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Carol Cuénod oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-cuenod
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Carol Cuénod conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Topics include insightful reflections on politically active mother, Left politics in California during 1940s-1950s, California Labor School, and International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Dates: 1994 August 9-September 19

David F. Selvin photograph collection

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Identifier: larc-pho-0019
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs gathered by Selvin in his role as editor of Northern Califonia Labor, a labor newspaper he founded in 1951. Other photographs were used in several books and articles Selvin authored related to labor history, in particular, his 1996 book, A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco. Many of the photographs in this collection are reprints from various...
Dates: 1861-1991; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Terry Green oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-green
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Terry Green conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Recalls student life at UC Berkeley and part-time waterfront work, 1938-1941; Left politics in East Bay, 1940s to early 1990s; serving as steward in Office and Professional Employees Union, CIO, 1945-1950; and activist career and work-life in Local 6, 1950-1984.

Dates: 1996 May 17

Labor Project for Working Families records

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Identifier: larc-ms-0387
Abstract

Labor Project for Working Families (LPWF) records comprise materials collected by Netsy Firestein in her position as founder and executive director of the organization from 1992 until 2013. The collection includes administrative and research materials, correspondence, newsletters, and publications produced by LPWF. Also included are publications from various local and national organizations dealing with labor and family issues and media clippings about LPWF.

Dates: 1986-2012; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2010

Avelino Ramos oral history

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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

Roofers and Waterproofers Union, Local 40 (San Francisco, Calif.) historical data records

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Identifier: larc-ms-0396
Abstract Consists of historical data compiled from 2010 through 2013 by Bruce Lau, Secretary-Treasurer of Roofers and Waterproofers Union, Local 40 in San Francisco. Data spans the years from 1900 to 2013. Includes statistics related to active and expelled members, Local 40 officers, international presidents, business agents, a history of wage scale increases for journeyman workers in Local 40, and two CD-ROMs of The Journeyman Roofer and Waterproofer magazine covering the...
Dates: 2010-2013

San Francisco Social Services Employees Union records

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Identifier: larc-ms-0415
Abstract Records of the Social Services Employees Union (SSEU), an independent public workers union in San Francisco. The union, established in the mid-1960s and made up of rank and file social workers and social service employees within the San Francisco Department of Social Services (DSS), was entirely employee-run and governed, and remained unaffiliated with any other official union. Files consist of administrative records, correspondence, DSS inter-office memorandums and meeting minutes, SSEU...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1962-2010

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