Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1970

Container Title
M90-058
Part 7 (M90-058): Additions, 1968-1986
Physical Description: 10.4 cubic feet (10 records center cartons and 1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1968-1986, documenting organizing and bargaining activities, strikes including the 1980 strike, lobbying efforts and legislation, and grievances. The materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, trial material, reports, case files, budget materials and salary information, grievance files, and publicity materials.
Box   1
Bargaining, 1971-1972
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   1
Bargaining negotiations manual, 1974-1975
Box   1
Wisconsin Federation of Teachers (WFT) bargaining conference, 1974-1975
Box   1
Dean Doremus memo, 1975
Box   1
Bar #2, general contract issues
Box   1
Bargaining, 1975-1976
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   1
Issues and progress reports, 1976
Box   1
Miscellaneous, 1977
Box   1
Bargaining correspondence, 1977-1978
Box   1
Binder, 1977-1980
Bargaining
Box   1
1979-1980
Physical Description: 4 folders 
Box   1
Mediation, 1980
Box   1
Bad faith, 1980 July
Box   1
Cancellation of structure agreement
Box   1
Legislation propaganda
Box   1
Typeset program
Box   1
Request for information
Box   1
List of stewards, 1981 July
Box   1
Stewards and contacts, 1980
Box   1
Agriculture school organizing, 1979 Fall
Box   1
TAA organizing, 1979-1980
Box   1
Letters, affiliation elections
Project Assistants
Box   1
Organizing literature, information
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   1
Letters, 1981
Box   1
Project Assistants, Research Assistants, information
Box   1
Organization before 1980
Box   1
Questionnaire, 1975 March 11
Box   1
Questionnaire, 1980 Fall
Box   2
Strike fines case, restraining order hearing, transcript, 1981 January
Box   2
Strike fines case, trial transcript, 1982 March-May
Physical Description: 8 folders 
Box   3
TAA and the Legal System: rough draft
Box   3
Legislation, 1980-1985
Physical Description: 3 folders 
Box   3
Legislation, fiscal notes, 1981
Box   3
Research committee, mission and composition
Box   3
University affairs, research, undergraduates
Box   3
Wisconsin Student Association
Box   3
University committee
Box   3
Committees on Teaching Assistant policies and procedures
Box   3
Academic staff committee
Budget study, 1973
Box   3
Central data, summaries
Box   3
Report, news release
Box   3
Raw data
Box   3
TAA general research
Box   3
Agriculture school grant research
Box   3
University/industry relations
Box   3
Milwaukee Journal articles about University of Wisconsin, 1981
Education committee
Box   3
1978
Box   3
Report, 1974-1975
Box   3
Materials, 1976
Box   3
Labour and the Arts workshops
Box   3
Undergraduate writing skills
Box   3
Composition issue
Box   3
Labor forum, 1980 March 10
Box   3
Student actions against budget cuts
Box   3
Workload charts, 1970-1971
Box   3
Clifton file on real Teaching Assistant wages, 1973-1974
Box   3
University of Wisconsin computer tapes research
Budget
Box   3
State, 1973-1975
Box   3
Cuts, 1975-1977, 1980-1982
Physical Description: 3 folders 
Box   3
Biennium Madison campus request, 1981-1983
Box   3
Departmental educational planning inquiry, 1975 Fall
Box   3
Letters to Dennis committee
Box   3
Composition writing skills, 1976-1977
Box   3
Letters to payroll office, 1979-1984
Legislation
Collective bargaining bill for graduate assistants
Box   4
House Bill 76, Senate Bill 55, 1983
Box   4
House Bill 730, Senate Bill 242, 1981
Box   4
Correspondence, 1978-1979
Box   4
The Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF), collective bargaining bill, 1979-1980
Box   4
Rights for state limited term employees (LTEs), Assembly Bill 791
Box   4
The Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF) bill, 1977-1978
Box   4
