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Waterfront Workers History Project

The Waterfront Workers History Project is a program of the University of Washington, which serves to document the history of workers and unions active on the ports, inland waterways, fisheries, canneries, and other waterfront industries of the western United States and Canada, specifically, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia. In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights History Projects,[1] and sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, the Project is a collective effort to organize and present historical data covering significant events from 1894 to the current day.[2]

Waterfront Workers History Project
Commercial?No
Type of projecthistorical
LocationUniversity of Washington
WebsiteOfficial website

Project history edit

Established in 2010, the Waterfront Workers History Project began with a team of research associates and financial support from the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies.[3] The Project was established in partnership with the Unions Reexamined Working Group, an organization that studies the effects of union governance and organizational culture on solidarity and political commitments. The Project represents a collaborative effort between professors, students, labor unions, and community members.

Overview edit

The Project provides access to a vast collection of digitized historical documentation and photographic resources for educational purposes. The image and document repository is available for study at the University of Washington and through an extensive Internet database portal on the university Web site. The online repository is organized by industry, with separate sections for longshore workers, maritime workers, cannery workers, and shipyard workers. Each section includes brief summaries, indepth research reports, historical documents, newspaper articles, and rare photographs. The sections depict everyday life and labor on the West Coast waterfront as well as strikes and other dramatic struggles for workplace rights. A particular focus is given to the influential International Longshore and Warehouse Union. A detailed special section examines the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike that spurred the union's formation, and includes newspaper articles published during the strike, a day by day narrative of major events and a collection of archival photographs. Another section looks at the life of longtime President Harry Bridges, including footage of his testimony at a deportation hearing in 1950.

The Project includes more than 20 oral histories with longshore leaders, cannery workers, and labor history experts examining the tradition of dissent on the West Coast waterfront and the struggle of Filipino cannery workers for democratic unionism. Other industrial sections shed light on less-studied aspects of waterfront labor, including the trailblazing racial progressivism and integrationist efforts of the Marine Cooks and Stewards and the Ship Scalers Union.[4]

Historical collections edit

International Longshore and Warehouse Union Collection

Donations to the Project include historical collections from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) archives, offered by Union historian Gene Vrana. The ILWU donation includes rare digitized copies of the Waterfront Worker, the labor newspaper that served as a catalyst to address workers rights on the waterfront in the early 1930s, eventually leading to the 1934 strike and the creation of the ILWU.

On October 1, 2023, the ILWU filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating it can no longer afford to keep fighting claims by ICTSI.[5]

Ronald E. Magden Collection edit

The Ronald E. Magden is an historian, author, and professor at Tacoma Community College. In 1977, Local 23 of the ILWU began preparing a grant proposal in response to a request by the Washington Commission for the Humanities. At this time, the Union asked Magden to assist them with writing and editing the documentation. The history that he uncovered about the waterfront workers initiated a 30-year involvement in researching the history of longshoremen on the Pacific Coast. The Ronald E. Magden Collection in the University of Washington Special Collections Library includes an extensive presentation of archival materials, from which researchers have created a database of thousands of documents, books, films, and nearly 200 digitized photographs of waterfront workers from the 1880s to the present.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Strikes! labor history". Depts.washington.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "Waterfront Workers History Timeline". Depts.washington.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies - UW". Depts.washington.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  4. ^ Dublin, Thomas (Summer 2010). "The New Labor History, the New Media, and New Challenges". Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas. 7 (2): 83–96. doi:10.1215/15476715-2009-078.
  5. ^ "West Coast dockworkers union files for bankruptcy over port lawsuit". The Wall Street Journal. October 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Ronald Magden Archive". Depts.washington.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2012.

Further reading edit

  • Larrowe, Charles P. Harry Bridges; the rise and fall of radical labor in the United States, New York: L. Hill, 1972. ISBN 978-0882080000
  • Magden, Ronald E.; and Art Martinson. The Working Longshoremen, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 23 of Tacoma, 1991. ISBN 978-0962961601
  • Magden, Ronald E. A history of Seattle waterfront workers, 1884-1934, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union 19 of Seattle, the Washington Commission for the Humanities, 1991. ISBN 978-0962957802
  • Nelson, Bruce. Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s, University of Illinois Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0252061448
  • Parnaby, Andrew. Citizen Docker: Making a New Deal on the Vancouver Waterfront, 1919-1939, University of Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0802093844

External links edit

  • Official website

Archives edit

  • Ronald Magden Papers. 1879–2003. 28.27 cubic Ft. ( 34 boxes) At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
  • Ship Scalers, Dry Dock, and Boat Yard Workers Union, Local 541 (Seattle, Washington). 1939–1991. 19 cubic feet (20 boxes).

