council, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and the Oakland-Livingston Human Services Agency. He has been a staunch advocate of youth programs like the Boy Scouts and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Detroit. This addition to the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO Council Collection consists primarily, though not exclusively, of correspondence, reports, minutes, and clippings relating to the administration of President Tom Turner and to his career as a labor and civic leader. It also documents the work of the Council and its affiliated locals, including their political and community service activities, both prior to and during Mr. Turner’s tenure as president. PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically within each series in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading. Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 2 - Important subjects in the collection: A. Philip Randolph Institute Affirmative action programs--Michigan AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education AFL-CIO merger Afro-American civic leaders--Michigan Afro-American labor leaders--Michigan AFSCME (metro Detroit locals) AFT (metro Detroit locals) American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Building trades--Segregation Civil rights movements--Michigan--Detroit Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Community development, Urban--Michigan Comprehensive Health Planning Council Detroit Economic Growth Corporation Detroit Federation of Labor Detroit Plan Discrimination in employment--Michigan--Detroit Histadrut Hospitals--Michigan--Detroit Human Resources Development Institute J. P. Stevens Co. boycott Labor and laboring classes--Education Labor Day parades Labor movement--Michigan Medical care--Michigan--Detroit Michigan Democratic Party Michigan State AFL-CIO NAACP (National & Detroit Branch) Occupational training--Michigan--Detroit Office & Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Race relations--Michigan--Detroit School integration--Michigan--Detroit SEIU (metro Detroit locals) South East Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) Teamsters (metro Detroit locals) Trade Union Leadership Council Trade-unions--Political activity Unemployment--Michigan--Detroit United Food & Commercial Workers United Foundation United Minorities/Women Leadership Training Project United Steelworkers District 29 Wayne County AFL Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 3 - Wayne County (Mich.)--Politics and government Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 4 - Important correspondents in the collection: Al Barbour James Blanchard Jerome P. Cavanagh John Conyers, Jr. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. John Dingell Philip Hart Benjamin Hooks Russell Leach Frank X. Martel William Milliken Henry J. Mueller Mike Novak William Oliver Mel Ravitz Donald Riegle George Romney G. Mennen Willaims John Williams Coleman Young Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 5 - Contents 124 storage boxes 1 oversize folder Series I, Subject Files, 1920-1984, Boxes 1-114 Series II, Executive Board and Delegate Body Minutes and Constitutional Conventions, 1920-1984, Boxes 115-124, p. 138 Non-manuscript material A large number of constitutions, by-laws, contracts, books, newspapers and constitutional convention proceedings received with this collection have been transferred to the Archives Library, and numerous photographs and items of memorabilia have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection. Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 6 - Series I Subject Files, 1920-1984 Boxes 1-114 Box-folder Folder heading 30-48 AASER (Amalgamated Assn. of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America), 1950s 6-23 AASER # 1265; administrative corr., 1947-58 6-24 AASER # 1303; administrative corr., 1952-57 6-26 AASER # 1376; administrative corr., 1956 7-25 thru 27 AASER—Div. # 26; administrative corr., 1921-58 7-28 AASER—Div. # 26; arbitration, rules; administrative corr., 1946, 1938 45-8 Abortion, 1970 18-11 Abortion, 1970 92-35 Abraham, Joseph; letter to Turner, 1984 91-94 ACLU; surveillance, 1983 78-52 ACTWU (Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union), 1979 83-38 ACTWU, 1981 51-3 ACTWU; Goldstein to Firestone, 1980 97-11 ACTWU; J. P. Stevens boycott, 1980 51-41 ACTWU; Turner to Young, Coleman, 1980 104-68 ACWA; Farah strike, 1972-74 102-20 ACWA; mass demonstration in front of Hudson's, 1976 57-2 Administrative Law commission, Mich.; testimony, 1977 30-54 Administrative leave forms, 1977-78 53-27 Admiral Optical Co., 1971 83-41 Admirals Club, 1981 101-79 Advance Glove Mfg. Co., 1980 15-15 Advertising; Walker and Co., 1957-58 8-36 Aero Club of Mich., 1948-50 99-75 Afbony Models Agency; minority training, 1973-74 71-33 Affiliated locals, 1970s 114-31 Affiliated locals, 1971 30-53 Affiliated locals, 1972 23-2 Affiliated locals, 1973 87-55 Affiliated locals, 1978 104-36 Affiliated locals, 1980 83-42 Affiliated locals, 1981 33-26 Affiliated locals; AFL-CIO, 1977 88-11 Affiliated locals and non-affiliated locals, 1973-74 102-34 Affiliated locals; changes in official list, 1981-83 66-13 Affiliated locals; Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb councils, 1972 21-13 Affiliated unions; national body, 1969 110-98 Affiliated unions' national conventions, 1979 80-65 Affiliation certificate; blank form, 1979 Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 7 - Box-folder Folder heading 10-42 Affiliation invitations, 1945-58 92-83 Affirmative action; article re: New Detroit, 1982-83 109-111 "Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, and Public Policy;" WSU seminar, 1984 98-73 Affirmative action; corr. from Oliver, William H., 1979 52-68 Affirmative action; Dalton, Dalton, Little and Newport, 1977 64-24 Affirmative action; Dow Chemical, 1973 96-17 Affirmative action in Bureau of Employment Relations; Mich. State AFL- CIO, 1982 82-31 Affirmative action in the construction industry; Detroit Plan, Inc., 1976-78 69-20 Affirmative action mtg of NAACP.; Kirkland, Lane remarks to, 1978 99-13 Affirmative action - NAACP; Kirkland, Lane, 1978 47-86 Affirmative action; Northeast Inter-faith Center for Racial Justice, 1979 83-24 Affirmative action; Oakland Co. Road Commission employees, 1981 64-38 Affirmative action; Wayne Co., 1972 103-71 Affirmative action; Wayne Co. Road Commission, 1972 22-32 AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), 1950s 30-28 AFGE, 1950s 75-44 AFGE, 1983 8-19 AFGE # 46; administrative corr., 1933-56 5-83 AFGE # 176; administrative corr., 1930s-50s 19-18 AFGE # 176; administrative corr., 1971-72 5-84 AFGE # 722; administrative corr., 1950-57 9-52 AFGE # 849; administrative corr., 1945 94-5 AFGE # 933, 1982 100-49 AFGE # 933, 1982 8-20 AFGE # 946; administrative corr., 1953-57 8-21 AFGE # 962; administrative corr., 1947-53 8-22 AFGE # 1538; administrative corr., 1953-54 97-41 AFGE # 1658, 1970 6-1 AFGE # 1658; administrative corr., 1957-58 47-63 AFGE # 1658; Carter Reform Act, 1978 97-42 AFGE # 1658; recount for Hunt, Barbara; Treasurer, 1979 114-29 AFGE # 1658: U. S. Army Tank Automotive Command; objections to proposed move to Det., 1976 100-50 AFGE # 3916, 1983 97-33 thru 39 AFGE; Army Tank Automotive Command, 1970-76 97-50 AFGE; Army Tank Automotive Command, 1973 68-56 AFGE; U. S. Army-Tank Automotive Command, 1970 92-38 Afghanistan; Soviet occupation; U. S. State Dept.; letter to Turner, 1984 10-28 AFL and CIO merger, 1955-56 30-27 AFL; clippings, 1950s 8-44 AFL; conv., 1951 Metro Detroit AFL-CIO: Tom Turner - 8 - Box-folder Folder heading 9-15 thru 19 AFL; conventions, 1945-49 8-37 thru 43 AFL; corr., 1951 30-55 AFL-CIO, 1978 75-31 AFL-CIO; 100th birthday, 1981 107-9 AFL-CIO Area conf.; welcome to Turner, 1982 52-88 AFL-CIO; auxilliaries, 1972 77-52 AFL-CIO; CETA cuts, 1981 107-57 AFL-CIO; communications received, 1982 92-18 AFL-CIO; communications received, 1983 91-106 AFL-CIO; communications received, 1983 100-45 AFL-CIO; communications to central bodies received, 1982-83 46-14 AFL-CIO; communications with Metro Det. council, 1979 21-2 AFL-CIO; communications with state and central bodies, 1968, 1973 77-8 AFL-CIO;