Trinidad Rojo papers 1923-1994

Rojo, Trinidad

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Filipino author, sociologist, labor union official. Rojo was a president of ILWU No. 7. He was a student at the UW and at Stanford, where he was a research fellow. From the guide to the Trinidad Rojo papers, 1923-1994, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) ...

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

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In the years following World War II, rank-and-file members of the International Longshoremen's Association became increasingly restive as a result of dissatisfaction with union contracts. Finally, in the fall of 1951, a series of unauthorized strikes was climaxed by a twenty-one day wildcat strike in the Port of New York. The strikers included several high-ranking ILA officials and a future president, Thomas Gleason. The strike ended when a board of inquiry to investigate the strike...

International Longshoremen's And Warehousemen's Union. Local 37

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Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union. Local 7 (Seattle, Wash.)

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Founded in 1933 as the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 18257 of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), it represented Alaska salmon cannery workers and farm workers. In 1937, the union became Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 of the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America of the Congress of Industrial Organziations (CIO). In 1945, Local 7 became affiliated with the Food, Tobacco, and Agricultural Workers of America (CIO). I...

Filipino Alumni Association (University of Washington)

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