Labor Unions
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Everice B. Moro
Francis J. Murnane papers
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.
Oral history interview with Helen Nickum
Oral history interview with Helen Nickum, conducted by Gregory Karnes in seven sessions, from January 25 to April 7, 2011, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Nickum talks about her career as a secretary in Portland, Oregon, and in Washington, D.C.; about her involvement in a sex-discrimination class action lawsuit; and about her work as executive secretary for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.
Oregon AFL-CIO records
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.
Oral history interview with Jamie G. Partridge
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.
Jamie G. Partridge papers
Papers of Jamie G. Patridge, an activist from Portland, Oregon. The papers reflect Partridge's involvement with labor, social jusice, and socialist causes and organizations, including the Democratic Socialists of America, Communities and Postal Workers United, the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 82, Portland Jobs with Justice, and the International Socialist Organization. The collection also includes personal papers, including writings by Partridge about gay liberation.
Portland Federation of Teachers records
Records include correspondence, 1920-1974; membership rolls, 1954-1972; bulletins, 1944-1962; administrative records, 1919; documents regarding salaries, civil rights, retirement, and school financing; and documents of other teaching associations, including the High School Teachers Union and the Oregon Education Association. Collection is partially processed.
Portland Jobs with Justice records
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.
Oral history interview with Ken Richins
Oral history interview with Ken Richins, conducted by James R. Kelsheimer-Sevich in four sessions, from May 24 to June 21, 2010, for the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Richins discusses his involvement with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1594 in Salem, Oregon, which later merged into Local 757 in Portland. He also speaks about his personal journey away from Pentecostalism.
Oral history interview with Mel Schoppert
Oral history interview with Mel Schoppert, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in six sessions from October 16 to December 11, 2001, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Schoppert discusses his work as business representative of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 in Portland, Oregon, from 1962 to 1972, and as vice president of ATU International beginning in 1972.