Phyllis Foley oral history 1979

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Phyllis Foley oral history 1979

Transcript and sound recording of Lucille Kendall's 1979 interviews with Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union official Phyllis Foley documenting her experiences and activities as financial secretary-treasurer of Locals 283 and 2 in San Francisco in the 1970s, as well as the labor career of her mother, union organizer and official Bertha Metro.

Transcript: 1 folder (0.1 linear feet); Tapes: 3 audiocassettes

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SNAC Resource ID: 6662367

California historical society

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Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. Local 9 (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Chartered in 1891 by the American Federation of Labor, the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union has represented culinary workers in San Francisco since the turn of the twentieth century. In the 1970s, a series of mergers consolidated the organization of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union in San Francisco. In the early 1970s, Locals 30 and 48, representing San Francisco waiters and waitresses, were merged, forming Local 9. Then, ...

Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. Local 9 (San Francisco, Calif.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk9ch2 (corporateBody)

Chartered in 1891 by the American Federation of Labor, the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union has represented culinary workers in San Francisco since the turn of the twentieth century. In the 1970s, a series of mergers consolidated the organization of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union in San Francisco. In the early 1970s, Locals 30 and 48, representing San Francisco waiters and waitresses, were merged, forming Local 9. Then, ...

Metro, Bertha, 1899-1976

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Biography Bertha Metro was born in England. Her father, a socialist, imbued her with some of his ideals and principles. While still a young girl, the family emmigrated to Canada where her father was killed in a tragic mining accident. In her early teens she went to work to help support the family, eventually obtaining employment at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. After her marriage and the birth of a daugh...

Foley, Phyllis, 1922-

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Phyllis Foley was the financial secretary-treasurer of Locals 283 and 2 of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union in San Francisco in the mid-1970s. From the description of Phyllis Foley oral history, 1979. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 613642804 Biographical Information Phyllis Foley was born on September 18, 1922. She moved with her family to San Francisco in the 1...