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Box 2

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Contracts and negotiation reports, 1985-1987

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes contract proposals and reports related to collective bargaining between Teamsters Local 912 and Shaw's, Watsonville Canning and Frozen Food, Green Giant, New West Foods, and NorCal Frozen Foods.

Dates: Other: 1985-1987

Teamsters printed materials, 1985-1987

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes flyers, press releases, newsletters, and memos from Teamsters Local 912, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, and Teamsters Local 890.

Dates: Other: 1985-1987

Canneries printed materials, 1985-1987

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes press releases and memos from the Watsonville Canning and Frozen Food Co. and the Conco Corporation.

Dates: Other: 1985-1987

Community printed materials, 1985-1987

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Documents community responses to the strike. Materials include event flyers, handouts, press releases, and newsletters from groups such as the Watsonville Strike Support Committee, Santa Cruz Strike Support Committee, Progressive Labor Party, International Committee Against Racism (INCAR), Pararo Valley Federation of Teachers, Santa Cruz Central Labor Council, United Labor Community Services, and United Way of Santa Cruz County, as well as religious leaders. Also included is an unattributed...
Dates: Other: 1985-1987

Strike legal materials, 1985-1986

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Documents legal actions related to the strike, including a filing by Teamsters Local 912 against the Watsonville Police Department, an National Labor Relations Board decision, and a complaint of false arrest by 19 strike supporters.

Dates: Other: 1985-1986

Watsonville Police Department press releases, 1985-1986

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Content Description From the Collection: This collection includes materials collected and produced by journalist Elizabeth Schilling in the course of researching and reporting on the Watsonville canneries strike between 1985 and 1988. Materials include Schilling's research and interview notes; newspaper clippings documenting the strike and its aftermath; flyers, leaflets, newsletters, and press releases from Teamsters Local 912, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Shaw's, Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods Co, and community...
Dates: Other: 1985-1986

Datasearch food processing research, 1986 October

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Documents Elizabeth Schilling's research on Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods Co. and Conco, including materials regarding debts owed by Watsonville Canning to Wells Fargo.

Dates: Other: 1986 October

Garth Conlan v. Wells Fargo research, 1986-1990

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Documents Elizabeth Schilling's research into Castroville farmer Garth Conlan's lawsuit against Wells Fargo for fraud, bad faith, and breach of contract. Wells Fargo was a significant lender to Watsonville Canning and Frozen Food Co.

Dates: Other: 1986-1990

Norcal/Crosetti Foods merger press kit, 1987 September 14

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Content Description From the Collection: This collection includes materials collected and produced by journalist Elizabeth Schilling in the course of researching and reporting on the Watsonville canneries strike between 1985 and 1988. Materials include Schilling's research and interview notes; newspaper clippings documenting the strike and its aftermath; flyers, leaflets, newsletters, and press releases from Teamsters Local 912, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Shaw's, Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods Co, and community...
Dates: Other: 1987 September 14

Western Frozen Food Convention program and directory, 1987 February

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Content Description From the Collection: This collection includes materials collected and produced by journalist Elizabeth Schilling in the course of researching and reporting on the Watsonville canneries strike between 1985 and 1988. Materials include Schilling's research and interview notes; newspaper clippings documenting the strike and its aftermath; flyers, leaflets, newsletters, and press releases from Teamsters Local 912, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Shaw's, Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods Co, and community...
Dates: Other: 1987 February