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Paul Chown papers

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Identifier: larc-ms-0328
Abstract The Paul Chown Papers consist of personal files related to Chown's work as a labor official and educator, including subject files on economic and collective bargaining issues (news clippings, pamphlets, booklets, publications, ephemera, mailings, and reports) and curriculum material related to workshops and classes Chown taught on collective bargaining, occupational health, labor studies and labor history. Also includes files related to Chown's work as an organizer for United Electrical,...
Dates: 1937 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1989

Patricia Curia San Jose Comparable Worth Strike collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0117
Abstract

Consists of news clippings, correspondence, articles, ephemera and other materials related to the 1981 San Jose city workers strike in support of equal pay for comparable worth.

Dates: 1972-2005

Rafael Espinoza oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-espinoza
Abstract

Sound recording of interview with former UNITE HERE Local 2 vice-president Rafael Espinoza, conducted by Gerson Rosales.

Dates: 2010 November 8

Corinne Gilb collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0065
Abstract This collection documents Dr. Corinne Gilb's work in her position as the first Director of the Regional Cultural History Project, the forerunner of the Regional Oral History Office (ROHO), at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The collection documents early methodology for conducting oral histories and includes interviews, conducted for the Institute of Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley, of union members, employers, and professionals in the labor relations field. The...
Dates: 1951-1963

George Hardy papers

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Identifier: larc-ms-0078
Abstract Consists of a selection of George Hardy's papers, including personal files, correspondence, clippings, materials relating to the George Scalise case of the 1930s, a biography titled "So Much to be Done: George Hardy's Life in Organized Labor," and an oversized scrapbook from the Theater Janitors Strike in 1951. The bulk of the papers and records from George Hardy's term as President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are held by the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and...
Dates: 1933-1985

Clyde L. Johnson collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0135
Abstract Materials related to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) at the national, California and local levels, including convention proceedings, bylaws, agreements, and pamphlets, collected in the course of Johnson's work as business agent for UBCJA's Local 550 Chapter in Oakland, California. While the majority of the collection reflects official documentation from UBCJA and California State Council of Carpenters, also present are publications from workers and players...
Dates: 1954-1983

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

Kathy Labriola Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 250 collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0392
Abstract This collection documents the labor activities of Kathy Labriola, licensed vocational nurse, union activist, and community organizer. The records comprise newsletters, flyers, notes, correspondence, articles, clippings, and promotional materials collected and generated by Labriola in her role as shop steward for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 250, and through her involvement in three union-related committees: the Aids Education Committee, the Southern Africa Solidarity...
Dates: 1971-2015

Cathy Murphy United Farm Worker (UFW) photographs

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Identifier: larc-pho-0073
Abstract This collection consists of photographs taken by Cathy Murphy of farm workers in California (and a few in Arizona), and Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement from 1975 through 1979, including a few images of labor activists Fred Ross, Sr. and Dolores Huerta. Murphy documented the plight of workers in the field, Chavez’s fight against child labor, and the 1975 Thousand Mile March from the California/Mexico border to Sacramento and finally back to UFW headquarters in Keene,...
Dates: 1975-2013, bulk 1975-1979

Collection of Giacomo Patri materials

 Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0056
Abstract The collection consists of materials by or pertaining to artist and illustrator Giacomo Patri. Includes biographical materials about the artist as well as labor union pamphlets and handbooks for the Marine Cooks and Stewards Association, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6, and the Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders Local 34. Also includes a collection of Patri's work published in the San Francisco Chronicle from 1942 to 1943,...
Dates: 1937-2003; Majority of material found within 1940-1946

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Service Employees International Union. Local 250 (San Francisco, Calif.) 3
Hardy, George 2
Huerta, Dolores, 1930- 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2
Ross, Fred, Sr., 1910-1992. 2
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AFL-CIO 1
AFSCME. Local 101 (San Jose, Calif.) 1
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospitals 1
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 192 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. 1
Chown, Paul 1
City College of San Francisco. Labor Studies Department 1
Curia, Patricia 1
Cutter Biological 1
Espinoza, Rafael 1
Firestein, Netsy 1
Gilb, Corinne Lathrop, 1925- 1
Hartmire, Wayne C. 1
Havenner, Franck, R. 1
Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956 1
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
International Typographical Union 1
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 2103 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Labor Project for Working Families 1
Labriola, Kathy 1
Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn) 1
Melnikow, Henry P. 1
Mooney, Tom 1
Murphy, Cathy 1
Neylan, John Francis, 1885-1960 1
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 1
Pacific Maritime Association 1
Patri, Giacomo 1
Retail Clerks International Union 1
Rosales, Gerson 1
Sampson, Timothy J. 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 400 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 535 1
Sierra Club 1
Sierra Employees Alliance 1
Tejada-Flores, Rick 1
Tobriner, Mathew Oscar, 1904-1982 1
UNITE HERE. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders. Local Union no. 34 1
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Local 1412 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
United Farm Workers 1
United Healthcare Workers-West 1
University of California, Berkeley 1
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations 1
Vail, Larry 1
Weaver, Alan 1
Wirin, A.L. 1
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