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Leon Olson Bay Area Typographical Union, Local 21 (San Francisco, Calif.) collection

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0208
Scope and Contents

Primarily records related to Olson's tenure as President of BATU, Local 21, including office files, subject files, clippings, union newspapers, minutes, correspondence and files related to strikes, grievance and arbitration cases, pensions, health and welfare, and the mergers with the Newspaper Guild and CWA. Also includes material documenting the union's participation in politics and progressive political causes, trips to other countries, and healthcare reform for seniors.

Dates: 1949 - 2005

Leon Olson oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-olson
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Leon Olson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Describes the anti-Hearst newspaper strike of 1968; San Rafael Independent Journal strike, ca. 1970s; the shrinking number of newspapers, 1970s-1980s; and the impact of new technologies on the Typographers Union.

Dates: 1992 August 31-December 1

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

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

 Collection
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

David Selvin oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-selvin
Abstract Sound recording of interview with David Selvin conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Selvin's parents immigrated from Russia to Tooele, Utah in 1909, drawn by family ties to the Jewish agricultural community which had settled in the central part of that state. Selvin's father maintained a store in predominately Mormon township of Tooele and also served as a senator in the Utah state legislature. David moved to California to attend college, receiving his undergraduate degree in Commerce and Master's...
Dates: 2000 September 7

Joan-Marie Shelley oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-shelley
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with Joan-Marie Shelley conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Describes her involvement with school unions, 1955-1970, and her rise to become president of the United Educators of San Francisco in 1984; discusses her views on bilingual education, violence in schools, the California Teachers Association, and the American Federation of Teachers,, as well as the influence of her father, former San Francisco mayor John Francis Shelley; synoptic index available.

Dates: 1993 March 9-April 1

United Taxicab Workers records

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0429
Abstract This collection contains materials about the status of employees as contract workers or regular employees; issues of workplace safety; gate control (a fee the taxicab driver pays their parent company each shift); records from city hearings about the public convenience and necessity of cabs; applications and records related to permits and medallions; arbitration and other legal documents. The collection also includes one carton of materials created by Ruach Graffis, a long-time San Francisco...
Dates: 1978-2006

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Bakalinsky, Adah 3
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 3
Schwartz, Harvey 3
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers. Local lodge 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 2
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 2
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Olson, Leon 2
Selvin, David F. 2
AFL-CIO 1
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospitals 1
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 192 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
American Federation of Teachers 1
Automotive Machinist Union. Lodge No. 1305 1
Bay Area Typographical Union. Local 21 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Bindery Women's Union. Local 125 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Bindery Worker's Union. Local 21 (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1
Bridges, Harry 1
California Federation for Civic Unity 1
California Labor School 1
City College of San Francisco. Labor Studies Department 1
Comacho, Peter 1
Cuenod, Carol 1
Cutter Biological 1
Firestein, Netsy 1
Fletcher, Fred D. 1
Flynn, Noriko Sawada Bridges 1
Goldberger, Jack 1
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. District 115 1
International Association of Machinists. Lodge 284 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
International Association of Machinists. Lodge 68 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers. Local lodge 9 (Vallejo, Calif.) 1
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. Bindery Women's Local Union 125 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. Local 31 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 85 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. Local 921 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Longshore and Warehouse Union--Pictorial works 1
Kagel, Sam. 1
Labor Project for Working Families 1
Labriola, Kathy 1
Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 1
Quan, Ray 1
Rainbow, Ed 1
Retail Clerks International Union. Local 1100 (San Francisco, Calif.)--Pictorial Works 1
Retail Clerks International Union. Local 648 (San Francisco, Calif.)--Pictorial Works 1
Roofers and Waterproofers Union. Local 40 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Sampson, Timothy J. 1
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.) 1
San Francisco Labor Council 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 250 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 400 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 535 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 790 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
United Educators of San Francisco 1
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