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Labor Unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

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

Phillip M. Gayeski papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 942
Abstract

Papers of Phillip M. Gayeski (1905-1979), including picket cards, union membership books, an indictment against him and others, and photographs. Gayeski worked as a merchant marine, and then was a longshore worker in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1924-1979

International Woodworkers of America records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2358
Abstract

Records include correspondence, convention proceedings, membership lists, negotiations, and strike data.

Dates: circa 1957-1975

Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America, Local 75 record book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1742
Abstract

Record book with minutes and financial reports.

Dates: 1913-1931

Herman Kenin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2161
Abstract

Herman Kenin grew up in Portland, Oregon, and was a lawyer, violinist, and union executive. Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, biographical information, newspaper clippings and obituaries, 1935-1970, including a June 1970 issue of the magazine American Labor in which the cover story is about Kenin.

Dates: 1935-1970

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

Materials relating to labor unrest

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 253
Abstract

Materials distributed by an association of fruit growers in southern Oregon, intended to help growers deal with farm worker organizing. Includes letter to growers, copies of court documents, fliers for farm workers, and signs.

Dates: circa 1969-1972

Oral history interview with Randy Leonard

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11025
Abstract Oral history interview with Randy Leonard, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in seven sessions, from January 12 to March 2, 2018, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Leonard discusses his experiences as an intern and staff member for Oregon State Representative Ed Lindquist during the 1975 and 1977 legislative sessions; his career as a Portland firefighter and as president of the Portland Fire Fighters Association; his tenure in the Oregon State Senate and Oregon House of Representatives...
Dates: 2018 January 12-March 2

Oral history interview with Everice B. Moro

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11026
Abstract Oral history interview with Everice B. Moro, conducted by Madelyn Miller in five sessions from March 3 to August 19, 2018, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Moro discusses her career as an educator in the Estacada School District from 1980 to 2011, her involvement with the Oregon School Employees Association, and her participation in a lawsuit, Moro v. State of Oregon, in 2013, when the Oregon State Legislature passed amendments to Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) program...
Dates: 2018 March 3-August 19

Francis J. Murnane papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1438
Abstract

Francis J. Murnane (1914-1968) was a labor leader in the ILWU Local 8, a historical preservationist, Progressive candidate for the Oregon State Legislature in 1948, and secretary of the Harry Bridges Defense Committee. Collection includes correspondence and documents relating to Murnane's work with various labor unions.

Dates: 1923-1968