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The Labor Left and Proto-Affirmative Action
The labor left proposed proto-affirmative action in the late 1940s in order to protect the employment gains achieved during World War II. Continue reading
Posted in California, Unions
Tagged CIO, Communist Party, UCAPAWA/FTA, United Furniture Workers
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Luisa Moreno’s 1949 Address to California CIO
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
Posted in Activist Profiles, California, Northeast, South, Southwest, Unions
Tagged CIO, CMIU, Cold War, ILGWU, UCAPAWA/FTA
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United Railway Icemen’s Union and the PFE
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
