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Title: Paul Pinsky oral history
Date (inclusive): 1995 October 24-25
Creator:
Labor Archives and Research Center
Extent:
Transcript: 1 folder; Tapes: 3 audio cassettes
Collection number: larc.oh.pinsky
Contributing Institution: Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: Sound recording of interview with Paul Pinsky conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Recalls U.C. Berkeley; labor organizing, 1930s;
discusses career as Research Director, California CIO Council, late 1930s-late 1940s; represented International Fishermen
& Allied Workers of America (IFAWA) and Marine Cooks and Stewards (MCS) at their CIO purge trials, 1950; consultant to ILWU
specializing in employee benefit and union insurance plans; searching comments on ILWU leadership.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Collection is open for research.
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Paul Pinsky oral history. San Francisco State University. Labor Archives and Research Center
Interview conducted by Harvey Schwartz, 1995.
Longtime labor activist and consultant to unions in California and Hawaii.
Sound recording of interview with Paul Pinsky conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Recalls U.C. Berkeley; labor organizing, 1930s;
discusses career as Research Director, California CIO Council, late 1930s-late 1940s; represented International Fishermen
& Allied Workers of America (IFAWA) and Marine Cooks and Stewards (MCS) at their CIO purge trials, 1950; consultant to ILWU
specializing in employee benefit and union insurance plans; searching comments on ILWU leadership.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiocassettes.
Oral histories.
Labor leaders -- California -- Interviews.
Labor movement -- California -- History.
Labor unions -- California -- History.
Pinsky, Paul
Schwartz, Harvey
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
International Fishermen and Allied Workers of America