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I maintain AFSCME's historical records at Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs.
reuther.wayne.edu
archives.wayne.edu
https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/afscme
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The Havasupai people live in the most remote reservation in the country. They fought the US government for the return of their land for decades before achieving some success in the 1970s. #NativeAmericanHeritage #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #GrandCanyon #Arizona
The Grand Canyon, Arizona, as seen from a helicopter, 1983. A rock formation borders the left side of the frame, with lower mountains in the distance and an overcast sky in the background. From the AFSCME Communications Department records at the Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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They made their first helicopter trip into the canyon in December 1982. McCabe, an eligibility worker with the Flagstadd Family Assistance office, grew up on a Navajo reservation, giving her an important perspective for her work with the #Havasupai community. #LaborHistory #NativeAmericanHeritage
In 1983, two women, Ann Wiedoff and Gloria McCabe, walk from a helicopter carrying bags and wearing coats. A striated rock wall fills the background. From the AFSCME Communications Department records at the Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Here's another image from @afscme.bsky.social's Public Employee magazine of Sobbe (dressed as a pumpkin) with coworkers as children board a school bus on Halloween, 1980. Also pictured are tinman Kathy Forsythe and baker Marylou McManamon. #LaborHistory #HuronValley #BusDrivers
Image from the November 1980 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine showing children lined up to board a school bus who are greeted by their bus drivers, members of Local 202. The caption reads: "AFSCME Local 202 school bus drivers in Huron Valley, Michigan had as much fun as the kids last month celebrating Halloween. The drivers handed out sweet treats on their morning runs, then visited school classrooms to entertain students with hobgoblin stories. From left, tinman Kathy Forsythe, baker Marylou McManamon and pumpkin Joan Sobbe."
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The program taught values like "acquiring harmony with the earth's natural resources," plus a variety of crafts and skills. Sobbe said, "The children develop a strong sense of pride about themselves, their Indian heritage and ancestry." #LaborHistory #HuronValley #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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My assumption is it’s the same person, but so far I haven’t found anything concrete.
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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In hindsight, I probably should have tagged you in that post!
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Hidden in plain sight! @banditelli.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Here is the story as it appeared in the AFSCME Leader newsletter:
Front and back page of AFSCME Leader newsletter meant to be folded in half. Top half header reads: "AFSCME Leader. 1. Jobs with Justice Rally 2. Contract Campaigns 3. Fast Track Victory 4. CLUW Members Meet." A box on the left has an illustration of a computer and reads :Breaking News Important Information www.afscme.org Get the latest AFSCME news and information at www.afscme.org - the AFSCME home page on the World Wide Web. It's your home on the web." The main story reads: "WARZEL'S TALK OF FAME Tom Warzel, a plant utility engineer at the State University of New York/Buffalo, had his 15 minutes of fame, and boy did he make it count for working men and women. "The Late Show with David Letterman" was looking for an average American to exercise his or her constitutional right to free speech for five seconds before millions of viewers. When Warzel answered a public telephone outside the television studio – identifying himself as a proud member of Civil Service Employees Association/AFSCME Local 1000 – Letterman invited him in to speak to the national audience. The drums rolled and Letterman told him to speak “from the heart.” In his moment of glory, Warzel spoke these unedited words: “Everyone should belong to a union.” The audience erupted in wild applause. " Inset is a photograph of Wenzel and Letterman on the Late Show set. The bottom half of the page is up-side down with a blank area for a mailing address and the date December 22, 1997.
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM