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Red Alexander oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-alexander
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Sound recording of interview with Robert "Red" Alexander conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes boat building in military, World War II; master boat builder for Pacific Dry Dock/Crowley Maritime in East Bay, 1950-1979; traces great changes in shipbuilding over time; master model ship builder whose replicas are widely known in maritime circles.
Dates:
1997 March 12
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Carl T. Anderson oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-anderson
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Sound recording of interview with Carl T. Anderson conducted by Adah Bakalinsky. Discusses childhood in Scotland and Denmark, arrival in U.S. in 1943, and working on the construction of the Carquinez Bridge; joined Pile Drivers Union when twenty-eight years old; lifelong Socialist; describes battle over Communists in the Union; retired in 1985.
Dates:
1987 October 29
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Usha Bebbisse oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-bebbisse
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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
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Arthur K. Bierman oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-bierman
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Sound recording of interview with Arthur K. Bierman conducted by Peter Carroll. Describes his role in organizing opposition to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in 1959-1960; faculty union organizing (American Federation of Teachers) at San Francisco State University in 1952-1968; and offers a detailed look into the 1968-1969 student and faculty strike at San Francisco State.
Dates:
1992 January 14
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Ernest Bohner oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-bohner
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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
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Allan Brotsky oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-brotsky
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Sound recording of Allan Brotsky interview conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Brotsky recounts his life as a Bay Area labor and civil rights attorney.
Dates:
2005 November 4-22
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Alfredo Carleto oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-carleto
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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
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Mike Casey oral history
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Identifier: larc-oh-casey
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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
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
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
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Robert W. Cherny research files
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0433xx
Abstract
Robert W. Cherny is a U.S. historian, Professor emeritus of History at San Francisco State University, and a co-founder of the Labor Archives and Research Center, also at San Francisco State University. His research files contain materials gathered by Cherny in the course of his research for biographies of the Russian-American painter Victor Arnautoff and the Australian-born U.S. labor leader and longtime head of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) Harry Bridges,...
Dates:
1872 - 2022
Found in:
Labor Archives and Research Center
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