AFSCME Archivist

Read how AFSCME’s half-century-old archives tell the story of our union on the @afscme blog! #LaborHistory #LaborUnions #Archives #WayneState @ReutherLibrary afscme.org/blog/afscmes-h…

Happy Public Service Recognition Week! #PSRW #PSRW2025

Just popping in to say the @ReutherLibrary added some @AFSCME commercials to the YouTube channel - including the basis for the AFSCME Parody: youtu.be/9hCs-fVyUEU?fe…

Black history is @AFSCME history is American #history! #BlackHistoryMonth Just a reminder that you can follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/afscme… #LaborHistory #Archives #LaborArchives #ArchivesChangeLives #ArchivesAreForEveryone

"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

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

What can you do about it? Organize!

"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.

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

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

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

Who's attending the North American Labor History Conference? nalhc.wayne.edu 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!

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 reuther.wayne.edu/node/15342

AFSCME mourns the passing of Bill Lucy, who served as secretary-treasurer of our union for nearly four decades. afscme.org/blog/we-mourn-…

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. afscme.org/press/releases…

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

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

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

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

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