Early Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF) bill, Assembly Bill 511
Box   4
“B” files index, Legislation committee, 1980-1982
Box   4
Administrative file, meeting reports
Box   4
Evaluation report, strategy, tactics
Box   4
Lobbying strategy, Assembly Bill 730, Senate Bill 242 progress through legislature
Legislation and lobbying workshops
Box   4
Notes, plans
Box   4
Evaluations
Box   4
TAA lobbyists information
Box   4
Originals of literature issued to TAA lobbyists
Box   4
First steps, 1980-1981
Box   4
Correspondence received
Box   4
Correspondence sent, 1981-1982
Box   4
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) conference
Box   4
Community and political organizations, Democratic party
Box   4
Committee reports and literature for members
Box   4
Propaganda for the public, Senate Bill 242, 1982
Box   4
Publicity
Box   4
Letters of support and resolutions for the bill
Box   4
Labor and Senate Bill 242, Assembly Bill 730
Public hearings
Box   4
1981 May 19
Box   4
1981 September, 1982 February
Box   4
Students and Senate Bill 242, Assembly Bill 730
Box   4
Faculty and Senate Bill 242, Assembly Bill 730
Box   4
Board of regents and collective bargaining
Box   4
Graduate students on other campuses
Box   4
Dennis committee
Box   4
The Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF) bill, Assembly Bill 452
Box   4
Arbitration bill, Assembly Bill 320
Box   4
Other bills, Senate Bill 188, Senate Bill 395
Box   4
Form letters sent to legislators
Box   4
Contacts and correspondence
Legislator report forms, 1981
Box   4
Non re-elected senators
Box   4
Non re-elected assemblymen
Box   4
Midge Miller, resigned
Box   4
Mary Lou Munts, resigned
Box   4
Gary Johnson, resigned
Box   4
Paul Offner, resigned
Box   4
John Maurer, retired
Box   4
Carl Thompson, retired
Box   4
Gerald Kleczka
Box   4
Gary George
Box   4
John Plewa
Box   4
Joe Czarnezki
Box   4
James Harsdorf
Box   4
Lloyd Kingald
Box   4
Barbara Lorman
Box   4
Tim Cullen
Box   4
Richard Kreul
Box   4
Scott McCallum
Box   4
Joe Strohl
Box   4
Joseph Andrea
Box   4
Davil Helbach
Box   4
David Theno
Box   4
Fred Risser
Box   4
Russell Feingold
Box   4
Lynn Adelman
Box   4
Walter Chilsen
Box   4
Rodney Moen
Box   4
Schmidt, Gary
Box   4
Dismas Becker
Box   4
Tom Crawford
Box   4
Marvin Roshell
Box   4
Walter Kunicki
Box   4
Gus Menos
Box   4
Shirley Krug
Box   4
Spencer Coggs
Box   4
Assembly members, numerically by district
Physical Description: 17 folders 
Box   4
Legislator profile information, 1981
Box   4
Structure of the legislature
Box   4
Letter writing and phone campaigns
Strike, 1980
Box   5
TAA organizing information, 1979 Fall
Box   5
Pre-strike publicity, 1979-1980
Box   5
Picket captions
Box   5
Picket line incidents, 1980
Box   5
Incident at Chemistry building, police break-up of picket line, 1980 April 10
Box   5
Television viewing reports
Box   5
Student support letters
Box   5
Letters to Chancellor Shain
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   5
Copies of checks that were donated, 1980
Box   5
Academic reprisals, 1980
Box   5
Completed strike questionnaires
Box   5
Personal letters of support
Box   5
Picket volunteers
Box   5
Picket squad assignments
Box   5
Picket squads, 1980 April 6
Box   5
Financial assistance
Box   5
Faculty senate
Box   5
Faculty letters and threats
Box   5
Media committee
Legal
Box   5
Legal observers
Box   5
Possible injunction
Box   5
Defense of undergraduates
Box   5
Picket signs, printers, 1979
Box   5
Journalism, survey
Box   5
Picket schedules
Box   5
Bulletins to TAA members
Box   5
Telephone list of key people, 1980
Box   5
Legislature, 1980
Box   5
University of Wisconsin administration, propaganda
Box   6
Legislation, 1980 Summer-Fall
Box   6
Legislation reports, 1980-1982
Box   6
Committee on Political Education (COPE) fundraisers for candidates
Box   6
TAA, Committee on Political Education (COPE) endorsements
Box   6
Voting records, environmental, 1981-1982
