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Title: Lorena Lopez Interview
Creator: Lorena Lopez
Vivian Rothstein
Date Created and/or Issued: January 29, 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: Lorena Lopez was born in Oaxaca, México. She came to the United States as a teenager and attended high school and some college in Los Angeles. She was hired as a retail worker at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and became active in Local 814 during the Los Angeles Living Wage campaign. Lorena was later hired by the union and is currently a director for Local 11, where she trains other organizers and helps develop the union’s strategy. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Early life in Oaxaca and family’s decision to migrate — Attending school and working in the United States — Retail work at LAX and first contact with Local 814 — Marlene Mendoza — Winning a wage claim in her workplace, with the help of the union — Attending school while working and becoming active in the union — Respect @ LAX campaign — Organizing nonunion hotels in Santa Monica, Long Beach, and on Century Boulevard — Experience as a woman in the labor movement and how union organizing has impacted her family — Labor movement’s role in lifting people out of poverty.
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Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 0:25:13
Language: English
eng
Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Lorena Lopez
UNITE HERE Local 11
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Long Beach (Calif.)
Santa Monica (Calif.)

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