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Paul Pinsky oral history
Item
Identifier: larc-oh-pinsky
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Paul Pinsky conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Recalls U.C. Berkeley; labor organizing, 1930s; discusses career as Research Director, California CIO Council, late 1930s-late 1940s; represented International Fishermen & Allied Workers of America (IFAWA) and Marine Cooks and Stewards (MCS) at their CIO purge trials, 1950; consultant to ILWU specializing in employee benefit and union insurance plans; searching comments on ILWU leadership.
Dates:
1995 October 24-25
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Lorraine Powell oral history
Item
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
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Professional Embalmers Union Local 9049 records
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0186
Scope and Contents
5 cubic feet of records, 1920 - 1988 (predominately 1960s-1980s) of the Professional Embalmers' Union, No. 9049, San Francisco. Includes a 1960 constitution, agreements and contracts, embalmers pension and health and welfare trust plan materials, schedule for ""wages, lifts and extra work,"" and lift list.
Dates:
1920 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1988
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Katie Quan Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0419
Abstract
Comprises notes, correspondence, memos, agendas, minutes, reports, convention materials, rosters, press material and other organizational documents collected and generated by Katie Quan in her role as a founding member of the Asian Pacific American Alliance (APALA). APALA, a nationwide organization of Asian Pacific American trade unionists formed under the auspices of the AFL-CIO, was created in response to the working conditions, concerns and aspirations of Asian Pacific American...
Dates:
1988-1998
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Ray Quan Service Employees International Union, Local 790 (San Francisco, Calif.) collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0252
Scope and Contents
Wide variety of material primarily related to SEIU, Local 790 (San Francisco, Calif.) collected by Ray Quan. Includes day planners, meeting minutes, training material, conference documents, flyers, newsletters and correspondence. Most material is related to the Local 790's representation of Bay Area Rapid Transit workers.
Dates:
1993 - 2000
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Peter Radcliff oral history
Item
Identifier: larc-oh-radcliff
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Peter Radcliff conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes his activities with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) before the San Francisco State Strike of 1968-69, the role of strike activists, leaders and opponents in detail, assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the student and faculty strike movement, and the long-term effects of the strike on faculty morale, the direction of faculty unionism, and campus life at San Francisco State University.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Radical Elders Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0423
Abstract
The Radical Elders Oral History Project Records consist of audio recordings in cassette and reel-to-reel format, transcripts and project files documenting early twentieth century activists in the Communist Party as well as labor and other social justice movements. Interviewees include Sam Krieger, Emmy Lou Packard, Eluard Luchell McDaniel, Irving Fromer, Nori Ikeda Lafferty, Alice Quaytman, Carl Sullivan, Jack Wagner, Malvina Reynolds, William (Billy) Allan, Elaine Johnson, Frank Rowe,...
Dates:
1947-1995; Majority of material found in 1978-1987
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Radio Labor News Project records
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0260
Scope and Contents
Files including status reports, correspondence and grant proposals.
Dates:
1984 - 1988
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Ralph Fasanella posters
Collection
Identifier: larc-gph-0006
Scope and Contents
15 signed Ralph Fasanella posters: ""Lawrence 1912: The Bread and Roses Strike"" (3) ""America's Labor Heritage (Daily News Strike)"" (2) ""America's Labor Heritage (Subway Riders)"" (2),""America's Labor Heritage (Family Support)"" (2),""America's Labor Heritage (Working At The Mill)"" (2), ""America's Labor Heritage (The Great Strike - Lawrence, 1912"") (2), ""South Bronx Rebirth"" (2),
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Avelino Ramos oral history
Item
Identifier: larc-oh-ramos
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.
Dates:
1996 May 9
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
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