Labor union locals -- Oregon -- Portland

Oral history interview with Lowell C. Ashbaugh, conducted by Thomas Rand-Luby in three sessions from February 11 to March 1, 1993, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Ashbaugh discusses his experiences and accomplishments as president of Retail Workers Local 1257 in Portland, Oregon, and talks about why Local 1257 merged with other local unions to form United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555.

Oral history interview with Gene Watson, conducted by Jim Strassmaier in two sessions, on December 18, 2001, and January 2, 2002, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Watson discusses his involvement with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 and his work at the Oregon Bureau of Labor.