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Labor unions -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron M. Frank address to Meier and Frank employees

 Collection
Identifier: SR294
Abstract

Speech delivered by Aaron M. Frank on March 24, 1949, to the employees of the Meier & Frank Department Store in Portland, Oregon. In the speech, Frank, the president of the store, urges employees to resist efforts to organize a union.

Dates: 1949 March 24

Oral history interview with Timothy J. Gauthier

 Collection
Identifier: SR1050
Abstract

Oral history interview with Timothy J. Gauthier conducted by Jim Strassmaier on September 24, 2008, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Gauthier worked for the National Electrical Contractors Association and was involved with the IBEW Local 48 and the establishment of the Market Recovery Program in 1982.

Dates: 2008 September 24

Oral history interview with Bernard Jolles

 Collection
Identifier: SR1204
Abstract

Oral history interview with Bernard Jolles conducted by Robert D. Bulkley, Jr. from September 27, 1990, to April 22, 1991, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Jolles was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1990 September 27-1991 April 22

Labor Temple records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1401
Abstract

Collection includes correspondence and financial records, 1918-1957; ephemera and newspaper clippings, 1923-1965, regarding social welfare and organizations related to labor.

Dates: 1918-1965

Charles H. Martin and Ellis G. Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll825
Abstract

Correspondence, property records, reports, and ephemera relating to Ellis G. Hughes and Charles H. Martin of Portland, Oregon. Hughes was a real estate lawyer. His son-in-law Martin was an officer in the U.S. Army, a U.S. congressman, and governor of Oregon from 1935-1939.

Dates: 1881-1946

Oregon AFL-CIO records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 378
Abstract

Records of the Oregon AFL-CIO, consisting of proceedings, reports, minutes, correspondence, and photographs, relating primarily convention proceedings and executive board meetings. The Oregon AFL-CIO formed around 1900 as the Oregon Federation of Labor.

Dates: 1918-2009

Oral history interview with Jamie G. Partridge

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1347
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jamie G. Partridge conducted by Stephanie Vallance from February 7, 2020, to April 23, 2021, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Partridge discusses his involvement with Jobs with Justice, the National Letter Carriers Association, and the Rainbow Coalition.

Dates: 2020 February 7-2021 April 23

Portland Jobs with Justice records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll827
Abstract

Collection consists of the records of the Portland, Oregon coalition of Jobs with Justice, a national non-profit organization advocating for workers' rights. The records document several campaigns and other activities of the Portland branch from the tenure of its first executive director, Margaret Butler, from its founding in 1991 through 2016, and cover labor issues and actions primarily in the Pacific Northwest but also across the nation and the world.

Dates: 1988-2019; Majority of material found within 1995-2012

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland

 Collection
Identifier: SR1130
Abstract

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Rick Harmon from November 16, 1984, to October 26, 1987, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Dates: 1984 November 16-1987 October 26

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland

 Collection
Identifier: SR1130-1
Abstract

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Andrew Bryans on March 16, 2002, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Dates: 2002 March 16