Aurolyn Rush oral history
Scope and Content of Collection
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Aurolyn Rush conducted by Corey Datz-Greenberg. 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. Rush worked as a telephone operator at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco and served as a strike captain on the picket line. In her interview, Rush describes her participation in the boycott committee and her efforts to convince members to support the strike.
Dates
- 2008 December 30
Creator
- Rush, Aurolyn (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Biography/Administrative History
UNITE HERE Local 2 member and telephone operator at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, served as member of the boycott committee and as a picket line captain during the historic 2004 hotel strike and lock-out in San Francisco that lasted 53 days.
Extent
3 compact disc
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Aurolyn Rush conducted by Corey Datz-Greenberg. 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. Rush worked as a telephone operator at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco and served as a strike captain on the picket line. In her interview, Rush describes her participation in the boycott committee and her efforts to convince members to support the strike.
Additional Collection Guides
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Corey Datz-Greenberg, 2008.
Creator
- Rush, Aurolyn (Person)
- Datz-Greenberg, Corey (Person)
- Title
- Aurolyn Rush Oral History
- Author
- Finding aid created by Marissa Friedman
- Date
- 2020
- 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