University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

AFSCME. District Council 48 (Milwaukee County, Wis.).

Records, 1967-1978.

Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 141

2.6 cubic ft. (2 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 small archives box)

ABSTRACT: Collection includes umpire rulings on grievances filed by council members numbered 1-407 along with various agreements between District Council 48 and the state of Wisconsin and others. District Council 48 represents employees of Milwaukee County government.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.(Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection consists of Union contract agreements and umpire's (the term "arbitrator" is also used) decisions for the AFSCME District Council 48. District Council 48 represents employees of Milwaukee County government.

The majority of the collection consists of umpire's rulings on grievances filed by Council members. The rulings are arranged by case number, 1 through 407. There are also umpire decisions which have no case number, which are arranged in alphabetical order by the person who filed the grievance.

The umpire rulings provide the following information: who filed the grievance; the date of the hearing; who made an appearance for both the union and the county; what the grievance was; background of the grievance; the union and county positions; a discussion of the grievance; umpire's ruling; the date of the ruling; and the name of the umpire.

The grievances deal with a number of issues, including changes in working shifts, requirements to do more than is stated in the job description, and being denied time off when requested.

There are also contracts between various departments within the state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County and District Council 48, from 1969 to 1982.

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

AFSCME. District Council 48 (Milwaukee County, Wis.). Records, 1967-1978. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 141. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:

AFSCME. Local 55 (Milwaukee, Wis.). Records, 1945-1946. (Milwaukee Small Collection 65)

ACQUISITION: Phyllis Torda donated this collection to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in September of 1982 (accession number M82-344).

PROCESSING: The collection was processed in October 1991 by Shawn Carlson at the Milwaukee Urban Archives.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:

Grievance arbitration--Wisconsin--Milwaukee County.
Milwaukee (Wis.)--History--Sources.
Trade-unions--Government employees--Wisconsin--Milwaukee County--Records and correspondence.

MILWAUKEE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 141	BOX	FOLDER
Agreement Between City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee District Council 48, 1975-1980	1	1
Agreement Between Cudahy Board of Education and City of Cudahy Employees Local 742, 1980	1	2
Agreement Between Sewerage Commission City of Milwaukee and Local 336, 1977-1978	1	3
Agreement Between South Milwaukee Board of Education and Building Service Helper Local 883, 1980-1982	1	4
Agreement Between Wisconsin and Wisconsin State Employees Association Local 171 and 555, 1969	1	5
Agreement Between Village of Hales Corners and Local 2, 1979-1981	1	6
Contract Between Milwaukee Board of School Directors and Local 1053 and 1616, 1977-1980	1	7
Grievances A-W, 1976-1978	1	8-12
Umpire Rulings, 1-108, 1967-1972	1	13-26
Umpire Rulings, 109-287, 1972-1977	2	1-30
Umpire Rulings, 288-365, 1977-1978	3	1-12
Umpire Rulings, 366-407, 1978-1979	4	1-4