Series V: Service Employees International Union, Local 32 B-J, 1954-1999, inclusive

This series includes records that document a rank-and-file campaign within the 32B-J to challenge the corruption of local union officials. The efforts of the reformers led to the ousting of Gus Bevona as president of 32B-J. Bevona had the distinction of being the highest paid union leader in the country (see LM-2s). He was removed by his international president, Andrew Stern, after the reformers succeeded in raising repeated challenges through a variety of campaigns centered on by-law reforms. The corruption within officialdom was given additional exposure with the conviction of business agent McGorman for selling jobs to members. The reformers' campaign to provide background information to the sentencing judge is documented in the collection.