Organizing and reporting on labor in the East Bay, California and the West, 1925-1987
By: with an introduction by Norman Leonard ; interview conducted by Lisa Rubens ; Regional Oral History Office,
Contributors: Leonard, Norman, 1914-; Rubens, Lisa.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Ward, Angela Gizzi, 1910-; Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942.; Bridges, Harry, 1901-; Harry Bridges Defense Committee.; Congress of Industrial Organizations -- History.; American Federation of Labor.; Labor's Non-Partisan League. California.; Congress of Industrial Organizations Industrial Union Councils. Alameda County, Calif.; Communist Party of the United States of America (Calif.); Labor unions -- California -- History.; Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- California.; Labor unions and communism -- United States -- History.
Other titles: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Oral history series.
Description: Discusses his childhood in Berkeley, travels in the Pacific and Far East, and reporting on the 1934 San Francisco Maritime and General Strike, his involvement with the Communist Party, his work as a labor organizer, association with Harry Bridges, and his biography of Tom Mooney. Labor organizations discussed include: the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the American Federation of Labor, and Labor's Non-Partisan League. He also speaks about his marriage to Angela Gizzi Ward, and his own interest in oral history interviewing.