Category Archives: Unions
Maida Springer, Pioneer Latina Labor Leader
Maida Springer was a Panama-born labor leader in New York who ran for office and championed civil rights. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, Northeast, Unions
Tagged American Labor Party, ILGWU, Liberal Party
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Leaders of the Mexican American Generation: Biographical Essays
Leaders of the Mexican American Generation, a new anthology featuring thirteen historically important figures, includes a chapter by Kenneth C. Burt on former Los Angeles City Councilman and US Representative Edward Roybal. Continue reading
Posted in Books, California, Elected Officials, Southwest, Unions, Veterans
Tagged California Democratic Council, CSO, MAPA, Roybal, Villaraigosa
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Clinton Jencks and Mexican American Miners in New Mexico
A bool review for James J. Lorence’s Palomino: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American Unionism in the American Southwest. Jencks is credited for empowering subjugated Mexican American hard-rock miners in Grant County, New Mexico. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Southwest, Unions
Tagged CIO, Cold War, Communist Party, Henry Wallace, IUMMSW
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