Mike Casey oral history
Scope and Content of Collection
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 president Mike Casey conducted by Bill Shields. 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 his interview, Casey describes the movement towards national coordination within the service industry leading up to the events of 2004-2006, the tactical and strategic decision-making regarding the strike, and the important gains made for workers due to the strike's success. Casey served as president of UNITE HERE Local 2 from 1994-2015.Casey served as president of UNITE HERE Local 2 from 1994-2015.
Dates
- 2009 March 2
Creator
- Casey, Mike (Person)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Biography/Administrative History
Former UNITE HERE Local 2 president from 1994-2015.
Extent
2 compact disc
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 president Mike Casey conducted by Bill Shields. 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 his interview, Casey describes the movement towards national coordination within the service industry leading up to the events of 2004-2006, the tactical and strategic decision-making regarding the strike, and the important gains made for workers due to the strike's success. Casey served as president of UNITE HERE Local 2 from 1994-2015. Casey served as president of UNITE HERE Local 2 from 1994-2015.
Additional collection guides
Acquisition Information
Interview conducted by Bill Shields, 2009.
Creator
- Casey, Mike (Person)
- Shields, Bill (Person)
- Title
- Mike Casey Oral History
- Author
- Finding aid created by Marissa Friedman
- Date
- 2020
- 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
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San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
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