The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 13 - Robert (Bobby) Olvera Sr., and Robert (Bobby) Olvera Jr. collection, 1960-2003.

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The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 13 - Robert (Bobby) Olvera Sr., and Robert (Bobby) Olvera Jr. collection, 1960-2003.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/739125048

The collection consists largely of business papers dating from 1960 to 2003 including Executive Board and general meeting minutes (with indexes), committee and council records (with indexes), documentation of arbitration awards, papers of the Longshore, Ship Clerks & Walking Bosses Caucus, ILWU contract agreement documents, and legal case material. A small number of ILWU bulletins and newsletters published between 1981 and 2002 are also included in the collection as is a small group of administrative correspondence. One particularly interesting document dates to 1934 -- a copy of a coroner's report and jury statement on the death of Richard "Dickie" Parker during the Bloody Thursday San Pedro strike. The records of ILWU, Local 13 document the establishment, development, goals, and achievements of unionism on the Pacific Coast and describe in detail labor/management relations, labor conditions on the waterfront, sudden effects of mechanization on the longshore labor force, and the day-to-day administration of the longshore union.

15 ms boxes (7.5 linear feet) + 1 banner + 22 photographs.

California State University, Northridge

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SNAC Resource ID: 8111365

California State University, Northridge

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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