Local 1199 Oral History Project
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Scope and Contents
Interviews with union leaders, delegates, and members include Ernestine Bowen, Thelma Bowles, Grace Glassberg, Nellie Morris, Mildren Reeves, Mary Riley, Betty Rosoff, Doris Turner, Kay Tillow, Sarah Goldstein, Diane Bianculli, Hilda Joquin, Ida Cameron, and other women and men.
Consists of one hundred and fifty hours (eighty-three transcriptions) of interviews relating to the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees.
These interviews were begun in 1975 as a pilot study funded by the union and initially focused on the development of work-related conflict and union organization in Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York. The investigators, Brian Greenberg and Leon Fink, later extended their analysis of Montefiore to cover the major events that occurred in the development of 1199 through 1973. The respondents in this collection of interviews include officers and staff of 1199; rank and file membership; delegates and organizers; individuals involved with the Charleston, South Carolina hospital strike (1969); administrators of various New York City hospitals; and prominent labor, civil rights and health care industry figures.
Dates
- 1975-2008
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
Between 1933 and 1957, 1199 functioned as a drugstore local with its membership growing to 5,000 workers employed in independent and chain drugstores throughout the New York metropolitan area. With its success in organizing workers in Montefiore Hospital in New York City, the union began a massive campaign to organize workers in voluntary and non-profit hospitals in the New York area, a large proportion of whom were black or Hispanic. In 1973, the national union was established with locals in other states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, South and North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. The union combined organizing efforts with civil rights organizations, in an effort to achieve mutual political goals. Throughout the period discussed in these interviews, the union was led by Leon Davis (president, Local 1199 and the National Union) whose administration guided the union's political and social activities. The unedited oral history interviews of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees discuss the evolution of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union drugstore local, representing pharmacists and drug clerks in New York City (known as Local 1199 and District 1199) into an international union of non-professional and professional workers in voluntary and non-profit health institutions, including hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as well as drugstores.
Extent
57.39 cubic feet
Abstract
The unedited oral history interviews of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees discuss the evolution of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union drugstore local (known as Local 1199 and District 1199), representing pharmacists and drug clerks in New York City, into an international union of professional and non-professional workers in voluntary and non-profit health institutions, including hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as well as drug stores.
Quantity:
55.2 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Oral histories (document genres).
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, July 16, 2012
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, March 25, 2019
- Absenteeism. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Afro-American. Civil rights. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Afro-Americans. Civil rights. United States.
- Afro-Americans. South Carolina. Charleston. Politics and suffrage.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Arbitration, Industrial. Hospitals. New York (State).
- Arbitration, Industrial. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Hospitals. United States.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Law and legislation. United States.
- Arbitration, Industrial. Municipal employees. New York (State)
- Black Panther Party
- Charleston (S.C.). Race Relations.
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. Law and legislation. New York (State)
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. Law and legislation. United States.
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. New York (State)
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. Pennsylvania.
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Collective bargaining. Hospitals. United States.
- Collective bargaining. Law and legislation. New York (State)
- Collective bargaining. Law and legislation. United States.
- Collective labor agreements. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Congress of Racial Equality
- Employee attitudes. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Employee attitudes. Hospitals. United States.
- Employee fringe benefits. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Employees, Dismissal of. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Employees, Dismissal of. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Employees, Training of. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Employees, Training of. Hospitals. United States.
- Grievance procedures. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Grievance procedures. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Hospital employees. New York (N.Y.). Political activity.
- Hospital employees. Unionization. New York (State).
- Hospital employees. United States. Unionization.
- Hospitals. Industrial relations. New York (N.Y.)
- Hospitals. Industrial relations. United States.
- Hospitals. Personnel management. New York (N.Y.)
- Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston. Personnel management.
- Hours of labor. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Hours of labor. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Hours of labor. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Insurance, Disability. Hospital employees. New York (N.Y.)
- Job descriptions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Job descriptions. Nurses. New York (N.Y.)
- Job satisfaction. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Job security. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
- Labor and laboring classes. Education. New York (State)
- Labor discipline. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Labor disputes. Hospitals. United States.
