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Title: Donald Wilson Interview
Creator: Donald Wilson
Mar Preston
Date Created and/or Issued: November 18, 2015
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: Donald Wilson is a retired chef and former chief shop steward who worked at the Century Plaza Hotel for many years. Concerned about the decline of African American representation in the hospitality industry over the past three decades, he has been active in working to bring more African Americans into the industry through UNITE HERE Local 11’s diversity program and the Hospitality Training Academy. Currently, Donald serves on the executive board of Local 11.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Career and experience as a rank-and-file leader in Local 11 and as a community leader — Becoming a shop steward in the late 1980s — Organizing hotel workers at the New Otani and along Century Boulevard — Fighting for a living wage for hotel workers in Long Beach and Los Angeles — Decline of African American workers in the hotel industry and work as a diversity organizer with the UNITE HERE International — Organizing during the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion — Role as a pastor and his efforts to bring faith, community, and the union together — Influence of the Reverends Martin Luther King Jr. and James Lawson Jr. on his personal and political development.
Type: moving image
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 0:52:44
Language: English
eng
Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Donald Wilson
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Long Beach (Calif.)

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