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Labor Unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 37 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

Oral history interview with Mildred E. Haffey

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11174
Abstract

Oral history interview with Mildred E. Haffey, conducted by Taylor Bailey in three sessions, from June 29 to July 27, 2016, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Haffey discusses her marriage history and family life and speaks extensively about her career as a bus driver from 1963 to 1992, particularly for TriMet in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2016 June 29-July 27

Oral history interview with Ron Heintzman

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11250
Abstract Oral history interview with Ron Heintzman, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in fourteen sessions, from July 15, 2011, to February 9, 2012, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Heintzman discusses his work as president and business agent for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 from 1988 to 2002, and as vice president of ATU International from 2002 to 2010. He talks about his brief tenure as ATU International president in 2010, and about his unsuccessful re-election campaign later that...
Dates: 2011 July 15-2012 February 9

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