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Humberto Munoz oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-munoz
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Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Humberto Munoz. 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. Munoz worked as a waiter and bartender at the Westin and Hilton on Fisherman's Wharf. In his interview, Munoz describes...
Dates:
2009 February 6
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lorraine Powell oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-powell
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Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 union field representative for the Four Seasons Hotel, Lorraine Powell, conducted by Bob Owen. 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. In her interview, Powell describes her transition...
Dates:
2009 January 29
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Avelino Ramos oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-ramos
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Sound recording of interview with Avelino "Abba" Ramos conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes youth in Hawaii as son of Filipino sugar worker, coming of ILWU to Islands in 1940s, CIO organizing work in Hawaii, and career in California with Local 6, ILWU, 1962-1997, including rich exploration of the closing of the Colgate plant, East Bay, 1981; interview formed basis for an oral history article that appeared in the ILWU newspaper The Dispatcher, May 1996.
Dates:
1996 May 9
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Dave Reed oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-reed
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Sound recording of interview with Dave Reed conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Remembers boxing days, early 1930s; longshore work, 1933; witnessing S.F. police shooting workers during 1934 strike, being arrested for own union activity in 1934, meeting Henry Schmidt, Local 10 pioneer, and Harry Lundeberg, SUP leader; SUP schooner sailor, World War II; and Relief Business Agent, Local 10, ILWU, 1960.
Dates:
1995 April 18
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Aurolyn Rush oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-rush
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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...
Dates:
2008 December 30
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Jean-Margaret Strauss oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-strauss
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Sound recording and transcription of interview with one of the first female sheet metal workers in the Bay Area, Jean-Margaret Strauss, conducted by Judith Beck. In her oral history, Strauss describes the discrimination and obstacles she faced as a female tradeswoman, the skills and experiences she gained on the job, and her relationship with the Sheet Metal Workers Local 104.
Dates:
December 13, 2013
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Jim Taylor oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-taylor
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Jim Taylor. 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. Taylor served as a banquet bartender at the Palace and Hilton hotels. In his interview, Taylor describes his experience as a...
Dates:
2009 January 30
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lorna Villanueva oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-villanueva
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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...
Dates:
2009 January 5
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Don Watson oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-watson
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Sound recording of interview with Don Watson conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Reviews work-life and activism in Marine Cooks and Stewards, CIO, late 1940s-early 1950s; and in ILWU, 1955-1993; remembers waterfront screening, McCarthy period; recalls Jimmy Herman and racial integration of Local 34, early 1960s; led ILWU efforts to aid California farm workers' union movement, 1960s-1970s; Secretary-Treasurer, Northern California District Council, ILWU, 1982-1993; co-founded Bay Area Labor History...
Dates:
1994 March 11-April 21
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Mariana Wong oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-wong
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 union field representative for the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Mariana Wong, conducted by Bill Shields. 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. In her interview, Wong, originally from Hong...
Dates:
2009 March 2
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
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