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Title: Bulletin Board in Katzen Featuring Notice of Petition for Election of a Staff Union
Date: 2023-04-20
Creator: Sam Sadow; Katey Ryan
Subject: unionization
Local Identifier: AUStaffUnion_BulletinBoard_001
Collection: Ephemera, Photos, and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:101477
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Title: Oral History Interview with Gabriella Folsom (Part 1)
Date: 2023-03-20
Creator: Gabriella Folsom; Katey Ryan
Description: Gabriella Folsom was a Senior Administrative Assistant with the Department of History in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) at American University during the 2022 strike. Her story touches upon the isolation among staff members brought about through COVID-19 and remote work. Gabriella also shares the impact and energy of the freshmen walkout, solidarity throughout the various university units, and the tension between the university administration's fundraising priorities and staff satisfaction.
Subject: Oral History Interview
Local Identifier: AUStaffUnion_OralHistory_Folsom.March20.2023_001
Type: oral history; protest; union
Collection: Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:101198
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Title: Oral History Interview with Gabriella Folsom (Part 2)
Date: 2023-03-20
Creator: Katey Ryan; Gabriella Folsom
Description: This is the second part of Gabriella Folsom's interview. Gabriella was a Senior Administrative Assistant in the Department of History. Gabriella dives a bit deeper into the importance of administrative staff. These essential staff members carry out a lot of the work that sets up faculty and other more senior staff to keep the university running on a day-to-day basis. She also thanks her department specifically for their support throughout the strike and bargaining process.
Subject: Oral History Interview
Local Identifier: AUStaffUnion_OralHistory_Folsom.March20.2023_002
Type: oral history; strike; union
Collection: Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:101199
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Title: Oral History Interview with Salvatore Cottone
Date: 2023-03-20
Creator: Salvatore Cottone; Katey Ryan
Description: Oral history interview with Salvatore Cottone, senator for the campus at-large in the Undergraduate Senate. Salvatore recounts drawing inspiration from the strike and the desire to form better connections between the undergraduate student body and various labor movements around campus. One effort Salvatore spearheaded was drafting a resolution to condemn the administration sanctions against the Temple Graduate Student Union strike in 2022.
Subject: Oral History Interview
Local Identifier: AUStaffUnion_OralHistory_Cottone.March20.2023_001
Type: oral history; student government; strike; freshman walkout
Collection: Oral Histories
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:101201
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Title: Public History Day Poster
Date: 2023-04-25
Creator: Caroline Shanley; Gabriella Folsom; Katey Ryan; Emily Messner
Description: This poster was presented at the 2023 Public History Day poster presentation. This day celebrates graduates of AU's Public History program while giving the first-years in the program a chance to spotlight their individual practicum projects. This poster is the culmination of working on this project, digitizing the AU Staff Union strike, over the course of the Spring 2023 semester as a group.
Subject: strike; interpretation; public history
Local Identifier: poster
Type: poster; interpretive material
Collection: Interpretive Materials & Contextual Pieces
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:101473
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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