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larc.ms.0366
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Title: Claudette Bégin Coalition of University Employees (CUE) collection
Date (inclusive): 1996-2010
Date (bulk): 1996-2007
Creator:
Bégin, Claudette
Extent:
15.4 Cubic Feet
(12 cartons)
Collection number: larc.ms.0366
Accession number: 2010/008 and 2015/014
Repository:
Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: Files created by Claudette Bégin documenting her involvement in organizing the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) at
the University of California (UC), particularly the Berkeley campus. General files cover statewide organizing campaigns, contract
bargaining, conferences and conventions, steering committee and executive board meeting notes, minutes and correspondence,
leadership and grievance procedure training, recognition and union officer elections, and efforts lobbying the California
legislature regarding UC funding, merit pay and employee relations. CUE Local 3 files contain a wide variety of material including
newsletters, correspondence, clippings, flyers, petitions and membership meeting notes and minutes. Events documented include
the 2002 and 2005 strikes. Specific files cover issues such as bonus and merit pay, sexual harassment, reclassifications,
anti-racism, ergonomics, health and safety, pensions, "fair share," layoffs, disability and workers compensation. Also included
are pamphlets, contract booklets, membership surveys, reports, membership lists and petitions. Additional material includes
four VHS tapes, five t-shirts and one poster (2 copies).
Physical Location: Collection stored offsite: advance notice required for use.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.
This collection is open but unprocessed. Some material may contain personal identifiable information until further processing
is completed. Please contact the Director of the Labor Archives and Research Center for more information.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
[Identification of item], Claudette Bégin Coalition of University Employees (CUE) Collection, larc.ms.0366, Labor Archives
and Research Center, San Francisco State University.
AFSCME Local 1695 (Berkeley, Calif.) Records; Elinor Levine AFSCME/Coalition of University Employees (CUE) Collection, larc.ms.0430;
Ina Clausen AFSCME/Coalition of University Employees Collection, larc.ms.0432; Margy Wilkinson AFSCME/Coalition of University
Employees Collection, larc.ms.0431; Coalition of University Employees (CUE) (Berkeley, Calif.) Records, larc-ms-0414
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Original 10 cartons documenting CUE up to 2008 donated on 3/8/10. Additional 2 cartons covering up to 2010 (including transition
to Teamsters) donated on 9/4/15, delivered by John Durham of Bolerium.
Unprocessed; materials reboxed in February 2012. Additions added and transfered to the LRS in 2023.
Arranged as received.
The Coalition of University Employees (CUE) represents clerical employees within the University of California sytem. Formerly
affiliated with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) initially as Local 1695, then rechartered
as Local 3211 in 1983; CUE was founded in 1995.
Files created by Claudette Bégin documenting her involvement in organizing the Coalition of University Employees (CUE) at
the University of California (UC), particularly the Berkeley campus. General files cover statewide organizing campaigns, contract
bargaining, conferences and conventions, steering committee and executive board meeting notes, minutes and correspondence,
leadership and grievance procedure training, recognition and union officer elections, and efforts lobbying the California
legislature regarding UC funding, merit pay and employee relations. CUE Local 3 files contain a wide variety of material including
newsletters, correspondence, clippings, flyers, petitions and membership meeting notes and minutes. Events documented include
the 2002 and 2005 strikes. Specific files cover issues such as bonus and merit pay, sexual harassment, reclassifications,
anti-racism, ergonomics, health and safety, pensions, "fair share," layoffs, disability and workers compensation. Also included
are pamphlets, contract booklets, membership surveys, reports, membership lists and petitions. Additional material includes
four VHS tapes, five t-shirts and one poster (2 copies).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor unions and education
Universities and colleges -- Employees -- Labor unions
Collective bargaining
Wages -- Women.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States.
Racial discrimination.
Industrial safety.