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Finding Aid to the Union WAGE (Women's Alliance To Gain Equality) Records, 1971-1982
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Series I:  Executive Minutes and Correspondence, 1974-1981

Scope and Contents

Union WAGE constitutions 1974-1979; constitutional referendum, 1979; Executive Board minutes, 1972-81; Executive Board correspondence, 1974-1981; Executive Board election results, 1980.
Box-folder 1/2

Constitutions 1974-1979

Box-folder 1/3

Constitutions 1976-1977

Box-folder 1/4

Constitutional Referendum 1979

Box-folder 1/5

Executive Board Minutes 1972-1973

Box-folder 1/6

Executive Board Minutes 1975

Box-folder 1/7

Executive Board Minutes 1976

Box-folder 1/8

Executive Board Minutes 1977

Box-folder 1/9

Executive Board Minutes 1978

Box-folder 2/1

Executive Board Minutes 1979

Box-folder 2/2

Executive Board Minutes 1980

Box-folder 2/3

Executive Board Minutes 1981

Box-folder 2/4

Executive Board Correspondence 1974

Box-folder 2/5

Executive Board Correspondence 1975

Box-folder 2/6

Executive Board Correspondence 1976

Box-folder 2/7

Executive Board Correspondence 1977

Box-folder 2/8

Executive Board Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 2/9

Executive Board Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 2/10

Executive Board Correspondence 1979

Box-folder 3/1

Executive Board Correspondence 1980

Box-folder 3/2

Executive Board Correspondence 1981

Box-folder 3/3

Executive Board Correspondence 1981

Box-folder 3/4

Executive Board Election Results 1980

 

Series II:  Conventions and Conferences, 1976-1981

Scope and Contents

Convention documents, announcements, and ephemera, 1976-1977, 1979, 1981; conference programs and ephemera, 1979-1980.
Box-folder 3/5

Convention 1976

Box-folder 3/6

Convention 1977

Box-folder 3/7

Convention 1979

Box-folder 3/8

Convention 1981

Box-folder 3/9

"Organize" Conference 1975

Box-folder 3/10

"Troublemaker" Conference 1980

 

Series III:  Membership Minutes and General Correspondence, 1971-1980

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous materials from Union WAGE's first year, 1971; general meeting minutes and questionnaire, 1978; attendance sheets, 1971-1975; general meeting minutes, 1974; educational committee correspondence, 1973-1974; general correspondence, 1972-1980.
Box-folder 3/11

Misc. Clippings, Letters, and Flyers 1971

Box-folder 4/1

General Membership Meeting 1974

Box-folder 4/2

General Membership Meeting 1978

Box-folder 4/3

Attendance Sheets 1971-1975

Box-folder 4/4

Educational Committee Correspondence 1973-1974

Box-folder 4/5

General Correspondence 1972

Box-folder 4/6

General Correspondence 1973

Box-folder 4/7

General Correspondence 1973

Box-folder 4/8

General Correspondence 1974

Box-folder 5/1

General Correspondence 1974

Box-folder 5/2

General Correspondence 1975

Box-folder 5/3

General Correspondence 1975

Box-folder 5/4

General Correspondence 1975

Box-folder 5/5

General Correspondence 1975

Box-folder 6/1

General Correspondence 1976

Box-folder 6/2

General Correspondence 1976

Box-folder 6/3

General Correspondence 1976

Box-folder 6/4

General Correspondence 1976

Box-folder 6/5

General Correspondence 1977

Box-folder 6/6

General Correspondence 1977

Box-folder 6/7

General Correspondence 1977

Box-folder 7/1

General Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 7/2

General Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 7/3

General Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 7/4

General Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 7/5

General Correspondence 1978

Box-folder 7/6

General Correspondence 1979

Box-folder 7/7

General Correspondence 1979

Box-folder 8/1

General Correspondence 1980

 

Series IV:  Subject Files, 1974-1982

Scope and Contents

Background materials covering issues of importance to women, arranged in alphabetical order, including information on other feminist groups, the women's movement internationally, legal cases involving the civil rights of workers (Clara Fraser, 1980) and parents (Kamalla Miller, 1980), and ephemera from Union WAGE events.
Box-folder 8/2