- Labor productivity. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Labor turnover. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Labor turnover. Hospitals. United States.
- Labor violence. New York (N.Y.)
- Labor-management cooperation. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Layoffs. Drug trade. United States.
- Layoffs. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Mediation and conciliation, Industrial. Hospitals. New York (State)
- Misconduct. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Mondale, Walter F., 1928-
- Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, N.Y.)
- National Urban League
- National health insurance. United States.
- New York (N.Y.). Race relations.
- Nurses. In-service training. New York (N.Y.)
- Nurses. Salaries, pensions, etc. New York (N.Y.)
- Occupations and race. Drugstores. New York (N.Y.)
- Occupations and race. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Occupations and race. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Open and closed shop. Hospitals. United States.
- Pensions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Position classification. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Promotions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Public relations. Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.)
- Public relations. Trade-unions. United States.
- Rank and file participation.
- Rank and file participation. Drug trade employees. New York (N.Y.)
- Rank and file participation. New York (N.Y.)
- Recruiting of employees. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
- Seniority, Employee. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Social security. Law and legislation. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Strikes and lockouts. Drug trade. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Strikes and lockouts. Hospitals. Pennsylvania.
- Strikes and lockouts. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Strikes and lockouts. Hospitals. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts. Law and legislation. New York (State).
- Strikes and lockouts. Law and legislation. United States.
- Strikes and lockouts. New York (State). State supervision.
- Strikes and lockouts. Sanitation workers. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Strikes and lockouts. South Carolina. Charleston. State supervision.
- Supervision of employees. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade unions. New York (N.Y.). Cultural activity.
- Trade- unions. Michigan. Detroit. Organizing.
- Trade-union democracy.
- Trade-union dues.
- Trade-union dues. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-union dues. United States.
- Trade-union leadership. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-union leadership. United States.
- Trade-union representatives. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-union solidarity. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-union solidarity. United States.
- Trade-union structure. United States.
- Trade-unions. Agricultural workers. United States. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Clothing workers. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Trade-unions. Clothing workers. United States. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Drug trade employees. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. Drug trade employees. New York (State). Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Drugstore employees. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. Maryland. Baltimore. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. Michigan. Detroit. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. New Jersey.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.). Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.). Public opinion.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. New York (State). Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. Pennsylvania. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. United States.
- Trade-unions. Hospitals. United States. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Maryland. Baltimore. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Afro-American membership.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Certification.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Elections of officials.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Jurisdictional disputes.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Minority membership.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Organizing.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Puerto Rican membership.
- Trade-unions. New York (N.Y.). Social activity.
- Trade-unions. New York (State). Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Nurses. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. Nurses. United States.
- Trade-unions. Pennsylvania. Afro-American membership.
- Trade-unions. Pennsylvania. Minority membership.
- Trade-unions. Pennsylvania. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Pharmacists. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. Porters. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. South Carolina. Charleston. Organizing.
- Trade-unions. Taxicab drivers. New York (N.Y.). Organizing.
- Trade-unions. United States. Afro-American membership.
- Trade-unions. United States. Corrupt practices.
- Trade-unions. United States. Minority membership.
- Trade-unions. United States. Recognition.
- Trade-unions. United States. Social action.
- Trade-unions. White collar workers. New York (N.Y.)
- Trade-unions. White collar workers. United States.
- Unemployment. Drug trade. United States.
- Unfair labor practices. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.).
- United States. Race relations.
- Wages. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Wages. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Wages. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Wages. Hospitals. United States.
- Wages. Law and legislation. United States.
- Wages. Minimum wage. Law and legislation. United States.
- Work assignments. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Work rules. Drug trade. New York (N.Y.)
- Workers' education. Hospital employees. New York (N.Y.)
- Working conditions. Drugstores. New York (N.Y.)
- Working conditions. Hospitals. New York (N.Y.)
- Working conditions. Hospitals. South Carolina. Charleston.
- Working conditions. Hospitals. United States.
- World War, 1939-1945. Afro-Americans.
- Title
- Local 1199 Oral History Project
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 25, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853