Labor unions -- Longshoremen -- United States.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Archie Brown collection
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0087
Scope and Contents
The Archie Brown collection includes items from the 1930s and 1960s, but the majority of materials date from the 1970s, and document Brown's active role in the ILWU, the Communist Party, and a host of progressive organizations. The many pamphlets and broadsides testify to his commitment to social justice and also give an idea about the issues of importance to San Francisco leftists in the 1970s. Other activities of which there is less documentation include economic issues, such as the...
Dates:
1970-1978, 1933-1978; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1978
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast records
Collection
Identifier: larc-ms-0002
Abstract
The Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast records document the activities of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast (MFPC), more commonly known as the Maritime Federation of the Pacific (MFP), an organization representing the interests of longshoremen, seamen, ship cooks and stewards, other various maritime occupations, agricultural and cannery workers in California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The collection consists of the organizational records of the MFP, including material...
Dates:
1935-1942