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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Labor Relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Jan Drago Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4624-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, studies, and other materials related to Drago's work on the Council. A substantial portion of the records document her work on transportation projects, including the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the monorail, SR 520, streetcars, Mercer Street, and pedestrian and bicycle issues. Another set of records relates to the city's budget process, reflecting her work as chair of the Budget Committee. Land use issues represented include the comprehensive plan, South Lake Union, and the...
Dates: 1984-2009

Labor-Management Leadership Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4624-10
Scope and Contents note The Labor-Management Leadership Committee (LMLC) was formed in 1996 to promote communication and cooperation in the delivery of high quality, cost efficient public service to the citizens of Seattle while maintaining a high quality work environment for City employees. The Committee's mission is to enhance understanding of the problems, challenges, and opportunities facing the City and its workforce. Issues tackled by the LMLC include health care cost containment, managed competition,...
Dates: 1996-2001

Finance Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4681-05
Scope and Contents note

Papers of the Finance Committee collected by chairman Dolores Sibonga. Among the subjects regularly addressed by the committee are reviewing departmental annual reports, operating budgets, emergency fund requests and grant applications. In addition it adopts the budgets and investment plans and authorized collective bargaining agreements and payments for at fault accidents involving city vehicles.

Dates: 1984-1985

Gordon S. Clinton Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5219-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and studies, financial papers, minutes, speeches, notes and memoranda, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Clinton's term as mayor. Includes departmental files and correspondence with agencies and individuals outside City government. Arranged alphabetically for each year.

Dates: 1953-1964

William Earl Millikin Mayoral Records

 Series
Identifier: 5252-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, studies and speeches relating to Millikin's term as Mayor. Subjects include national defense, censorship, wartime housing, shacktowns, and wartime labor relations. There are also records related to the internment of Japanese citizens and aliens during World War II.

Dates: 1941-1942

Personnel and Property Management Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 4681-03
Scope and Contents note

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and legislation relating to personnel reclassifications, sale of surplus property, affirmative action, fair employment practices, open housing, collective bargaining, and police intelligence gathering. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1978-1980

Norm Rice Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5272-01
Scope and Contents note

Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and briefing materials to and from City agencies regarding the full range of municipal government activities during Rice's terms as mayor. Topics include municipal facilities, arts and culture, planning, budget and financial issues, and schools and education, among others. Records are arranged chronologically and then by major departments within City government. Constituent correspondence is included in this record series.

Dates: 1990-1997

Charles T. Royer Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5274-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding departmental activities and programs. Records document ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. A large portion of the records relate to the Department of Community Development and document the city's work on urban renewal, housing, neighborhood improvement, and historic preservation. Records relating to City Light deal with issues ranging from nuclear power to rates to discrimination against female and minority employees....
Dates: 1978-1989

Charles T. Royer Subject Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5274-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and other records related to the issues, programs, and organizations that were part of the work of the Mayor's Office during Royer's tenure. Major topics covered include downtown issues, housing, the arts, community councils, transportation, KidsPlace, environmental issues, sports, Interstate 90, Metro, gay and minority issues, Pioneer Square, schools, and boards and commissions. Arranged alphabetically by subject for each year.

Dates: 1978-1989

Charles T. Royer Communications and Public Information Records

 Series
Identifier: 5274-06
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, and reports of Mayor Royer's public information staff. Records cover topics including budgets, housing, the West Seattle Bridge, police, and transit.

Dates: 1977-1986

Sam Smith Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4682-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Smith's activities and interests on City Council, especially during his final six years in office. Primary subjects include utilities, public safety, social services, and issues within the African-American community.

Dates: 1977-1991

Tina Podlodowski Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4670-02
Scope and Contents note

The records include correspondence, petitions, proposals, constituent letters, and draft legislation related to economic development, City-wide technology issues, comprehensive planning, labor relations, open space, public safety, sexual minorities, housing, and zoning issues. Specific topics include the Sand Point neighborhood, off-leash areas, cable communications, the Added Activities Ordinance, the Seattle Commons, landslides, Bradner Park, and sports stadiums.

Dates: 1986-1999

William Earl Millikin Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5252-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, and studies relating to Millikin's term as Mayor. Subjects include national defense, censorship, housing, and streets. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Dates: 1941-1942

Wesley C. Uhlman Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5287-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. The largest section of records covers the Executive Department, which includes the office and activities of the Mayor as well as subsidiary agencies like the Citizens Service Bureau, the Office of Policy Planning, and the Office of Management and Budget. Mayoral staffers' files are also included. Records relating to the Department of Community Development go into detail about the city's...
Dates: 1956-1977