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The Waterfront Workers History Project is a program of the University of Washington which serves to document the history of workers and unions active on the ports inland waterways fisheries canneries and other waterfront industries of the western United States and Canada specifically California Oregon Washington Alaska and British Columbia In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights History Projects 1 and sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies the Project is a collective effort to organize and present historical data covering significant events from 1894 to the current day 2 Waterfront Workers History ProjectCommercial NoType of projecthistoricalLocationUniversity of WashingtonWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 Project history 2 Overview 3 Historical collections 3 1 Ronald E Magden Collection 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links 7 ArchivesProject history editEstablished in 2010 the Waterfront Workers History Project began with a team of research associates and financial support from the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies 3 The Project was established in partnership with the Unions Reexamined Working Group an organization that studies the effects of union governance and organizational culture on solidarity and political commitments The Project represents a collaborative effort between professors students labor unions and community members Overview editThe Project provides access to a vast collection of digitized historical documentation and photographic resources for educational purposes The image and document repository is available for study at the University of Washington and through an extensive Internet database portal on the university Web site The online repository is organized by industry with separate sections for longshore workers maritime workers cannery workers and shipyard workers Each section includes brief summaries indepth research reports historical documents newspaper articles and rare photographs The sections depict everyday life and labor on the West Coast waterfront as well as strikes and other dramatic struggles for workplace rights A particular focus is given to the influential International Longshore and Warehouse Union A detailed special section examines the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike that spurred the union s formation and includes newspaper articles published during the strike a day by day narrative of major events and a collection of archival photographs Another section looks at the life of longtime President Harry Bridges including footage of his testimony at a deportation hearing in 1950 The Project includes more than 20 oral histories with longshore leaders cannery workers and labor history experts examining the tradition of dissent on the West Coast waterfront and the struggle of Filipino cannery workers for democratic unionism Other industrial sections shed light on less studied aspects of waterfront labor including the trailblazing racial progressivism and integrationist efforts of the Marine Cooks and Stewards and the Ship Scalers Union 4 Historical collections editInternational Longshore and Warehouse Union CollectionDonations to the Project include historical collections from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union ILWU archives offered by Union historian Gene Vrana The ILWU donation includes rare digitized copies of the Waterfront Worker the labor newspaper that served as a catalyst to address workers rights on the waterfront in the early 1930s eventually leading to the 1934 strike and the creation of the ILWU On October 1 2023 the ILWU filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy stating it can no longer afford to keep fighting claims by ICTSI 5 Ronald E Magden Collection edit The Ronald E Magden is an historian author and professor at Tacoma Community College In 1977 Local 23 of the ILWU began preparing a grant proposal in response to a request by the Washington Commission for the Humanities At this time the Union asked Magden to assist them with writing and editing the documentation The history that he uncovered about the waterfront workers initiated a 30 year involvement in researching the history of longshoremen on the Pacific Coast The Ronald E Magden Collection in the University of Washington Special Collections Library includes an extensive presentation of archival materials from which researchers have created a database of thousands of documents books films and nearly 200 digitized photographs of waterfront workers from the 1880s to the present 6 References edit Strikes labor history Depts washington edu Retrieved August 19 2012 Waterfront Workers History Timeline Depts washington edu Retrieved August 19 2012 The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies UW Depts washington edu Retrieved August 19 2012 Dublin Thomas Summer 2010 The New Labor History the New Media and New Challenges Labor Studies in Working Class History of the Americas 7 2 83 96 doi 10 1215 15476715 2009 078 West Coast dockworkers union files for bankruptcy over port lawsuit The Wall Street Journal October 1 2023 Retrieved October 1 2023 Ronald Magden Archive Depts washington edu Retrieved August 19 2012 Further reading editLarrowe Charles P Harry Bridges the rise and fall of radical labor in the United States New York L Hill 1972 ISBN 978 0882080000 Magden Ronald E and Art Martinson The Working Longshoremen International Longshoremen s and Warehousemen s Union Local 23 of Tacoma 1991 ISBN 978 0962961601 Magden Ronald E A history of Seattle waterfront workers 1884 1934 International Longshoremen s and Warehousemen s Union 19 of Seattle the Washington Commission for the Humanities 1991 ISBN 978 0962957802 Nelson Bruce Workers on the Waterfront Seamen Longshoremen and Unionism in the 1930s University of Illinois Press 1990 ISBN 978 0252061448 Parnaby Andrew Citizen Docker Making a New Deal on the Vancouver Waterfront 1919 1939 University of Toronto Press 2008 ISBN 978 0802093844External links editOfficial websiteArchives editRonald Magden Papers 1879 2003 28 27 cubic Ft 34 boxes At the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Ship Scalers Dry Dock and Boat Yard Workers Union Local 541 Seattle Washington 1939 1991 19 cubic feet 20 boxes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Waterfront Workers History Project amp oldid 1178095263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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