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Labor unions -- Organizing -- California.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Service Workers West records

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0389
Abstract The collection comprises the California records of the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU), later known as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and contains the predecessor records for Local 24/7 and Local 44. The records document the union's involvement in many local and state-wide political campaigns, elections, and BSEIU conventions. Also included are membership materials, contracts and logbooks for the Window Cleaners Union Local 44, various union and...
Dates: 1934-2008; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970

Rick Tejada-Flores United Farm Workers (UFW) negative and contact sheet collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0059
Abstract This is a collection of negatives and contact sheets of photos shot from 1972 through 1975 by Rick Tejada-Flores, who was on staff of the United Farm Workers (UFW) at the time. The collection contains images of UFW events and activities, including campaigns, pickets, boycotts, marches, meetings, picnics, elections, and the opening of a health clinic, all of which took place in Coachella, Salinas, Selma, Bakersfield and other Central Valley locales, and Los Angeles, San Francisco, and...
Dates: 1972-1975