Collection Overview
Title: Operating Staff, 1931+
Predominant Dates:1951-2008
ID: RHC/UA/07/
Extent: 8.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1970
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This series documents the activities of the Operating Staff and the organizations that represent civil service employees. In addition to Operating Staff Council records, the record group contains material from the Illinois State University Civil Service System (SUCSS), the Clerical Union Organizing Committee, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and the NIU Credit Union. In 1961 the Non-Academic Staff Council began composing and distributing a monthly newsletter called The Civil Word. In 1970 it was succeeded by People, a joint effort of the newly-christened Operating Staff Council and the NIU Personnel Office. In January 1995 this newsletter became the Northern Staff News. Issues of Northern Staff News and Operating Staff Council meeting minutes are regularly added to the record group. Researchers may also consult the records of the President's Office for further information on the operating staff.
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Material from the Operating Staff came to the archives in several installments during the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. Additions will be incorporated into the record group as they are received by the archives.
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on access to these records.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Operating Staff History, 1931, 1957, 1972, 1996, 1998, 2000
- Folder 2: Policies and Regulations, 1950-1970
- Folder 3: Job Classifications, 1965-1978
- Folder 4: Staff Handbooks, 1968-1978, 1981, 1984, 2000
- Subject Files 1: Non-Academic Council (1961-1969); Operating Staff Council (1969- )
- Box 1
- Folder 5: Constitution, 1973-1983, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002
- Folder 6-9: Minutes, 1961-1978
- Box 2A
- Folder 1-9: Minutes, 1979-2001
- Box 2B
- Folder 1-3: Minutes and Attachments, 2002-2005
- Box 3-5B: Correspondence, 1965-2000, 2003-2004
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Operating Staff Council (OSC) Photos; and photo of group which includes OSC President Andy Small, and Northern Illinois University (NIU) President John La Tourette, 1990-2005; circa 1999
- Folder 2: Lists of Officers, 1965-1974
- Folder 3: Membership Lists, 1988-1994, 1997-2000
- Folder 4: Operating Staff Elections, 1977-1989, 1999
- Folder 5: Operating Staff Council Election, 1994
- Folder 6: Financial Reports, 1965-1998
- Folder 7: Operating Staff Fund, Proposal, circa 1994
- Folder 8: Civil Service Salary Administration, Report to the Board of Regents (B.O.R.), 1969
- Folder 9: University Governing Policy Revisions, 1971-1972
- Folder 10: Staff Compensation Plan, 1969
- Folder 11: 37 1/2 Hour Week, 1977-1978
- Folder 12: 4-Day Week, Survey & Correspondence; Correspondence, 1986; 1988
- Folder 13: Holidays, 1976-1978, 1984-1988, 1992-1996
- Folder 14: Civil Service Examinations, 1986-1987
- Folder 15: Employee Performance Evaluation Forms, 1981-1985
- Folder 16: Staff Development, 1979-1981, 1986
- Folder 17: Racial Discrimination on Campus (Northern Illinois Unversity- NIU); Affirmative Action Statements, 1988; 1989, 1998
- Folder 18: Outstanding Service Award, 1984-1986
- Folder 19: Holiday Parties, 1966-1972
- Folder 20-27: Operating Staff Picnic, 1979 - 1997
- Folder 28: Staff Appreciation Event, Questionnaire Results, 1999
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Sick Leave Policy, 1983-1985, 1999
- Folder 2: Smoking Policies, 1987-1988, 1991, 1997-1998
- Folder 3: Salaries, 1976-1990, 1997-1999
- Folder 4: Bookstore Evaluation, 1988
- Folder 5: Holmes Student Center Food Service, 1986
- Folder 6: Northern Star, 1981, 1986-1987
- Folder 7: Ad Hoc Committee for Salary Justice, 1980-1981
- Folder 8: Artist Series Report, 1976
- Folder 9: Benefits Committee, Correspondence, 1992-1993, 1997-1998
- Folder 10: Building Naming Committee, 1983, 1987
