Avelino Ramos oral history
Scope and Contents
Sound recording of interview with Avelino 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
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Biography
Avelino "Abba" Ramos retired in 1997 after long career as ILWU activist, organizer, business agent, and International Representative.
Extent
2 audio cassettes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Acquisition Information
Interviewed conducted by Harvey Schwartz, 1996.
- Filipino Americans -- California -- Interviews.
- Filipino Americans -- Hawaii -- Interviews.
- International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Labor union members -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews.
- Labor union members -- Hawaii -- Interviews.
- Labor unions -- California -- History.
- Labor unions -- Hawaii -- History.
- Stevedores -- Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco.
- Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Hawaii.
- Title
- Avelino Ramos Oral History
- Author
- Finding aid created by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
- Date
- 2017
- 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
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