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Hubert Albertz Local 32E Archives (SEIU)

 Collection
Identifier: 6072

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, indictments, interviews and financial records (chiefly on 1 microfilm reel) documenting Albertz's fight to be reinstated in Local 32E and the history of corruption in the BSEIU, both within Local 32E and the International. Individual union figures documented include Local 32E presidents Sam "Firpo" Abrams, Thomas F. "Tommy" Lewis, and Henry F. Chartier and BSEIU presidents George Scalise and David Sullivan. The collection also includes an unpublished manuscript by George Albertz entitled "Local 32E : BSEIU in the Bronx : a chronicle of corruption."

Dates

  • 1948-2009

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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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

Custodian and member of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU) Local 32E. New York City custodian Hubert Albertz defied BSEIU union leadership by publicly protesting a dues increase. He wassubsequently fired from his job and removed from his Local in the Bronx. He spent over 30 years documenting and publicizing corruption in the BSEIU and fighting for reinstatement in Local 32E.

Extent

0.5 cubic feet

Abstract

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, indictments, interviews and financial records (chiefly on 1 microfilm reel) documenting Albertz's fight to be reinstated in Local 32E and the history of corruption in the BSEIU, both within Local 32E and the International.

Quantity:

0.5 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Clippings, correspondence, interviews.

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 15, 2014
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, August 18, 2015
Title
Albertz, Hubert Local 32E Archives (SEIU)
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
August 18, 2015
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

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853