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1. Former Wal-Mart executive-turned union organizer...
- Type:
- Image
- Date Created:
- 2002 November
- Collection:
- Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap015
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /downloads/nv935818p?file=thumbnail
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-01-31T15:17:06Z
- Description:
- Former Wal-Mart executive-turned union organizer Gretchen Adams holding up a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) tee-shirt from the CSEA Women's Committee at the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference held in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. The tee-shirt shows Rosie the Riveter flexing her muscle with the motto: "A woman's place . . . Is in her Union." More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
- Subject:
- Labor union members, CSEA Women's Conference, Westchester County (N.Y.), Labor unions, Wal-Mart, Rye Brook (N.Y.), Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.), CSEA Standing Women's Committee (N.Y.), Adams, Gretchen, and Rosie The Riveter
2. Susan Clauson, a Civil Service Employees...
- Type:
- Image
- Date Created:
- 2002 November
- Collection:
- Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap015
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /downloads/3b591g48s?file=thumbnail
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-01-31T15:16:29Z
- Description:
- Susan Clauson, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member from the New York State Bridge Authority, cutting up her Wal-Mart credit card with the help of former Wal-Mart executive, now union organizer, Gretchen Adams, after hearing Adams' account of Wal-Mart's war on its own workers. Adams was a guest speaker at the 2002 CSEA's Womens Conference held in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
- Subject:
- Labor union members, CSEA Women's Conference, New York State Bridge Authority, Westchester County (N.Y.), Labor unions, Wal-Mart, Rye Brook (N.Y.), Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.), Adams, Gretchen, and Clauson, Susan