Albert Vetere Lannon Labor Workshop collection
Scope and Contents
Consists of issues of New Directions in Labor bulletins, numbers 1-7 (1969-1970) published by the Labor Workshop of Chicago, along with a small amount of correspondence between Lannon and Workshop members, regarding the mission and focus of the newly formed group.
Dates
- 1969 - 1973
Creator
- Lannon, Albert Vetere (Person)
Availability
Collection is open for research.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Founding of the Labor Workshop
From New Directions in Labor bulletin no. 1: "With the hope of eventually contributing to the political education of a new generation of working-class leaders, a group of 25 trade unionists, primarily young staff and rank-and-file leaders met in Morgantown, West Virginia, on October 12th [1969] and...constituted themselves as a Labor Workshop; decided to circulate a private discussion bulletin -- New Directions in Labor -- to crystallize our thinking about labor's problems and possibilities..."
Biography of Albert Vetere Lannon
Albert Vetere Lannon is a former ILWU Local 6 officer and retired Coordinator of the Laney College Labor Studies Program. He is the author of Second String Red and Fight Or Be Slaves: The History of the Oakland-East Bay Labor Movement and a contributor to Red Diapers: Children of the Communist Left.
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet ( (1 box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Consists of issues of New Directions in Labor bulletins, numbers 1-7 (1969-1970) published by the Labor Workshop of Chicago, along with a small amount of correspondence between Lannon and Workshop members, regarding the mission and focus of the newly formed group.
Location
Collection is available onsite.
Acquisition
Donated by Albert V. Lannon in 2009, accession number 2009/004.
Separated Materials
"The First Sisters: Women in the Early Years of the ILWU Warehouse Union, Local 6, 1937-1969" was added to Ephemera Collection.
181 buttons, mainly related to ILWU, but also related to civil rights, the peace movement, and political campaigns, added to Artifacts Collection.
Creator
- Lannon, Albert Vetere (Person)
- Title
- Albert Vetere Lannon Labor Workshop Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in: English.
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
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San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
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