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Description
In this interview, Aubrey A. Williams, the first Black electrician in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 11 discusses his experiences working as an electrician in the Los Angeles shipyards during World War II, as well as what it was like to work out of the IBEW hall with a D Card, which kept him in the lowest pay bracket until he was able to obtain a full-time membership much later. Williams came to Los Angeles from New Orleans in the 1940's to escape the threat of being lynched. tape one container label: 1 Aubrey; tape one label: #1 Aubrey + last retirees 6/14/91; tape two label: #2 Aubrey 6/14/91; tape three label: #3 Aubrey; tape four label: #4 Aubrey; tape five container label: 2 Aubrey 4; tape five label: #5 Aubrey 6/15/91; tape six label: Aubrey; tape six label on post-it on container: Interview IBEW Retired Black Electrician Aubry A Williams Local 11 and Local 134.
Electricians--Labor unions Race discrimination--United States Discrimination in employment International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.) Chicago (Ill.)
Provenance
California State University, Dominguez Hills 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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