Abortion 1979-1982

Box-folder 8/3

ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project 1978

Box-folder 8/4

Affirmative Action in Education 1974, 1980

Box-folder 8/5

Apprenticeship 1975-1976, 1978-1979

Box-folder 8/6

Back Care Article undated

Box-folder 8/7

Battered Women (Incl. Joanne Littlebird) 1979

Box-folder 8/8

Bay Area Defense Committee For Battered Women 1979-1980

Box-folder 8/9

Busing 1979

Box-folder 8/10

Chicana Issues Conference 1980

Box-folder 8/11

Child and Parent Action 1974

Box-folder 8/12

Clerical Workers 1979-1981

Box-folder 8/13

Coalition for Equal Rights 1972-1973

Box-folder 8/14

Coalition of Labor Union Women (C.L.U.W.) undated

Box-folder 8/15

Cornell Tradeunion Women Studies 1973-1974, 1978

Box-folder 8/16

Cuban Periodicals Lawsuit 1981

Box-folder 8/17

Disabled undated

Box-folder 9/1

the Draft/War undated

Box-folder 9/2

El Salvador 1980

Box-folder 9/3

E.E.O.C. Monitoring 1978-1979

Box-folder 9/4

Fair Employment Practice Commission Guidelines 1974-1975

Box-folder 9/5

The Family 1978

Box-folder 9/6

Feminist History Research Project, Venice, Calif. 1973

Box-folder 9/7

Clara Fraser Case (Freedom Socialist Party Leader) 1980

Box-folder 9/8

Health and Safety 1973, 1976-1980

Box-folder 9/9

Health Services 1979-1980

Box-folder 9/10

Infant Mortality 1979

Box-folder 9/11

International Women's Day Curricular Materials 1975

Box-folder 9/12

Jarvis-Gann Initiative 1978

Box-folder 9/13

Leaflets undated

Box-folder 9/14

Legislation 1975, 1979, 1981

Box-folder 9/15

Mental Health 1978

Box-folder 9/16

Microfilming 1973-1976

Box-folder 9/17

Kamalla Miller (child Custody Fight) 1980

Box-folder 10/1

National Commission on Working Women (NCWW) 1978

Box-folder 10/2

Native American Women 1980

Box-folder 10/3

Neighborhood Arts Benefit 1975

Box-folder 10/4

Network for Economic Rights and Legislative Info 1972

Box-folder 10/5

New Ways to Work undated

Box-folder 10/6

9 to 5, and Other New England Groups 1974-1977

Box-folder 10/7

Open Studio Television 1973

Box-folder 10/8

Older Women 1977

Box-folder 10/9

Organized Working Women, Canada 1979

Box-folder 10/10

Parental Leave 1974, 1979

Box-folder 10/11

Pensions 1980

Box-folder 10/12

Pornography 1980

Box-folder 10/13

Pregnancy/disability 1971-1973, 1980-1981

Box-folder 10/14

Prostitution 1980

Box-folder 10/15

Rape Bill 1974-1975, 1979

Box-folder 10/16

Reproductive Rights 1979

Box-folder 10/17

Reproductive Rights National Network 1980-1981

Box-folder 10/18

San Francisco Women's Uni 1974

Box-folder 10/19

Sexual Harassment on the Job 1977-1980

Box-folder 10/20

Sterilization 1980

Box-folder 10/21

Sweden 1977-1979

Box-folder 10/22

Temporary Workers 1974-1975, 1979-1980

Box-folder 11/1

Video Display Terminals and Cathode Ray Tubes 1979-1982

Box-folder 11/2

Violence 1980 & undated

Box-folder 11/3

Vocational Education 1977

Box-folder 11/4

Welfare 1972, 1974

Box-folder 11/5

Women in Blue Collar/Nontraditional Jobs 1975-1976, 1979

Box-folder 11/6

Women in Electronics undated

Box-folder 11/7

Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) 1975-76, 1978, 1980

Box-folder 11/8

Misc. Information on Women Internationally 1979

Box-folder 11/9

Women Office Workers (WOW), New York, N.Y. 1979

Box-folder 11/10

Women Organized for Employment 1973-1974, 1979-1980

Box-folder 11/11

Women and Technology 1981

Box-folder 11/12

Women and Trade Unions in Four European Countries 1977

Box-folder 11/13

Working Women's Center, Australia 1977, 1980

Box-folder 11/14

Working Women, France 1976-1979

Box-folder 11/15

Working Women, Great Britain 1979

Box-folder 11/16

Working Women Organization 1973-1974, 1977-1978

Box-folder 11/17

Working Women's Program Conference, Midwest Acad. 1976

Box-folder 11/18

Working Women - statistics 1976, 1978-1979, 1981

Box-folder 12/1

Working Women Unite, Canada 1980

Box-folder 12/2

World Conference of the UN Decade for Women 1980

 

