by admin | Dec 14, 2007 | Remembering Our History
December 14, 2007 On December 6, 1941, Eddie Brooks was a young sailor who visited friends on the battleship Arizona for a boxing workout. Aboard the big ship, he saw Paul Neipp, who had gone to school with him in San Pedro. Their fathers had both been longshoremen,...
by admin | Mar 17, 2007 | Remembering Our History
March 27, 2006 Introduction by Harvey Schwartz In observance of Black History Month, this issue’s oral history honors Curtis McClain, the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus who passed away last November. McClain was the first African American elected...
by admin | Oct 18, 2006 | Remembering Our History
October 26, 2006 I went to the military hospital at Mare Island in Vallejo, Calif., had surgery and was put on out-patient treatment for a few months. I kept in close touch with the ILWU International office in San Francisco and took some courses in labor economics at...
by admin | May 18, 2004 | Remembering Our History
May 18, 2004 Bill Chester: ILWU Civil Rights and Community Leader, 1938-1969 ILWU Oral History Project Volume VI, Part I Introduction by Harvey Schwartz This is the first of a new three-part series featuring important leaders in the ILWU’s history. To honor Black...
by admin | May 17, 2004 | Remembering Our History
May 18, 2004 ILWU Oral History Project Part XVII Service, Strength and Solidarity Ah Quon McElrath Reviews her Remarkable Career in Hawaii Edited by Harvey Schwartz This month we feature a recent discussion with Ah Quon McElrath, an esteemed union pioneer in Hawaii...