- Folder 11: Task Force on Discrimination, 1987-1988
- Folder 12: Employee Advisory Committee, 1985-1988
- Folder 13: Employee Rights Committee, 1984-1987
- Folder 14: Joint University Advisory Committee (JUAC), 1979-1985, 1992
- Folder 15: Management Improvement Task Force Committee, 1981-1982
- Box 8
- Folder 1-2: Campus Parking Committee: Minutes, Correspondence & Related Material, 1969-2009
- Folder 3: Campus Parking Committee: Huskie Bus Line Clippings, 1980
- Folder 4: Campus Parking Committee: Parking/Shuttle Bus Survey, Summer 1992
- Folder 5: Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, 1981
- Folder 6: Sexual Assault Task Force, 1986-1987
- Folder 7: University Resources Advisory Committee, February 25, 1986
- Folder 8: Committee Reports, 1979-1986
- Folder 9: Search Committees: Affirmative Action, 1986-1988
- Folder 10: Search Committees: Ombudsman Review, 1979-1980, 1982
- Folder 11: Search Committees: Ombudsman, 1985-1987
- Folder 12: Search Committees: Presidential, 1978, 1984-1985
- Folder 13: Wingfield - Presidential Inauguration Committee, 1985-1986
- Folder 14-15: Open Forums, 1977-1986
- Folder 16: Open Forum, Cassette Tapes, April 6, 1983; April 4, 1984; May 20, 1985; April 28, 1986
- Box 9
- Folder 1-10: Committee Appointments, Correspondence, 1975-1995, 1997-2000
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Civil Word Committee, 1961, 1966
- Folder 2-3: Civil Word (Newsletter), 1961-1969
- Folder 4-6: People (Newsletter), 1970-1994
- Folder 7: Northern Staff News, 1995-
- Subject Files 2: State University Retirement System (SURS)
- Box 11
- Folder 1-2: Correspondence and Related Material, 1967-1985, 1991-1998
- Subject Files 3: State Universities Civil Service System of Illinois
- Box 11
- Folder 3: Operating Staff Council (OSC) visit to State Universities Civil Service System office; (Includes SUCSS Annual Report 1989-1990), October 30, 1990
- Folder 4: Illinois Universities Civil Service Council, 1978-1984
- Folder 5: Organization and Policies, 1951-1953, 1971, 1974-1975, 1997
- Folder 6: Statute and Rules, 1973-1996
- Folder 7: Merit Board, 1953-1955, 1964-1965, 1981-1982
- Folder 8: Advisory Committee, 1976-2000
- Folder 9: Handbooks, 1961-1971
- Subject Files 4: Credit Union
- Box 12
- Folder 1: Annual Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1961, 1968-1976
- Folder 2: Scope (Newsletter), 1963-1969
- Folder 3: Change (Newsletter), 1972-1973
- Folder 4: Bulletin, 1970-1979
- Folder 5: Expansion Plans, and Operating Staff Council (OSC) Survey; brochure, 1988
- Subject Files 5: Clerical Union Organizing Committee
- Box 12
- Folder 6: Organization and Minutes, June-October 1974
- Folder 7: Handbills, Announcements, 1974-1977
- Folder 8: Clerical Clout (Newsletter), 1974-1977
- Folder 9: Clerical Viewpoint (Newsletter), September 1986
- Subject Files 6: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- Box 12
- Folder 10: University Strike Memos, September 11-24, 1969
- Folder 11: Union Strike Handbills, September-October 1969, April 1971
- Folder 12: Organizing Committee, 1970
- Folder 13: Bargaining Unit, 1976, 1977
- Subject Files 7: American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- Box 12
- Folder 14: Faculty Senate Proposal, October 12, 1987
- Addendum 1
- Subject Files 1: Operating Staff Council (1969-)
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Human Resources Survey, NIU, August 1994
- Folder 2: Office of Internal Training and Development, Capability Statement, 1997
- Folder 3: Convocation Center Issues, 1999
- Folder 4: Printing Services Report to Operating Staff Council (OSC), 1999
- Folder 5-7: Outstanding Service Award, 1987-1997, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010
- Folder 8: Operating Staff Dependent Award, 1999-2000, 2004
- Folder 9: Staff Fest (includes photographs), August 2001, 2003, and 2004
- Folder 10: Operating Staff Council Member Handbook, April 2005
- Folder 11: Illinois Education Association (IEA) Union Organizing Activities, 2003-2004
- Folder 12: Speech by Jay Monteiro at Outstanding Service Awards Banquet, May 8, 2008