East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) records
Scope and Contents
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) records comprise materials from its 1999 to 2010 campaigns revolving around economic, racial, and social justice issues. These campaigns include: Living Wage; immigrant rights; community and labor organizing at Port of Oakland; worker justice; Oakland economic development; Pixar Studios expansion impact; and the legal fight against the Woodfin Hotel management's noncompliance with Living Wage ordinance Measure C and its attack on undocumented workers during the years 2000 to 2011. Several of the campaigns involving Living Wage or union actions target high profile businesses or companies, such as Skates on the Bay restaurant, Clarement and Radisson Hotels, and Cintas Corporation. The collection contains administrative, training, legal and research materials, correspondence, publications, and photographs and other audiovisual materials produced by or afflicated with EBASE. The collection also includes publications from various local and international organizations dealing with labor issues and media clippings about EBASE.
Dates
- 1984-2010
- Majority of material found within 2000-2008
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Restrictions Governing Use
Documents containing personal identifiable information or redacted content are restricted. Requires users to sign Restricted Material Access Agreement before use.
Biographical / Historical
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) was established in 1999 in Oakland, California, when a collaboration between labor, community, and faith groups won the Oakland Living Wage Ordinance, which boosted wages for service workers. EBASE serves as a resource and advocacy organization that advances "economic, racial, and social justice by building a just economy based on good jobs and healthy communities." EBASE addresses "the root cause of economic injustice by developing strategic alliances among community, labor, and people of faith to build power and create change with lower income workers and communities of color." EBASE has successfully worked with unions in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties and community groups on issues such as fair development, living wages, immigrant rights, and stemming housing displacement.
Extent
8.75 Cubic Feet (8 cartons)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) records comprise materials from its 1999 to 2010 campaigns revolving around economic, racial, and social justice issues. These campaigns include: Living Wage; immigrant rights; community and labor organizing at Port of Oakland; worker justice; Oakland economic development; Pixar Studios expansion impact; and the legal fight against the Woodfin Hotel management's noncompliance with Living Wage ordinance Measure C and its attack on undocumented workers during the years 2000 to 2011. The collection contains administrative, training, legal and research materials, correspondence, publications, and photographs produced by EBASE. The collection also includes publications from various local and international organizations dealing with labor issues and media clippings about EBASE.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1: Administrative Materials, 2006-2010; Series 2: Campaigns, 1984-2010; Series 3: Photographs, 1999-2007.
Technical Requirements
Special equipment may be required to view or access some audiovisual material. Playback may not always be possible due to obsolete formats or fragile condition of the recordings. Advance notice is required.
Physical Location
Collection stored offsite: advance notice required for use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), 2017 (2017.003).
- Title
- Finding Aid to the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Wendy Welker
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu