Peter Eckstein Papers 19 linear feet (19 SB) 1967-1995, bulk 1972-1986 Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Finding aid written by William Dawson on May 14, 2013. Accession Number: LP001997 Creator: Peter Eckstein Acquisition: Acquired by the Reuther in 1997; accessioned by the Reuther in 2008. Language: Material entirely in English. Access: Collection is open for research. Use: Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials. Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor. Notes: Citation style: Peter Eckstein Papers, Box #, Folder #, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University” Related Material: Sam Fishman Papers, Douglas A. Fraser Papers, Irving Bluestone Papers, UAW President’s Office: Owen Bieber Records, Coleman Young Papers, UAW Community Action Program (CAP) Department Records, Mel Ravitz Papers part I & II. PLEASE NOTE: Folders in this collection are not necessarily arranged in any particular order. The box folder listing provides an inventory based on their original order. Subjects may be dispersed throughout the collection. Abstract Peter Eckstein has been involved with labor unions in the state of Michigan since the 1960s. Eckstein served as the research director for Michigan UAW-CAP; executive director of the Governor’s Commission on Jobs and Economic Development, where he drafted several important pieces of worker’s compensation legislation; and finally as research director of the Michigan AFL-CIO. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Economics and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. Mr. Eckstein also taught economics at several universities and worked on the political campaigns of Carl Levin, Jennifer Granholm and Howard Wolpe. Eckstein retired in 1999 but is still active in various political causes in Michigan. The material in this collection documents Eckstein’s time serving on different government committees, such as those relating to unemployment and worker’s compensation legislation. There is also some material related to his time working for UAW-CAP and on local, state, and national elections. Some of the folder headings were created by Eckstein and contain abbreviations such as WC for worker’s compensation, UC for unemployment commission or VC for venture capital. These abbreviations have been spelled out in full in the finding aid. Important Subjects: Democratic Party (Mich.) Democratic Party (U.S.) UAW Worker’s compensation AFL-CIO Unemployment Northeast-Midwest Institute (U.S.) Economics Michigan History Detroit (Mich.) Political campaigns Important Names: Fishman, Sam Fraser, Douglas A. (Douglas Andrew), 1916-2008 Bluestone, Irving Bieber, Owen Blanchard, James J., 1942- Milliken, William G., 1922- Reagan, Ronald Wolpe, Howards Levin, Carl, 1934- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Engler, John, 1948- Young, Coleman A. 2 Arrangement Folders are listed by their location within each box. They are not necessarily arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entire collection. Box 1 1. Entrepreneurship; training and reports, 1985 2. Detroit Apparel Center Proposal, 1970s 3. Wine Industry artiCles and notes, 1980s 4. Student Entrepreneurs Article, 1984 5. Services to business task force, 1984 6. Professional Infrastructure notes, 1984 7. Proposed ISR study, 1985 8. Entrepreneurship: Karl Vesper, 1980s 9. Jean M. Koval, Michigan Labor Assistant article; 1983 10. MiChigan health teChnology taskforce; Michigan Health Agencies, 1984 11. High technology—promoting, 1983 12. Management styles—differences between U.S. and Japanese, 1984 13. Entrepreneurial Commission, 1985 14. Entrepreneurial Commission—Entrepreneurial education task force, 1985 15. Entrepreneurial Commission—Research and Technology, 1985 16. Regional defense contracts, 1977 17. Coal severance taX, 1981 18. Federal funding for state/city aid, 1978 19. Humphrey Hawkins full employment, 1978 20. National unemployment reports and figures, 1978 21. Fiscal and governmental policy, 1978 22. Chrysler self insurance, 1981 23. Legislative concerns, 1981 24. MERRA, 1982 25. Fiscal policy council, Oct. 13, 1981 26. Board of Michigan Businessmen and Detroit Conference of Small Business, May 3, 1981 27. Speaking and meetings engagements, 1981 28. MiChigan tax analysis council, 1981 29. Response letters for 1980 30. TaXes, 1981 31. Balanced budget amendment, 1982 32. MiChigan citizens lobby board issues, 1982 33. Clippings on issues, 1982 34. Auto layoff data, 1982 35. Election returns, 1982 36. Economic forecasts for 1982 37. High technology policy: notes, reports, 1984 