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Title: Manuel Román Interview
Creator: Manuel Román
Vivian Rothstein
Date Created and/or Issued: January 26, 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: Manuel Román grew up in Los Angeles and was raised by Mexican immigrants. Manuel’s father helped organize the cardboard factory where he worked and has been a Teamster for over forty years. A Chicanx studies major in college, Manuel participated in a summer organizer training through the AFL-CIO and went on to work for the United Farm Workers (UFW). He was then hired by HERE Local 814 and has since helped organize numerous campaigns. He is currently a lead organizer and an executive vice president for UNITE HERE Local 11.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Childhood in Bell Gardens, California — Deindustrialization — Exposure to organized labor at his father’s union meetings — Chicanx Studies at East Los Angeles Community College — AFL-CIO Union Summer program in 1998 in Chicago — Work with the UFW in Watsonville and Oxnard, California, with Dolores Huerta — Hired by HERE Local 814 — Campaign to keep the Wyndham Hotel open and the employer’s council campaign of 2004–06 — Asking workers to risk their livelihoods to fight for a union — Mentorship of Tom Walsh, Kurt Peterson, and Susan Minato.
Type: moving image
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 1:16:34
Language: English
eng
Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Manuel Román
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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