Lorna Villanueva oral history
Scope and Contents
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Lorna Villanueva 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. Villanueva served as a union shop steward and inspector at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco. In her interview, Villanueva describes her experience as a member of the negotiation committee and her participation in rallies and other organizing tactics to maintain support for the contract negotiations following the end of the lockout.
Dates
- 2009 January 5
Creator
- Villanueva, Lorna (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Extent
2 compact disc
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Lorna Villanueva 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. Villanueva served as a union shop steward and inspector at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco. In her interview, Villanueva describes her experience as a member of the negotiation committee and her participation in rallies and other organizing tactics to maintain support for the contract negotiations following the end of the lockout.
Additional collection guides
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Corey Datz-Greenberg, 2009.
Creator
- Villanueva, Lorna (Person)
- Datz-Greenberg, Corey (Person)
- Title
- Lorna Villanueva 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
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