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San Francisco Web Pressmen photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: larc-pho-0040
Abstract

Photo album consisting of images of web pressmen at work printing San Francisco newspapers, on break and posing with co-workers, and spending leisure time together on recreational outings. The album documents the pressmen's working environment, including web press machinery and ink-stained clothes, and hunting, fishing, and clam-digging trips taken throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and greater California, and San Diego.

Dates: 1921-1958; Majority of material found within 1951

San Mateo County Central Labor Council records, additions

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0118
Scope and Contents Records include: minutes of regular Council Meetings and the Council’s Executive Board; Council committees, member unions, and election files; Secretary-Treasurer and financial records; AFL-CIO and CFL correspondence, policy statements and legislative activity files and convention proceedings; and subject files, including material on the San Mateo Federation of Retired Union Members, California Working Group, California legislative candidates and issues, labor education and occupational...
Dates: 1975-2001

San Mateo County Central Labor Council records, additions

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0359
Scope and Contents Organization files including Central Labor Council meeting and Executive Board meeting minutes (1987, 1996-1997), correspondence (1998-2000), news releases (1987-1988),AFL-CIO correspondence (1974-1993) and AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (1985-1988). In addition, correspondence and subject files on a wide variety of topics, including California Labor Federation, Airport Labor Coalition, Federal Aviation Regulation, California OSHA, South African apartheid, state and national...
Dates: 1974 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1998

San Mateo County Central Labor Council records, additions

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0363
Scope and Contents Primarily records related to labor disputes, national healthcare reform, strategic planning, political activities and job training. Box 1 contains mostly single files documenting legal cases, collective bargaining, boycotts, labor solidarity and jurisdictional disputes related to locals of the Building Trades, IAM (United Airlines), HERE (San Mateo Marriott), SEIU (particularly Janitors for Justice in Silicon Valley and public employees), UFCW, the Firefighters (County paramedics, American...
Dates: 1982 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2004

San Mateo County Central Labor Council records, additions

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0371
Scope and Contents

Organizational records primarily consisting of correspondence Action and Information files, September 1999 - April 2007. These files document a wide variety of subjects related to state and national political issues and candidates, community relations, economic development and union rights and organizing. Also includes one book, one pamphlet, one poster, one photographic print and 30 issues of three serials.

Dates: 1999 - 2007

John Sanchez oral history

 Item
Identifier: larc-oh-sanchez
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with John Sanchez conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Former agricultural worker; recalls killing of unionists by growers in Pixley, California, during 1933 Central Valley cotton strike; describes harsh living and working conditions of Central Valley’s Mexican American cotton pickers, 1930s, and impact of mechanization, 1938-1941.

Dates: 1998 March 31

Susan Schacher Plant Closures Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0393
Abstract This collection documents the activities of the Plant Closures Project (PCP). Consists of organizational records dated from 1981 to 1991, the bulk from 1982-1989, including budget, planning and reorganization documents, minutes, funding requests, reports, newsletters, impact statistics, steering committee leadership handbook, lists of steering committee and advisory board members, and plant closure campaign records for Sierra Design, Rainbow Workers Cooperative, Delaval Foundry, and Blue...
Dates: 1981 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1982 - 1987

Elizabeth Schilling Watsonville canneries strike collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0428
Abstract This collection includes materials collected and produced by journalist Elizabeth Schilling in the course of researching and reporting on the Watsonville canneries strike between 1985 and 1988. Materials include Schilling's research and interview notes; newspaper clippings documenting the strike and its aftermath; flyers, leaflets, newsletters, and press releases from Teamsters Local 912, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, Shaw's, Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods Co, and community...
Dates: 1985-1988, 2017

William Schneiderman papers

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0026
Abstract

Primarily material related to Schneiderman's role as California State Secretary of the Communist Party, including correspondence, leaflets, clippings, pamphlets, memoranda, reports, hearing transcripts and manuscript for his autobiography, Dissent on Trial , including one chapter not published.

Dates: 1920-1985

Scrapbook pages of newsclippings with illustrations by Giacomo Patri

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0190
Scope and Contents

Includes pages from a scrapbook with clippings from newspapers with Giacomo Patri illustrations.

Dates: 1939 - 1939

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Labor Archives and Research Center 639
Special Collections and Archives, J. Paul Leonard Library 13
 
