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Oral histories.

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Lorraine Powell oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-powell
Abstract 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