38. High technology task force, 1984 3 Box 2 1. Urban reports in Detroit, 1970s 2. Employment—Supply and demand for labor, 1983 3. Education programs, 1985 4. Michigan Human Investment Project, 1985 5. Northduft II, 1986 6. At risk work force, 1986 7. Shift-Share, 1985 work 8. Michigan Economy, 1985 9. MiChigan TeChnology Council—New Directions, 1986 10. MiChigan TeChnology Council—Biomedical Subcommittee, 1985 11. Michigan Economic Action Council Report, 1979 12-13. Michigan Technology Council Materials, 1985-86 14. Computer integrated manufacturing, Michigan technology council, 1986 15. Jobs program—1982 Gubernatorial Election 16. Tax costs to the Great Lakes, Timothy Hunt, 1984 17. Taxes: articles and reports, 1983 18. Worker’s Compensation, 1983-84 19. University of Michigan Business School, 1984 20. Strategy paper/book on regional economics, 1984 21. Pool of innovations paper, 1984 22. Problems with Ross report, 1984 23. Ideas for book on state growth, 1985 24. Local economic development efforts, 1980s 25. Product cycle theory reports, 1984 26. Disagglomeration articles, 1980s 27. Creative adversity, 1960s 28. Economic base concept, 1985 29. Targeting economic base, 1984 30. Targeting processes on economics, 1983 31. Jobs program: idea sheets, 1980s 32. Public goods issue, 1984 33. Strategy ideas for industries, 1983 34. Wolpe: Education program, 1994 35. Unemployment Commission- Economic alliance of MI correspondences, 1983 36. Talks and Slides: economic development in MI, 1993 37. Michigan technology council members, 1986 Box 3 1. Clippings and articles, 1980s 2. Economic model review panel, 1983 3. Industrial policies, 1980s 4. Treyz-Remi car model and notes, 1980 5. National economic trends, 1984 6. Defense procurement, 1980s 7. Wage differentials, 1984 4 8. Job projections to 1995 9. Federal deficit, 1989 work 10. National commission on industrial innovation 11. Economic crisis and political response, 1981 12. Stepp speech, April 4, 1981 13. Committees and legislation, 1981 14-15. Correspondences on politics, 1981 16. Correspondences on budgets 17. Correspondences on Government bills 18. Correspondences on pensions 19. Economic reports, 1980s 20. Budgets and economic crisis, 1981 21. Utility rates, 1981 22. Budget stabilization reports, 1976 23. Urban; current issues, 1978 24. Southern migration, 1977 25. Federal aid to cities, 1976 26. Regional welfare reform article, 1977 27. Regional 1976 testimony by Eckstein 28. Urban development roundtable, 1977 29. Worker’s comp costing exercises, 1980 30. Worker’s comp inflation protection, 1979 31. Worker’s comp maximums, 1979 32. Worker’s comp cost data, 1979 33. Worker’s comp tort horror stories, 1979 34. 1979 proposed drafts for workman’s comp, both side 35. Worker’s comp computer program, 1980 36. Worker’s comp Plawecki proposals, 1980 37. Worker’s comp benefit standard, 1979 38. Inflation in energy, 1980 39. News clippings national economy, 1981-82 40. Jobs impact: national committee for full employment, 1981-83 41. Forecasting future auto employment, 1990 42. UAW and AFL-CIO Reports, 1983 43. 1984 Macro-forecasts 44. National Development Council, 1984 Box 4 1. Human needs report, William Milliken, 1982 2. Resolutions follow through, 1983 3. Detroit economic club, Nov. 15, 1982 4. Campaign ideas, 1982 5. Bluestone requests, 1979 6. Howard young current requests, 1979 7. Legislative Coordinating Committee, 1979-80 8. UAW Social justice award, 1980 5 9. Correspondence, 1979 10. Committee on potential education (COPE) 11. Nixon school proposals, 1972 12. Newspaper coverage comments, 1971 13. National trends, school finance, 1972 14. Education and tax reform information, 1972 15. Democratic plans, 1973 16. Circuit breaker reports, 1970s 17. Spencer plan, 1972 18. Optional local taxes, 1970s 19. Local control provisions, 1970s 20. Milliken amendment, 1971 21. Costs of categories, 1972 22. Amendment GG, 1974 23. Agricultural taxation, 1971 24. Individual property tax, 1971 25. Journals and brochures, 1983 26. Mondale budget, 1980s 27. Form simplification clipping, 1983 28. Allied groups, 1970s 29. Butcher decision, 1972 30. Worker’s compensation, December, 1980 31. Campaign finance reform, 1983 32. Worker’s comp task forCe and taxes, 1979 33. Gar Alperovitz correspondence, 1977 34. Notes and materials on jobs and economics, 1980s 35. Staff salaries and inflation, 1979 36. State share of federal dollars, 1980 37. Compensatory education, 1974 38. Governor’s proposal, 1975-76 39. Human Investment Program, 1985 40. Clippings, 1978 41. Economic development log, 1983 42. Plant rescue, 1983 43. Press releases