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Title: Marta Santamaría Interview
Creator: Marta Santamaría
Virginia Espino
Date Created and/or Issued: February 16, 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: Marta Santamaría was born and raised in El Salvador and came to the United States in 1977. After living and working in North Carolina for a time, she took a job in the kitchen at the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Marta, her husband, and her mostly Salvadorian colleagues turned the hotel into one of the most active union hotels in the city. She eventually was hired by Local 11 and, at the time of the interview, was serving as an organizing director with the union, advising on organizing campaigns in Los Angeles and other cities.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Middle-class childhood in El Salvador — Challenges immigrating to the United States in 1977 — Working as a housekeeper in North Carolina — Moving to Los Angeles and working in the kitchen at the Bonaventure Hotel — Early work with the union in the late-1980s, when María Elena Durazo spearheaded a campaign to elect a new slate of Local 11 leaders — Becoming a leader during a 1996 contract campaign — Political campaigns and the 2004–05 Employer’s Council campaign — Organizing nonunion shops in 2005 — Managing life in the labor movement as a woman and a mother — Local 11’s approach to organizing undocumented workers.
Type: sound
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 1:30:56
Language: Spanish
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Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Marta Santamaría
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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