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Description
Avelino "Abba" Ramos retired in 1997 after long career as ILWU activist, organizer, business agent, and International Representative; describes youth in Hawaii as son of Filipino sugar worker, coming of ILWU to Islands in 1940s, CIO organizing work in Hawaii, and career in California with Local 6, ILWU, 1962-1997, including rich exploration of the closing of the Colgate plant, East Bay, 1981; interview formed basis for an oral history article that appeared in the ILWU newspaper The Dispatcher, May 1996.
Type
sound
Format
Master Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
Oral History Collection csfst_000022_t1; csfst_000022_t2
Language
English
Subject
Filipino Americans--California--Interviews Filipino Americans--Hawaii--Interviews Labor union members--California--San Francisco--Interviews Labor union members--Hawaii--Interviews Labor unions--California--History Labor unions--Hawaii--History Stevedores--Labor unions--California--San Francisco Stevedores--Labor unions--Hawaii International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.)
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance
Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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