Subject
Oral histories. 64
Audiocassettes. 29
Labor union members -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews. 27
Strikes and lockouts. 27
Labor unions -- Organizing. 26
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Labor contract 25
Hotels -- Employees -- Labor unions 23
Labor unions -- California -- History. 18
Photographs. 14
Labor unions -- Organizing -- California. 12
Agricultural laborers -- California. 9
San Francisco State College -- Student strike, 1968-1969. 9
San Francisco State College -- Faculty -- Political activity. 8
Wages -- Women. 8
Women labor union members -- United States. 8
Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco. 7
Communists -- United States. 6
Labor leaders -- California -- Interviews. 6
Labor movement -- California -- History. 6
Labor unions -- Organizing -- United States. 6
Labor unions and education 6
Universities and colleges -- Employees -- Labor unions 6
Building trades -- Employees -- Labor unions -- California. 5
Carpenters -- Labor unions -- California. 5
Labor -- California -- History -- 20th century. 5
Labor movement -- Study and teaching. 5
Labor unions -- Longshoremen -- United States. 5
Longshoremen's Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1934 5
Sex discrimination against women -- United States. 5
Women in the labor movement -- California. 5
Agricultural laborers -- California -- Photographs. 4
Collective bargaining 4
Communism -- California. 4
Communism -- United States. 4
Communist trials -- United States. 4
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union -- History. 4
Labor unions and education -- United States. 4
Negatives. 4
Pamphlets 4
Printing industry -- California -- San Francisco. 4
San Francisco State College -- Students 4
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees -- Labor unions -- California. 4
Socialist literature 4
Stevedores -- California -- San Francisco. 4
Stevedores -- Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco. 4
Stevedores -- Labor unions -- United States. 4
Student strikes -- California -- San Francisco. 4
Teachers' unions -- California. 4
Universities and colleges -- Faculty. 4
Women -- Employment. 4
Women blue collar workers 4
Women labor union members--California--San Francisco--Interviews. 4
Alternative schools -- California -- 20th century. 3
Arbitration, Industrial -- United States -- Cases. 3
Artists -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area. 3
Boiler-makers -- Labor unions -- California -- San Francisco -- Archives. 3
Cannery workers -- California -- Watsonville. 3
Cannery workers -- Labor unions. 3
Collective bargaining -- Health facilities -- United States. 3
Collective labor agreements. 3
College students -- Political activity. 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. 3
Labor unions -- California -- Oakland. 3
Machinists -- California -- San Francisco -- History. 3
Medical personnel -- Labor unions. 3
Merchant mariners -- Labor unions -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) 3
Migrant labor -- California. 3
Occupational training for women. 3
Photograph albums. 3
Political activists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews. 3
Progressive education -- California -- 20th century. 3
San Francisco State College -- Faculty -- Interviews. 3
Scrapbooks. 3
Service Employees International Union. 3
Shipbuilding industry -- California. 3
Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) 3
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- California -- Watsonville. 3
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural processing industries -- California -- Watsonville. 3
Strikes and lockouts -- California -- San Francisco. 3
Strikes and lockouts -- Hospitals. 3
Strikes and lockouts -- Stevedores -- California -- San Francisco. 3
Trade unions 3
Universities and colleges -- Faculty -- Employment. 3
Watsonville (Calif.) 3
Women -- Employment -- California. 3
Women -- Employment -- United States. 3
Women labor union members -- California -- San Francisco. 3
Working class -- Education -- California. 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States. 3
Affirmative action programs in education 2
Agricultural laborers -- California -- History. 2
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- California. 2
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History. 2
Agricultural laborers' unions -- California. 2
Anti-Fascism 2
Bicycle messengers -- California -- San Francisco. 2
Blue collar workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
Bridges -- Design and construction -- Employees 2
Building Service Employees International Union. 2
CD-ROMs. 2
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Names
UNITE HERE. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 24
Schwartz, Harvey 19
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 8
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 8
Union WAGE (Organization) 7
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Bakalinsky, Adah 6
United Farm Workers 6
American Federation of Teachers 5
California Faculty Association 5
AFSCME. Local 1695 (Berkeley, Calif.) 4
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO 4
California Labor School 4
Coalition of University Employees (Berkeley, Calif.) 4
Communist Party of the United States of America 4
Datz-Greenberg, Corey 4
Huerta, Dolores, 1930- 4
Industrial Workers of the World 4
Owen, Bob 4
San Francisco Labor Council 4
Selvin, David F. 4
Service Employees International Union. Local 250 (San Francisco, Calif.) 4
Shields, Bill 4
Bridges, Harry 3
Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990 3
California Nurses Association 3
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. 3
Cherny, Robert W. 3
Flynn, Noriko Sawada Bridges 3
Glass, Fred 3
Hardy, George 3
Maupin, Joyce 3
Mehta, Riddhi 3
Owen, Jill 3
Pinsky, Paul 3
Scott, Craig 3
Service Employees International Union. Local 400 (San Francisco, Calif.) 3
Stack, Loretta Starvus 3
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations 3
AFL-CIO 2
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 192 (Oakland, Calif.) 2
Arnautoff, Victor Michail, 1896-1979 2
Brusati, Fred 2
California Faculty Association. San Francisco State University Chapter 2
Chown, Paul 2
City College of San Francisco. Labor Studies Department 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
D'Anne, Denise 2
Inouye, Jessica 2
International Association of Machinists. Lodge 68 (San Francisco, Calif.) 2
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers. Local lodge 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 70 (Oakland, Calif.) 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 85 (San Francisco, Calif.) 2
International Longshore and Warehouse Union 2
International Longshoremen’s Association 2
Jenkins, Maxine 2
Lee, Sue Ko 2
Longmore, Paul K. 2
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union 2
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast 2
Martin, Molly 2
Mixer, Madeline H. 2
Olson, Leon 2
Ross, Fred, Sr., 1910-1992. 2
Sampson, Timothy J. 2
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.) 2
San Francisco Bike Messenger Association 2
San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center 2
Service Employees International Union 2
Shipwrights, Joiners and Boat Builders. Local 1149 (San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.) 2
Solomon, Eric 2
Tejada-Flores, Rick 2
Union Women's Alliance To Gain Equality 2
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders. Local Union no. 34 2
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Local 1412 (Oakland, Calif.) 2
United Healthcare Workers-West 2
United Professors of California 2
Whitson, Helene 2
Wilson, Sarah 2
Working Group (Oakland, Calif.) 2
AFSCME. Local 101 (San Jose, Calif.) 1
AFSCME. Local 1684 (Eureka, Calif.) 1
AFSCME. Local 3211 (Berkeley, Calif.) 1
Adams, Martin 1
Addy, Al 1
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) 1
Alexander, Robert 1
Aller, Curtis C. 1
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospitals 1
American Federation of Labor 1
American Federation of Musicians. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
American Federation of Teachers. Local 4269 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
American Federation of Teachers. Local 61 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
American League Against War and Fascism 1
American Legion. Subversive Activities Committee 1
American Peace Crusade 1
Andy, Stern 1
Anti-Japanese Laundry League 1
Arca, David 1
Asiatic Exclusion League 1
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