The DFSE has a lot of history going for it back to its inception in 1951. This history is easily lost and never found again, or in the words of Bill and Ted "History is very historic!". Look here for such information, as well as photo archives of past and current events. The top logo on the left is to our knowledge the original logo of the DSEIU, the predecessor to the DFSE. The second logo is a redesign of the DSEIU logo, the best guess would be that this was done sometime in the 1980s. The third logo was designed in the early 1990s at about the same time that the DFSE, then the DSEIU ( Dearborn Schools Employees Independent Union) affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers/Michigan Federation of Teachers. The first logo on the second row was implemented in the 1990s and the modified 50th anniversary logo was designed by DFSE Graphic Technician Specialist Jan Piestrak for the 50th Anniversary of the DFSE. If you have any old pics of the DFSE or DSEIU and would like them added to this archive, please contact us.

At the time of it's original inception, (1995) the DFSE website was the first PSRP website in the United States. To our knowledge we were the first active website in the Dearborn Public Schools/HFCC district. We were internet when internet wasn't cool! Here is a link to a 1999 article on the AFT website regarding the emergence of PSRP (Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel) websites.

Historical subsections

DSEIU/DFSE Presidents 1951 to present Forward (newsletter)
   

July 27, 2007. Historical subsections started. Any information on line of presidents would be appreciated to help fill in the blanks. Also Forward's (union newsletter) from different era's will be archived.

July 25, 2007. We are making great progress in piecing together the history of this organization from 1951, although gaps still remain. We intend to have as complete listing of organization presidents as we can, along with representative scans of historical items from each era. You may be quite surprised at what we have uncovered already. A long term goal will be to put together the first complete as possible history of the DSEIU/DFSE from 1951 to present.

 

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2000 to Present              

Rick Hornbuckle clears snow from the Transportation center during the snow of December 2000
DFSE participation in the 2000 Walk for the Cure. Note State Rep. Gary Woronchak in the back row.
Huda Sion, Gloria Finnegan and Tim Kearney attend the MFT 2000 Bargaining Conference		          

from L Barb Stayer, Unidentified, Ana Mastroianni, Judy Georgic and part of Jim Lewis at the 2000 contract ratification meeting.
AFT Michigan rep John Schlosser and lead negotiator for the 2000 labor agreement. John passed away in 2007 and had served the DFSE with great skill for many years. He will be missed.
HFCC B.O.S. Frank Harker
working the polls in November
of 2000 for the HFCC millage.		          
1990s              

Judy Georgic and former President Bev Duquette at the 1998 AFT Convention in New Orleans.
Scene from the 1999 DFSE holiday party.
Greg Pudelek and Judy Georgic with Dearborn Mayor Michael Guido at the 1998 Guido Pasta Dinner. 		         
               
1980s          

In 1986 the then DSEIU went on strike. Pictured above is Robert Pendelton on Evergreen in front of HFCC.
Robert Croskey HFCC Head Custodian on the picket lines.
The infamous "day the sky turned green" in July 1980 taken by DSEIU custodial staff at Adams Jr. High School. Al Snabes chewed out several building engineers for sending staff home after the storm. 		         
1970s              

1969-1970 Salary Schedule p.1 You've come a long way baby! Note on both pages the low number of classifications at that time.
69-70 Salary Schedule p.2
This appears to be a picture of the DSEIU Executive Board from the late 1970s. We are not sure however, if the President pictured is Koitch or Hunt. Don Ryan sits to the Presidents right at the table. More info would be appreciated. 		         
1960s              

This was sent to the DFSE by former Engineer John Brusseau. See next pic for his analysis. We estimate this pic from the 60s.
John Brusseau's analysis of this picture. According to him Hugh Melvin was the DSEIU president at the time. We need more precise dating here. 		           
1951-1960              
               

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