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Labor Project for Working Families records

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Identifier: larc-ms-0387
Abstract

Labor Project for Working Families (LPWF) records comprise materials collected by Netsy Firestein in her position as founder and executive director of the organization from 1992 until 2013. The collection includes administrative and research materials, correspondence, newsletters, and publications produced by LPWF. Also included are publications from various local and national organizations dealing with labor and family issues and media clippings about LPWF.

Dates: 1986-2012; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2010

Kathy Labriola Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 250 collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0392
Abstract This collection documents the labor activities of Kathy Labriola, licensed vocational nurse, union activist, and community organizer. The records comprise newsletters, flyers, notes, correspondence, articles, clippings, and promotional materials collected and generated by Labriola in her role as shop steward for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 250, and through her involvement in three union-related committees: the Aids Education Committee, the Southern Africa Solidarity...
Dates: 1971-2015

Lamoin Werlein-Jaen Oral History

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Identifier: larc-oh-werlein-jaen
Abstract Sound recording of interview with former UNITE HERE Local 2 vice-president Lamoin Werlein-Jaen 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. Originally from the Republic of Panama, Werlein-Jaen was in charge of the...
Dates: 2009 January 22

Leslie Salmeron

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Identifier: larc-oh-salmeron
Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Leslie Salmeron. 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 Nicaragua, Salmeron worked as a room cleaner for the San Francisco Hilton during before getting hired by...
Dates: 2009 February 3

Lusty Lady Theater collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0365
Abstract This collection contains rank-and-file organizers' records relating to the successful campaign to unionize the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco, California. In addition to standard union issues such as pay, grievance procedure, hours, benefits and time off, this collection documents issues specific to exotic dancers, such as management rankings and rewards based on dancers’ attractiveness, privacy violations resulting from one-way glass windows and patrons’ unauthorized filming of...
Dates: 1996 - 1998

Ringo Mak oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-mak
Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Ringo Mak conducted by Jill 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. Mak worked as a waiter at the Hilton Hotel. In his interview, Mak describes the impetuses for the...
Dates: 2009 January 29

Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast records

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Identifier: larc-ms-0002
Abstract The Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast records document the activities of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast (MFPC), more commonly known as the Maritime Federation of the Pacific (MFP), an organization representing the interests of longshoremen, seamen, ship cooks and stewards, other various maritime occupations, agricultural and cannery workers in California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The collection consists of the organizational records of the MFP, including material...
Dates: 1935-1942

Baltazar Medina oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-medinabaltazar
Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Baltazar Medina 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. Originall from Mexico, Medina served as a cafeteria cook at the Mark Hopkins hotel. In...
Dates: 2008 December 29

Delia Medina oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-medinadelia
Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Delia Medina conducted by Riddhi Mehta. 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 El Salvador, Medina worked as a room cleaner at the Hyatt. In her interview,...
Dates: 2009 January 9

Humberto Munoz oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-munoz
Abstract 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

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UNITE HERE. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 24
Datz-Greenberg, Corey 4
Owen, Bob 4
Shields, Bill 4
Mehta, Riddhi 3
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Owen, Jill 3
Service Employees International Union. Local 250 (San Francisco, Calif.) 3
Hardy, George 2
Huerta, Dolores, 1930- 2
Inouye, Jessica 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2
Ross, Fred, Sr., 1910-1992. 2
United Farm Workers 2
Wilson, Sarah 2
AFL-CIO 1
AFSCME. Local 101 (San Jose, Calif.) 1
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospitals 1
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 192 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Associated Farmers (Organization) 1
Beatty, Ned 1
Bebbisse, Usha 1
Bohner, Ernest 1
California Working Group 1
Carleto, Alfredo 1
Casey, Mike 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. 1
Chen, Tina 1
Chown, Paul 1
City College of San Francisco. Labor Studies Department 1
Coleman, William Neal 1
Cortez, Antonia 1
Curia, Patricia 1
Cutter Biological 1
Dalzell, Tom 1
Do, Tho 1
Durst, Will 1
Espinoza, Rafael 1
Exotic Dancers Union 1
Firestein, Netsy 1
Fuentes, Feliz 1
Gilb, Corinne Lathrop, 1925- 1
Hartmire, Wayne C. 1
Havenner, Franck, R. 1
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956 1
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Industrial Workers of the World 1
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers 1
International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 509. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 1
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Typographical Union 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 2103 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Johnson, Walter 1
Knighton, Linda 1
Kozono, Gary 1
Kuang, Annie 1
Labor Project for Working Families 1
Labriola, Kathy 1
Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn) 1
Lawson, Bob 1
Lusty Lady Theater (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Mak, Ringo 1
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast 1
Medina, Baltazar 1
Medina, Delia 1
Melnikow, Henry P. 1
Miller, Rhian 1
Mooney, Tom 1
Munoz , Humberto 1
Murphy, Cathy 1
Neylan, John Francis, 1885-1960 1
O'Neill, Patrice 1
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 1
Pacific Maritime Association 1
Patri, Giacomo 1
Powell, Lorraine 1
Retail Clerks International Union 1
Riggers' and Stevedores' Union. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Riorden, Lynn 1
Rosales, Gerson 1
Rush, Aurolyn 1
Salmeron, Leslie 1
Sampson, Timothy J. 1
Scott, Craig 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 1021 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 400 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 535 1
Sierra Club 1
Sierra Employees Alliance 1
Taylor, Jim 1
Tejada-Flores, Rick 1
Tobriner, Mathew Oscar, 1904-1982 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders. Local Union no. 34 1
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Local 1412 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
United Healthcare Workers-West 1
University of California, Berkeley 1
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations 1
Vail, Larry 1
Villanueva, Lorna 1
Weaver, Alan 1
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