Annie Kuang oral history
Scope and Content of Collection
Sound recording of interview conducted with UNITE HERE Local 2 employee Annie Kuang, conducted by Sarah Wilson. This recording is part of an oral history project documenting the historic 2004 hotel strike and lock-out in San Francisco that lasted 53 days. The struggle pitted a largely immigrant workforce against multi-national corporations which was part of a larger nationally coordinated contract campaign. Originally from Canton, China, Kuang worked in the housekeeping department at the Grand Hyatt Hotel until 2002 and joined the union staff full time to work for the Local 2 Step Training Program. In her interview, she describes her experience as a union staff member helping to support the strike.
Dates
- 2009 March 5
Creator
- Kuang, Annie (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Biography/Administrative History
UNITE HERE Local 2 employee and former housekeeper at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, joined the union staff full time to work for the Local 2 Step Training Program, originally from Canton, China, worked for Local 2 during the historic 2004 hotel strike and lock-out in San Francisco that lasted 53 days.
Extent
1 compact disc
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sound recording of interview conducted with UNITE HERE Local 2 employee Annie Kuang, conducted by Sarah Wilson. This recording is part of an oral history project documenting the historic 2004 hotel strike and lock-out in San Francisco that lasted 53 days. The struggle pitted a largely immigrant workforce against multi-national corporations which was part of a larger nationally coordinated contract campaign. Originally from Canton, China, Kuang worked in the housekeeping department at the Grand Hyatt Hotel until 2002 and joined the union staff full time to work for the Local 2 Step Training Program. In her interview, she describes her experience as a union staff member helping to support the strike.
Additional collection guides
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Sarah Wilson, 2009.
Creator
- Kuang, Annie (Person)
- Wilson, Sarah (Person)
- Title
- Annie Kuang Oral History
- Author
- Finding aid created by Marissa Friedman
- Date
- 2020
- 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