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Finding Aid to the Civil Service Association of San Francisco Records,
1907-1975
larc.ms.0134
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Title: Civil Service Association of San Francisco records
Date (inclusive): 1907-1975
Creator:
Civil Service Association of San Francisco.
Collection number: larc.ms.0134
Accession number: 1991/056
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
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English.
Extent:
5.0 cubic feet
(4 cartons)
Abstract: Consists of bound volumes of minutes, 1906-1929, 1935-1938; minutes of the executive committee, 1914-1918; resolutions; and
scrapbooks of clippings from the
San Francisco Municipal Review.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives & 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 & 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], Civil Service Association of San Francisco Records, 1991/056, Labor Archives & Research Center,
San Francisco State University.
Service Employees International Union, Local 250 (San Francisco, Calif.) Records, larc.ms.0133
The records of the Civil Service Association of San Francisco were donated by SEIU Local 250 to the Labor Archives and Research
Center in June of 1991, in the course of the records survey of Bay Area labor unions carried out by Susan Goldstein; accession
number 1991/056. SEIU Local 250, located at 240 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, also donated records of their own and records
apparently kept formerly by George Hardy. These records are described in a separate guide.
This collection was processed by Thomas Carey in July 1994.
The following is a short history of the Association and how it helped form the present SEIU Local 790.
The Municipal Civil Service Employees Association formed in San Francisco on July 26, 1902. The records of this organization
burned in the Fire of April 18, 1906. In March 1914 the association was reorganized as the San Francisco Municipal Civil Service
Association. This group would later affiliate with the Federation of Municipal Employees and the California Federation of
Civil Service Associations. In 1945 the organization was again renamed: the Civil Service Association of San Francisco. It
was incorporated April 16, 1948. The Association consistently fought for improved health care for city workers, and pushed
the City into accepting salary standardization surveys to bring municipal employee wages to competitive levels.
In early December 1945 the San Francisco Labor Council, the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council, and the
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council adopted a resolution approving the formation of an AFL Departmental Council of San Francisco
city employees. Fred Lorenzetti and Joseph Moreno were named president and vice president, respectively, and Dan Scannell
became secretary-treasurer as well as business agent. Meetings were to be held on the second and fourth Monday of the month.
On March 29, 1946 the San Francisco
Labor Clarion reported the Minutes of the first meeting of the new "AFL Council of San Francisco City Employees," affiliated with the American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). San Francisco City and County Employees, AFSCME Local 747 was
the precursor to this AFL Council.
A year later, there were references to a San Francisco City and County Employees Union Local 503, of the United Public Workers
of America, CIO (otherwise known as State, County and Municipal Workers of America, CIO). Local 503 was referred to as Local
503/400 in 1950, probably reflecting a change in affiliation from CIO to AFL. At this time, John Jeffrey was their business
representative. He seems to have been involved with this union for quite some time. In 1950 Local 503/400 also affiliated
with the California Council of the BSEIU.
Local 400 merged with the Civil Service Association of San Francisco in 1972. In February 1982, United Public Employees Local
400 voted to merge with UPE Local 390 (East Bay). Joint by-laws were approved for the new SEIU United Public Employees Local
790 in February of 1985.
Consists of bound volumes of minutes, 1906-1929, 1935-1938; minutes of the executive committee, 1914-1918; resolutions; and
scrapbooks of clippings from the
San Francisco Municipal Review.
San Francisco Municipal Civil Service Association.
Collective bargaining--Municipal employees--California--San Francisco.