Series V:  Office Files for Newspaper and Fund Appeals, 1974-1981

Scope and Contents

This series contains newspaper and pamphlet copyrights, 1974-1975, 1981; newspaper correspondence, 1976-1979, 1981; the suppressed issue of the newspaper, 1973; Judith Day cartoons, 1978-1979; office use and upkeep files, job descriptions, and a membership survey, undated; financial reports, 1974-1980; fund appeals and receipts, 1976-1981.
Box-folder 12/3

Newspaper and Pamphlet Copyrights 1974-1975, 1981

Box-folder 12/4

Newspaper Correspondence 1976-1978

Box-folder 12/5

Newspaper Correspondence 1979

Box-folder 12/6

Newspaper-new Pages Press 1981

Box-folder 12/7

Newspaper-suppressed Issue 1973

Box-folder 12/8

Office Use and Upkeep 1979

Box-folder 12/9

Staff Job Descriptions 1979-1980

Box-folder 12/10

Survey undated

Box-folder 12/11

Financial Reports 1974-1980

Box-folder 12/12

Fund Appeal 1976

Box-folder 12/13

Fund Appeal 1977

Box-folder 12/14

Fund Appeal 1978

Box-folder 12/15

Fund Appeal 1979

Box-folder 12/16

Fund Appeal 1980

Box-folder 12/17

Fund Appeal 1981

Box-folder 13/1

Fundraising Receipts undated

 

Series VI:  Publicity, 1971-1982

Scope and Contents

Newsclippings which mention Union WAGE, individual members, or Union WAGE events, 1971-1982.
Box-folder 13/2

Promotion 1977-1978

Box-folder 13/3

Publicity 1971

Box-folder 13/4

Publicity 1972

Box-folder 13/5

Publicity 1973

Box-folder 13/6

Publicity 1974-1976

Box-folder 13/7

Publicity 1977

Box-folder 13/8

Publicity 1978-1979

Box-folder 13/9

Publicity 1980-1982

Box-folder 13/10

Publicity, Misc. undated

Box-folder 13/11

Misc. Reviews of Union Wage Publications, Etc. undated

 

Series VII:  Benefits, 1976-1982

Scope and Contents

Reviews, financial arrangements, publicity, and ephemera of several Union WAGE benefits, 1976-82.
Box-folder 13/12

Mime Troupe Benefit -- "The Independent Female" 1976

Box-folder 13/13

Benefit-"With Babies and Banners" 1978

Box-folder 13/14

Benefit-"With Babies and Banners," Finances 1978

Box-folder 13/15

Benefit-"Working for Your Life" 1979

Box-folder 13/16

Benefit-"Talkin' Union" 1979

Box-folder 13/17

Benefit-"A Portrait of Teresa" 1979-1980

Box-folder 14/1

Benefit-"Silkwood" 1981-1982

Box-folder 14/2

How to Produce an Event undated

Box-folder 14/3

Film/Theater Information 1981

 

Series VIII:  Interchapter Newsletters and Individual Chapters, 1974-1980

Scope and Contents

Interchapter newsletters, 1-10, including original pasteups, 1978; minutes and correspondence with Union WAGE chapters, Arkansas, 1978; Boston, Mass., 1977-1978; East Bay Area, Calif., 1976-1980; Eugene, Ore., 1978-1979; Indiana, 1975, 1977-1980; Los Angeles, Calif., 1978-1979; Mid Peninsula, Calif., 1976-1978; New York, N.Y., 1977-1979; Philadelphia, Penn., 1977-1978; Portland, Ore., 1978; Redding, Calif., 1977; San Francisco, Calif., 1975, 1978-1979; San Jose, Calif., 1974-1975, 1977-1978; Seattle, Wash., 1977-1978.
Box-folder 14/4

