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Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 union field representative Tina Chen. 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, Chen details the demands of the workers for healthcare and wage increases, and describes...