Box   6
Wisconsin Federation of Teachers, Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, Committee on Political Education (COPE), Endorsements, 1982
Box   6
Madison Federation of Labor (MFL) and 2nd Congressional district, Committee on Political Education (COPE)
Box   6
Voting records, women's issues, 1981-1982
Legislation, 1984-1986
Box   6
Administrative
Box   6
Lobbying, strategies and plans, evaluations
Box   6
Potential committee members, recruiting efforts
Box   6
Correspondence
Box   6
Letters of support, resolutions, responses
Box   6
TAA bill: copies
Box   6
Amendments to the TAA bill
Lobbying workshops
Box   6
Notes and plans
Box   6
Complete packets
Literature
Box   6
Chronological listing of documents
Box   6
Training and reference
Box   6
For legislators
Box   6
For TAA members
Box   6
Miscellaneous, 1985
Box   6
State American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) news
Box   6
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) conference
Box   6
Outreach, University of Wisconsin students
Box   6
Outreach, letter-writing and phone call campaigns
Box   6
Publicity
Public hearing on the bill
Box   6
Assembly Labor Committee
Box   6
Senate Education Committee
Box   6
Executive session on the bill, Joint Finance
Box   6
The Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF) bill and literature
Box   6
Other bills
Legislation, 1982-1984
Box   6
TAA clippings
Box   6
Administrative file, meeting reports
Box   6
Strategies and plans, evaluations
Box   6
Correspondence, 1983
Box   6
Letter of support and resolutions for collective bargaining
Box   6
Amendments to the bill
Lobbying workshops
Box   6
Notes and plans
Box   6
Information packets
Box   6
Evaluations
Box   6
Chronological listing of documents related to campaign
Box   6
Documents used in reference
Literature
Box   6
For legislators
Box   6
For TAA members
Box   6
For organizations and the public
Box   6
Old copies of literature
Box   6
Wisconsin Federation of Teachers (WFT), capitol update
Box   6
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) conference
Box   6
State American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) news
Outreach
Box   6
Strategies and plans
Box   6
Labor
Box   6
Students and the bill
Box   6
Non-Madison graduate assistants
Box   6
Democratic Party
Box   6
Letter writing and phone call campaigns
Box   6
Other community and political organizations
Box   6
Public hearing on the collective bargaining bill
Box   6
Public hearing on the collective bargaining bill, Senate
Box   6
Executive session on the bill, Joint Finance
Box   6
Teaching Assistants Policies and Procedures committees
Box   6
University of Wisconsin administration, regents, and faculty on the TAA bill
Box   6
Association of University of Wisconsin Faculties (TAUWF) bill
Box   6
Budget bill
Box   6
Labor outreach for Senate floor
Box   6
Outreach for Assembly, 1984 March
Box   6
Senate vote, projections and outcome
Box   7
Legal retainer, 1970-1971
Box   7
Regents meeting regarding strike, 1970
Box   7
Scholarly activities reports, open information brief, 1971
Box   7
Schramm case, Residence Halls Student Labor Organization (RHSLO) strike
Box   7
Contempt brief, 1970
Box   7
Wage recommendations, 1978-1979
Box   7
University of Wisconsin wage recommendations to regents, 1980-1981
Box   7
Our wage recommendation, 1979-1980
Box   7
Implementation of 4 step pay plan
Box   7
All-campus seniority grievance and arbitration, correspondence, 1977
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   7
Marshall Arbitration Award, 1977
Box   7
Administration and faculty response to wage case arbitration
Box   7
Discussions of Joint Recommendation by legislature for wages, 1979-1980
Box   7
University of Wisconsin budget instructions, 1978 January
Box   7
Briefs for reconsiderations
Box   7
Fall letter to faculty, 1978
Box   7
Petition for contempt, etc.
