Gerald Moser, “Local 500 Letter to Arthur O. Lewis” (July 26, 1961)
As membership of the AFT Local 500 dwindled, the organization’s president issued a call-to-action to his fellow Penn State faculty members.
Gerald Moser, “Summary of the 37th Annual Convention of the American Federation of Teachers” (August 1954)
PSU faculty member Gerald Moser attends the American Federation of Teachers Convention in 1954, reporting back on divides among educators.
Wendell MacRae, Milton S. Eisenhower, and Loyalty Review Board, Correspondence Regarding Loyalty Oath Firing (May-August 1952)
In the midst of the McCarthy Era, state legislatures across the nation were signing into law legislation to root out Communists and their sympathizers. Caught in the middle of this fervor was Wendell Scott McRae, a PSU employee fired for refusing to sign the Pennsylvania Loyalty Oath.
AFT Local 500, “Report on the Case of Dr. Lee Lorch” (May 1950)
Following the controversial firing of Associate Mathematics Professor Dr. Lee Lorch, the Penn State Chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 500 urged the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor to review the case as a violation to academic freedom and to prompt the creation of contractual protections for faculty.