Garcia, Franklin, 1925-1984

Franklin Garcia (1925-1984) was a Texas union member and organizer whose primary goal was to organize workers on both sides of the United States-Mexico border. He first organized Elsa Plastics, the company that manufactured the Styrofoam trays used by butchers, then moved to San Antonio, where he helped organize the meat cutters at local grocery stores.

Garcia was involved in the organization of local chapters of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, United Auto Worker (UAW), Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, National Labor Relations Board, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union (AMCU), later renamed the United Food and Commercial Workers of North America. Additionally, he was a member of several organizations, including the UAW, the AMCU (he was the South Texas Representative), the Mexican-American Democrats, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the American GI Forum, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), and the National Labor Relations Board.

Garcia served as the District 19 representative on the State Democratic Committee and as a guide for Hillary Clinton during the 1972 Texas McGovern Campaign for President. For his last campaign he organized the food service workers in the Sheraton Crest Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Source:

Obituary of Franklin Garcia, San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX), January 19, 1984.

From the guide to the Garcia, Franklin, Papers 2000-128., 1961-1990, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Franklin Garcia (1925-1984) was a Texas union member and organizer whose primary goal was to organize workers on both sides of the United States-Mexico border.

He first organized Elsa Plastics, the company that manufactured the Styrofoam trays used by butchers, then moved to San Antonio, where he helped organize the meat cutters at local grocery stores.

Garcia was involved in the organization of local chapters of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, United Auto Worker (UAW), Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, National Labor Relations Board, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union (AMCU), later renamed the United Food and Commercial Workers of North America.

Additionally, he was a member of several organizations, including the UAW, the AMCU (he was the South Texas Representative), the Mexican-American Democrats, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the American GI Forum, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), and the National Labor Relations Board.

Garcia served as the District 19 representative on the State Democratic Committee and as a guide for Hillary Clinton during the 1972 Texas McGovern Campaign for President. For his last campaign he organized the food service workers in the Sheraton Crest Hotel in Austin, Texas.

Source:

Obituary of Franklin Garcia, San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX), January 19, 1984.

From the description of Garcia, Franklin, Papers, 1961-1990 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 754932897