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Usha Bebbisse oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-bebbisse
Abstract Interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Usha Bebbisse conducted by Riddhi Mehta. 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. A waitress at the Fisherman's Wharf Holiday Inn, Bebbisse was one of two members of the union delegation sent to...
Dates: 2009 January 9

Ernest Bohner oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-bohner
Abstract

Interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Ernest Bohner. 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.

Dates: 2008 December 29

Alfredo Carleto oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-carleto
Abstract Sound recording of interview conducted with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Alfredo Carleto conducted by Jessica Inouye. 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. Originally from El Salvador, Carleto served as a busser at the Crowne Plaza Union...
Dates: 2009 January 5

Mike Casey oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-casey
Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 president Mike Casey conducted by Bill Shields. 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 his interview, Casey describes the movement towards national coordination within the service...
Dates: 2009 March 2

Tina Chen oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-chen
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...
Dates: 2009 January 29

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

William Neal Coleman Iron Workers International Union Collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0390
Abstract Consists of materials related to Coleman's work as General Organizer and International Representative for the Iron Workers International Union. Includes weekly reports, correspondence, convention proceedings, and minutes for the District Council meetings, and contracts for locals 509 (Los Angeles), 624 (Fresno), 627 (San Diego), 790 (San Francisco, Oakland), 562 (Salt Lake City), 801 (Reno), and 803 (Honolulu), along with other District Council materials. Includes COPE, Shop Division, and...
Dates: 1942-2001; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1986

Antonia Cortez oral history

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Identifier: larc-oh-cortez
Abstract Sound recording of interview with UNITE HERE Local 2 member Antonio Cortez conducted by Corey Datz-Greenberg. 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. Originally from Mexico, Cortez worked as a housekeeper at the Hyatt since 1975. In her...
Dates: 2009 January 8

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

Tom Dalzell United Farm Workers of America collection

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Identifier: larc-ms-0356
Abstract United Farm Workers organizing and boycott material including leaflets (mostly in Spanish, some in Arabic), brochures, pamphlets, clippings, organizers' autobiographical notes, correspondence, a calendar, convention documents, and texts of legislation (1974-1975). Also includes leaflets issued by Teamster Farm Worker Local 1973, and other anti-UFW material created by the Teamsters. In addition, the collection contains a transcription of an oral history of Jim Leap by Sarah Rabkin (2008),...
Dates: 1966 - 2008; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1976

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UNITE HERE. Local 2 (San Francisco, Calif.) 24
Datz-Greenberg, Corey 4
Owen, Bob 4
Shields, Bill 4
Mehta, Riddhi 3
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Owen, Jill 3
Service Employees International Union. Local 250 (San Francisco, Calif.) 3
Hardy, George 2
Huerta, Dolores, 1930- 2
Inouye, Jessica 2
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 2
Ross, Fred, Sr., 1910-1992. 2
United Farm Workers 2
Wilson, Sarah 2
AFL-CIO 1
AFSCME. Local 101 (San Jose, Calif.) 1
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospitals 1
Amalgamated Transit Union. Local 192 (Oakland, Calif.) 1
Associated Farmers (Organization) 1
Beatty, Ned 1
Bebbisse, Usha 1
Bohner, Ernest 1
California Working Group 1
Carleto, Alfredo 1
Casey, Mike 1
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. 1
Chen, Tina 1
Chown, Paul 1
City College of San Francisco. Labor Studies Department 1
Coleman, William Neal 1
Cortez, Antonia 1
Curia, Patricia 1
Cutter Biological 1
Dalzell, Tom 1
Do, Tho 1
Durst, Will 1
Espinoza, Rafael 1
Exotic Dancers Union 1
Firestein, Netsy 1
Fuentes, Feliz 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
Industrial Workers of the World 1
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers 1
International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers. Local 509. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 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
Johnson, Walter 1
Knighton, Linda 1
Kozono, Gary 1
Kuang, Annie 1
Labor Project for Working Families 1
Labriola, Kathy 1
Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn) 1
Lawson, Bob 1
Lusty Lady Theater (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Mak, Ringo 1
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast 1
Medina, Baltazar 1
Medina, Delia 1
Melnikow, Henry P. 1
Miller, Rhian 1
Mooney, Tom 1
Munoz , Humberto 1
Murphy, Cathy 1
Neylan, John Francis, 1885-1960 1
O'Neill, Patrice 1
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 1
Pacific Maritime Association 1
Patri, Giacomo 1
Powell, Lorraine 1
Retail Clerks International Union 1
Riggers' and Stevedores' Union. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Riorden, Lynn 1
Rosales, Gerson 1
Rush, Aurolyn 1
Salmeron, Leslie 1
Sampson, Timothy J. 1
Scott, Craig 1
Service Employees International Union. Local 1021 (Oakland, Calif.) 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
Taylor, Jim 1
Tejada-Flores, Rick 1
Tobriner, Mathew Oscar, 1904-1982 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 Healthcare Workers-West 1
University of California, Berkeley 1
University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Industrial Relations 1
Vail, Larry 1
Villanueva, Lorna 1
Weaver, Alan 1
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