San Francisco Bike Messenger Association records
Scope and Contents
Collection contains documents related to the organizing of bike messengers employed by Dispatch Management Services Corporation (DMS), Flash Messenger Service, and Ultra Ex by the San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (SFBMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Material includes worker and union leaflets related to organizing and the strike, bike messenger newsletters, newspaper clippings, employer correspondence and documents, and contracts.
Dates
- 1999 - 2002
Creator
- San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (Organization)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Biographical Note
San Francisco Bike Messenger Association was established in 1991 with the purpose of increasing incomes, securing employer paid health insurance, implementing work safety programs, establishing a pension for retired workers, and promoting the status of the messenger profession. SFBMA eventually sought union organization and formed an alliance with the Iternational Longshoremen and Warehouse Union, Local 6 (2000-2001), enabling employees to fight for benefits due by employers and address wage and overtime violations.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet ( (1 box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains documents related to the organizing of bike messengers employed by Dispatch Management Services Corporation (DMS), Flash Messenger Service, and Ultra Ex by the San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (SFBMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU).
Arrangement
Collection arranged as received.
Location
Vault: 09:08:D
Location
Collection is available onsite.
Acquisition
Collection donated by Natasha Dedrick in 2003. Accession number 2003/004.
Processing Information
Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center Staff.
Creator
- San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (Organization)
- Title
- San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alexandria Post.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English.
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu