Tag Archives: CIO

Luisa Moreno’s 1949 Address to California CIO

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Ken

Luisa Moreno was the highest profile Latina in the labor movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Facing deportation for her leftist views, she addressed the 1949 California CIO Council. Here speech is reprinted here. Continue reading →

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International Longshore and Warehouse Union

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Ken

Mexican Americans and other Latinos have been part of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) since its founding. Continue reading →

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United Railway Icemen’s Union and the PFE

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Ken

The United Railway Icemen’s Union sought to organize Pacific Fruit Exchange workers who produced the ice for the refrigerated cars that delivered California produce to far away markets during the 1930s. Continue reading →

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