Frank Bardacke Watsonville canneries strike records 1984-1989

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Frank Bardacke Watsonville canneries strike records 1984-1989

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The Frank Bardacke Watsonville Canneries Strike Collection consists of materials collected by Bardacke, one of the founders of the Watsonville chapter of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) and a resident of that community since the early 1970s, who was actively involved with the support committee for the striking cannery workers. It is largely comprised of newspaper clippings, mainly from the Watsonville , leaflets, and newsletters. Materials date from 1984, the year before the strike, through 1989, although the vastmajority of the material is from the strike itself (September 1985 to March 1987). Register-Pajaronian

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San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center.

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Teamsters for a Democratic Union

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Bardacke, Frank

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Local 912 (Watsonville, Calif.)

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