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I maintain AFSCME's historical records at Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library. Now at

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Read how AFSCME’s half-century-old archives tell the story of our union on the @afscme blog! #LaborHistory #LaborUnions #Archives #WayneState
@ReutherLibrary https://t.co/nfemzUs9ve

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Happy Public Service Recognition Week! #PSRW #PSRW2025

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Happy Public Service Recognition Week! #PSRW #PSRW2022 Here's a little history 🧵of public service recognition:

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Just popping in to say the @ReutherLibrary added some @AFSCME commercials to the YouTube channel - including the basis for the AFSCME Parody: https://t.co/GTO0G3SjdB

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Black history is @AFSCME history is American #history! #BlackHistoryMonth

Just a reminder that you can follow me on Bluesky: https://t.co/kaUQW6YPR5
#LaborHistory #Archives #LaborArchives #ArchivesChangeLives #ArchivesAreForEveryone

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"You can't hide from the facts! What will they take next? Don't be apathetic. Fight back!" Organizing flyer from Colorado, circa 1980s @AFSCME18 @AFSCME

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Unleash @AFSCME Power. From @AFSCME93 Northern New England News, 1991.

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What can you do about it? Organize!

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Organizing: a terrible weapon to behold! From the @AFSCME Organizing and Field Services Department records at the @ReutherLibrary #AFSCMEtogether

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"Someone hired by someone appointed by someone YOU elect affects your life and family around the clock!"

Vintage UAW political literature courtesy of @UAW_Archivist.

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Please Vote! Tuesday November (5). Photograph circa 1982. @AFSCME @Oregon_AFSCME @OregonAFLCIO

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AFSCME turns horror story into happy ending! Flyer, @AFSCME @AFSCME8 @LaborArchivists

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Impassioned letter from Local 2545's Paula Harris, founder of the @AFSCME Choir, seeking support. "This choir could go places, I'm going to see that it does...." Dec 26, 1979. The choir's picture appeared in the Feb 1980 issue of Public Employee. @afscmecouncil13 @LaborArchivists

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Who's attending the North American Labor History Conference? https://t.co/aMMZP4WoeV
FYI, if you're planning to do some research in the archives while your'e here, make sure you have an appointment. @waynestate @ReutherLibrary
Can't wait to see everyone!

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The staff of the @ReutherLibrary join in mourning the passing of William Lucy, former @AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer, @CBTU72 co-founder, and important figure in the Civil Rights Movement and American and world-wide labor movements https://t.co/rDCdqkktnk

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AFSCME mourns the passing of Bill Lucy, who served as secretary-treasurer of our union for nearly four decades. https://t.co/b8IMLRkHio

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Bill Lucy was a giant of the labor movement and the civil rights movement. From the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike to his role in ending apartheid, his courageous leadership changed the world. We stand on his shoulders. Rest in power. https://t.co/hdHOZojAGR

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Are these the 2020s or the 1890s? Flyer, 1980s @AFSCME @ocsea

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There's always a reason to remember to attend your union meeting....@AFSCME Local 3042, Corpus Christi flyer, 1978.

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Ok I thought for sure there was some direct inspiration. I’ll just chalk it up to serendipity!

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Can someone explain how Prince Ice Cream Castles relate to *the* @Prince? Because surely they must. Prince Ice Cream Castles advertised in the Journal of State and Local Government Employees, @AFSCME's official magazine, in the 1940s. #Prince #IceCreamCastles

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Bosses come, bosses go but @AFSCME is here to stay! Flyer, AFSCME Council 20.