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Title: Michael Kelly Interview
Creator: Michael Kelly
Danielle Wilson
Date Created and/or Issued: February 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: Michael Kelly was born in Grafton, Wisconsin. He served in the United States Navy for twenty years. After his service, he married and moved to Southern California, where he began working as a vendor at the Staples Center. He was eventually hired as a bartender at the Staples Center and the Stub Hub Center and has worked in that capacity for nine years. He has been a shop steward with UNITE HERE Local 11 for seven years.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Childhood and early work experience in Wisconsin — The navy, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom — Marriage and moving to Los Angeles — Work at the Staples Center and first union job as a bar back at the Staples Center and the Stub Hub Center — Early union work — Bartending at the Stub Hub Center — Union delegations in his workplace and rallies to support contract fights with Disney and Hyatt — Impact of strong shop-floor organizing on the union — Joint labor-management meetings — Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns — Local 11’s impact on Los Angeles and Orange County — Work on the boycott team and as a shop steward.
Type: moving image
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 0:48:22
Language: English
eng
Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Michael Kelly
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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