Worker Rights Institute Records, 1966, 1972-1987

Container Title
M90-391
Part 2 (M90-391): Additions, 1966, 1975-1987
Physical Description: 3.6 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 card file box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1966, 1975-1987, including bylaws and policies of the organization, correspondence, and mailing lists. The majority of the records consist of case files, legal documents, and reports documenting litigation actions against abuses of the Work Experience and Training Project (Work Assistance Program/Workfare) in Milwaukee County, including correspondence with The Workfare Coalition, an affiliated organization established to assess the impact of welfare work programs in Milwaukee County.
Box   1
Folder   1
Worker's Education Local 189, newsletter, Fall 1979
Box   1
Folder   6
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), Northwest Wisconsin, 1979
Box   1
Folder   7
Hinze, notes, 80-CETA-265, 1980-1981
Box   1
Folder   11
Fair Employment Practices Committee correspondence, 1983
Box   1
Folder   12
Eddie Carthan, Workfare articles and correspondence, 1981-1982
Box   1
Folder   13
CETA bill, 97th Congress House Resolution 5320, 1982
Box   1
Folder   14
Worker Rights Institute (WRI) - by-laws and policies, circa 1979-1981
Box   1
Folder   15-25
Correspondence, 1975-1987
Box   2
Folder   1
Workfare implementation, chronology, undated
Box   2
Folder   2-3
Field experience students, community service field work, 1976-1978
Box   2
Folder   4
Mary Walker, Madison Area Technical College (MATC), field work for social service program, 1978
Box   2
Folder   5
Submitted testimony, welfare reform, 1966
Box   2
Folder   6
Correspondence and other materials, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) regulations, 1976-1978
Box   2
Folder   7
Investigation, abuses in the Pay for Work Program, 1976
Box   2
Folder   8
Miscellaneous correspondence and notes, 1976-1977
Box   2
Folder   9
Workfare Coalition field placement forms, 1978
Box   2
Folder   10
Miscellaneous correspondence, health and social service issues, 1977-1978
Box   2
Folder   14
Workfare Coalition background and Work Assistance Program article in Milwaukee, 1981
Box   2
Folder   15-16
Correspondence, 1981-1982
Box   2
Folder   17-18
Staff reports and Worker Rights Institute Board meeting minutes, 1979-1980
Box   2
Folder   19
Worker Rights Institute, list of major accomplishments to date, undated
Box   2
Folder   20
Mailing lists, undated
Box   2
Folder   21
Workfare Coalition newsletters, problems of Workfare, 1977
Box   2
Folder   22
The Workfare Coalition vs. Milwaukee County pleadings, October 2-November 21, 1980
Box   2
Folder   23
Milwaukee County CETA Advisory Committee, February 28, 1979
Law briefs, case notices and transcripts of proceedings
Box   4
Folder   7
Blake vs. Medical College of Wisconsin, 80-CETA-108
Box   3
Folder   1-5
Brown vs. Milwaukee County, 80-CETA-71, 1980-1981
Box   3
Folder   6-10
Castle, et al. vs. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Review Project, 80-CETA 9, 1979-1980
Box   1
Folder   5
Hinze vs. Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program (NWCEP), case number 80-CETA-265, April-November 1980
Box   1
Folder   10
Hinze vs. Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, (NWCEP), case number 80 CETA-265, exhibits before Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
Box   3
Folder   11-13
Hinze vs. Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program, 80 CETA-265, 1981
Box   3
Folder   14
Hollenbeck vs. Milwaukee County, 79-CETA-173, 1980
Box   3
Folder   15-16
Humphrey vs. Arts Development Council of Milwaukee, 80-CETA-32, 1980
Box   4
Folder   1-6
Rotter et al. vs. Milwaukee County, 80-CETA-426-428, 1981
Box   1
Folder   8
Teamsters Local 446 vs. Town of Mercer, September 2, 1976
Box   1
Folder   9
Teamsters Local 446 vs. Town of Mercer, Case 80-CETA-5-541-C, notice of final determination and opportunity for a hearing, February 9, 1980
Box   3
Folder   18-19
Worker Rights Institute vs. Milwaukee County, 80-CETA-288, 1980
Box   3
Folder   2-4
Workfare Coalition case pleadings, 1980-1981
Box   2
Folder   11-13
Workfare Coalition vs. Milwaukee County (80-CETA-146), complainant's reply briefs, undated
Box   3
Folder   17
Workfare Coalition et al. vs. Milwaukee County, 80-CETA-146, undated
Box   3
Folder   8
Correspondence, Mary Griswold regarding Kenneth Moe complaint, 1984
Box   3
Folder   9
Correspondence, Milwaukee County vs. Raymond J. Donovan, 1984
Box   5
Workfare and Work Relief index file