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Title: Tom Walsh Interview
Creator: Tom Wash
Vivian Rothstein
Date Created and/or Issued: February 17, 2016
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library
Collection: UNITE HERE Local 11 Oral History Project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
Copyright UC Regents and UNITE HERE Local 11. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Rights Holder and Contact: UC Regents, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment 10945 Le Conte Ave, Suite 2107 Los Angeles, CA 90095. UNITE HERE Local 11 464 South Lucas Avenue, Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Description: Biography/History: Tom Walsh was born in Washington, DC. He was first recruited to work for the HERE International by Vincent Cerebella in 1987. Tom was eventually assigned to organize the Century Boulevard area of Los Angeles and to revitalize HERE Local 814, which was in decline. Tom became trustee of the local and was elected president in 1995, ousting the old-guard leadership. At the time of this interview, Tom was president of UNITE HERE Local 11.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Organizing in high school and college through solidarity movements with Central America and South Africa — Protest against Ronald Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers’ after they went on strike in 1981 — Beginning work with HERE International — Organizing projects in DC, New York, Baltimore, and Chicago — Relocating to Los Angeles — Canvassing nonunion hotel workers along Century Boulevard — Losing his first National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections — Incompetence of Local 814’s existing leadership and their unwillingness to fight — Local’s trusteeship in 1995 — Organizing a geographic campaign in Lennox, CA — Working with Kurt Petersen to move Local 814’s toward organizing and fighting for workers — Mobilizing Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) workers to attend city council meetings — Working with Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) to win a worker retention ordinance at the airport — Building power for achieving change — Marriage and the impact of union organizing on his family life — Future of Local 11 — Recognizing the value in all forms of work.
Type: moving image
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 0:54:36
Language: English
eng
Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Tom Walsh
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Santa Monica (Calif.)

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