Box   7
Contempt III
Box   7
TAA wages, Saltzman suggestions
Box   7
Wage bargaining after order, 1979 May
Box   7
Court of appeals decision, collective bargaining, 1979
Box   7
Supreme Court review of wage case
Box   7
Legal, wage case bills
Box   7
Unemployment, before 1978
Unemployment compensation appeal
Box   7
Hearing and decision, 1978
Box   7
Labor and Industry Review Commission, 1978
Box   7
Circuit court, 1979-1981
Box   7
Structure agreement case appeal, 1980-1981
Box   7
Structure agreement case, circuit court, 1980
Box   7
Legal bills
Box   7
TAA, gay rights
Box   7
S 1437, right to strike, 1978
Strike fines
Box   8
Threat, non-resident tuition remission, 1980 April
Box   8
1980 May-November
Box   8
Publicity
Box   8
Court papers, preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order, 1980 December
Box   8
University of Wisconsin request for documents
Box   8
Legal papers, efforts to amend restraining order
Box   8
Court papers, 1982 Spring
Box   8
Legal papers, restraining order, 1981 Spring
Box   8
Pre-trial motions and correspondence, 1982
Box   8
Trial brief
Box   8
Post trial briefs
Box   8
Decision and order, 1983 July
Box   8
Final order and correspondence
Box   8
Trial exhibit list
Other documents through discovery
Box   8
University of Wisconsin documents from strike
Box   8
TAA legal committee, 1982 March
Box   8
Foreign teaching assistants
Box   8
Chronology of events, Craig's
Depositions
Administration and faculty
Box   8
1981 April-May
Box   8
1981 October
Box   8
Hecker
Box   8
Ray MacDonald, 1982 March 23
Box   8
Teaching Assistant case files, alphabetical by individual
Physical Description: 29 folders 
Strikes
1980
Box   9
Clippings
Box   9
TAA posters
Box   9
Faculty policy
Box   9
University of Wisconsin documents
Box   9
Open letters to membership
Box   9
Foreign Teaching Assistants
Box   9
Undergraduate support, correspondence
Box   9
Back to work
Box   9
Petition
Box   9
Material, 1976
Box   9
Picket captains' manual, 1976
Box   9
Bluebook, 1970
Box   9
Picket manual, 1970
Box   9
Legal defense fund, 1970
Box   9
Publicity, 1972
Box   9
Preparation leaflets, 1974
Box   9
Alternative action questionnaire, 1975 Fall
Box   9
Food plans, 1976
Box   9
TAA picket captain reports, 1976
Box   9
Literature from , 1976
Box   9
Work stoppage, 1976
Box   9
Proposed strike literature, 1975
Box   9
TAA, implementation committee, 1979 Spring
Box   9
Financial aid, 1979 Spring
Box   9
Pamphlets, 1979
Box   9
University of Wisconsin intimidation, 1979
Box   9
Community support, 1979 Spring
Box   9
Repudiation of structure agreement
Box   9
Assessment of situation, 1975-1976
Box   9
Teaching seminars, 1978
Box   9
Affirmative action, 1975-1977
Box   9
Dues increase, 1976
Box   9
Proposed constitutional amendments
Box   9
Historical sketch of TAA and bargaining with the university, 1970-1980
Box   9
Grievances, 1975-1977
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   9
Literature, 1977-1979
Physical Description: 2 folders 
Box   9
Press clippings, 1978-1979
Box   9
TAA literature, 1980-1983
Physical Description: 3 folders 
Grievances
Box   10
Before 1969
Box   10
Social Security withholding, 1970 October
Box   10
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, 1969
Box   10
Correspondence, 1969-1971
Box   10
Limited term employee (LTE) information, 1970
Box   10
Shakour, limited term, 1971
Box   10
Arbitration case of Harold Erdman, 1970-1971
Box   10
Teaching Assistant Bernie Lubell due process case with Psychology Department, 1970
Box   10
Teaching Assistant Marguerite Toullec against French Department, 1970