Interchapter Newsletters, 1-5, 7-10 1978

Box-folder 14/5

Interchapter Newsletters, 1, 3-10, and Pasteups 1978

Box-folder 14/6

Arkansas 1978

Box-folder 14/7

Boston, Mass. Chapter 1977-1978

Box-folder 14/8

East Bay Area, Calif. Chapter 1976

Box-folder 14/9

East Bay Area, Calif. Chapter 1977

Box-folder 14/10

East Bay Area, Calif. Chapter 1977

Box-folder 14/11

East Bay Area, Calif. Chapter 1978-1980

Box-folder 15/1

Eugene, Ore. Chapter 1978-1979

Box-folder 15/2

Indiana Chapter 1975, 1977-1980

Box-folder 15/3

Los Angeles, Calif. Chapter 1978-1979

Box-folder 15/4

Mid-peninsula, Calif. Chapter 1976-1978

Box-folder 15/5

New York, N.Y. Chapter 1977-1979

Box-folder 15/6

Philadelphia, Penn. Chapter 1977-1978

Box-folder 15/7

Portland, Ore. Chapter 1978

Box-folder 15/8

Redding, Calif. Chapter 1977

Box-folder 15/9

San Francisco, Calif. Chapter 1975

Box-folder 15/10

San Francisco, Calif. Chapter 1978

Box-folder 15/11

San Francisco, Calif. Chapter 1978

Box-folder 16/1

San Francisco, Calif. Chapter 1979

Box-folder 16/2

San Jose, Calif. Chapter 1974-1975, 1977-1978

Box-folder 16/3

Seattle, Wash. Chapter 1977-1978

Box-folder 16/4

Misc. Areas 1977-1978

 

Series IX:  California Industrial Welfare Commission and Protective Legislation, 1971-1981

Scope and Contents

California Industrial Welfare Commission background information and ephemera, 1971, 1973-1976, 1979-1981; an issue of Union WAGE newspaper on IWC orders for the canning industry, 1976; IWC orders regarding the trucking, public housekeeping, and household workers industries, including records from the wage board which Joyce Maupin served on, 1976; Seattle IWC, 1975-1976; minimum wage demonstrations, 1978; IWC leaflet paste-ups, undated; testimony of Union WAGE members before the IWC, 1976; court injunction against IWC orders, 1980; IWC legislative hearings, 1980; Coalition for Workers' Rights ephemera, 1975-1977; Union WAGE amicus brief regarding IWC orders for household workers, 1971-1973; California Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1973.
Box-folder 16/5

Industrial Welfare Commission 1970-1971

Box-folder 16/6

Industrial Welfare Commission 1973

Box-folder 16/7

Industrial Welfare Commission 1974

Box-folder 16/8

Industrial Welfare Commission 1975

Box-folder 17/1

Industrial Welfare Commission 1975

Box-folder 17/2

Industrial Welfare Commission 1976

Box-folder 17/3

Industrial Welfare Commission 1979-1980

Box-folder 17/4

Industrial Welfare Commission 1981

Box-folder 17/5

Canning, Freezing, Preserving (I.W.C. Order 3) 1976

Box-folder 17/6

Public Housekeeping (I.W.C. Order 5) 1976

Box-folder 17/7

Trucking/transportation Industry (I.W.C. Order 9) 1976

Box-folder 17/8

Household Workers (I.W.C.Order 15) 1976

Box-folder 17/9

Seattle Protective Laws 1975-1976

Box-folder 17/10

I.W.C. Minimum Wage Demonstration and Wageboards 1978

Box-folder 17/11

Pamphlet Layout undated

Box-folder 17/12

Testimony Before I.W.C. 1976

Box-folder 17/13

Intervention in I.W.C. Injunction 1980

Box-folder 18/1

I.W.C. Legislative Hearings 1980

Box-folder 18/2

Newspaper Clippings on I.W.C., Minimum Wage 1976

Box-folder 18/3

Coalition for Workers Rights 1975

Box-folder 18/4

Coalition for Workers Rights 1976

Box-folder 18/5

Coalition for Workers Rights Endorsements 1976

Box-folder 18/6

Coalition for Workers Rights, I.W.C. Leaflets 1976

Box-folder 18/7

Coalition for Workers Rights, Misc. Flyers 1977

Box-folder 18/8

Brief-homemakers 1971-1973

Box-folder 18/9

California Occupational Safety and Health Act 1973

 

Series X:  Union WAGE Newspaper, 1971-1982

Scope and Content

A complete set of the Union WAGE newspaper, including the organization's first newsletters.
Collection Contents
Executive Minutes and Correspondence,
Conventions and Conferences,
Membership Minutes and General Correspondence,
Subject Files,
Office Files for Newspaper and Fund Appeals,
Publicity,
Benefits,
Interchapter Newsletters and Individual Chapters,
California Industrial Welfare Commission and Protective Legislation,
Union WAGE Newspaper,
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