Box   10
Philosophy, 1970
Box   10
Sociology
Box   10
History Department
Box   10
Math, Fran Dortch, 1970 August
Box   10
Chemistry, Anthropology, Spanish, Portuguese
Box   10
Sociology appointments, 1970 April
Box   10
Math workloads, 1970 June
Box   10
Bulletin board, Business, 1970
Box   10
Bulletin board, Engineering, 1970
Box   10
Comparative Literature workloads, 1970
Box   10
English workloads
Box   10
Health plan, 1970 April
Box   10
Pay withholding, 1970 August
Box   10
Maria Bode, strike reprisals, 1970
Box   10
Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant reprisals, 1970
Box   10
Cohen and Dickstein, strike, 1970
Box   10
Richardson, limited term employee (LTE)
Box   10
Landscape Architecture, 1971
Box   10
Harper
Box   10
Bryant
Box   10
Raizen
Box   10
History, 1972
Box   10
Correspondence, 1972
Box   10
Miscellaneous, 1973-1974
Box   10
Werner, Philosophy, 1972
Box   10
Darrell Kay, Math pay
Box   10
Pay stipends, 1971-1972
Box   10
English, education planning, 1970
Box   10
Academic criteria, graduate students
Box   10
History arbitration, 1972
Box   10
Insurance, 1970
Box   10
History grievances, 1972
Box   10
Academic freedom
Box   10
Limited term employees (LTEs), 1971
Box   10
Information requests
Box   10
Campus-wide workload grievance, 1971
Box   10
Tuition waiver “staff,” 1971
Box   10
University hospitals case, 1971
Box   10
East Asian, 1970
Box   10
Education Department policy on bargaining, 1971
Box   10
Grievances, 1973
Box   11
Old officers and stewards, phone list, 1987
Minutes
Box   11
Stewards, 1975-1985
Physical Description: 4 folders 
Box   11
Old membership
Box   11
Membership, 1984-1985
Box   11
Old Executive Board
Box   11
TAA undergraduate support press releases
Box   11
University of Wisconsin News, 1980-1984
Box   11
University of Wisconsin propaganda
Box   11
Academic progress criteria for departments, 1970-1971
Box   11
Public statements of TAA officials
Box   11
TAA officers, 1974-1985
Box   11
Chancellor to TAA, 1972, 1981
Box   11
Correspondence, department chairs to TAA, 1972-1974
Box   11
Correspondence, TAA to department chairs, 1971-1974
Box   11
Other University of Wisconsin correspondence, 1972-1983
Box   11
Correspondence, Board of Regents, 1974-1981
Box   11
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) legislative news
Box   11
Correspondence, progressive groups, 1980s
Box   11
Wisconsin Student Association (WSA) correspondence, 1975-1985
Box   11
University of Wisconsin reports on Teaching Assistants, 1968-1983
Box   11
Hassan, Anthropology, 1967 Spring
Box   11
Joyce Lowry, Math, TAA's first case, 1967 January
Box   11
Cohen, Philosophy, 1967 December
Box   11
Helen Evans, Comparative Literature, 1968 February
Box   11
History Department, TAA grievances, 1968-1969
Box   11
James Marten, English, grievances, 1968 April
Box   11
Carr, English Department, 1969 October
Box   11
Sociology, Teaching Assistants, grievances, 1969 April
Box   11
Brian Peterson, History grievance, 1969 December
Box   11
Comparative Literature Teaching Assistants, 1968 April
Box   11
James Dannenberg, Sociology, 1968 May
Box   11
Art Department, 1969 July
Box   11
Kathy Lash, Education, Curriculum and Instruction, grievance, 1969
Box   11
Philosophy workloads, 1970
Box   11
Educational planning mechanisms and collaboration
Box   11
Sociology workloads, 1970
Box   11
Economics teaching competency firings
Box   11
Music, bulletin boards
Box   11
Department of Educational Policy Studies, 1970-1971
Box   11
Workloads, School of Business, 1970-1971