Albert Vetere Lannon Labor Workshop Collection larc.ms.0370

Finding aid prepared by Labor Archives and Research Center staff.
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Title: Albert Vetere Lannon Labor Workshop collection
Date (inclusive): 1969-1973
Creator: Lannon, Albert Vetere, 1938-
Collection number: larc.ms.0370
Accession number: 2009/004
Repository: 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
Extent: 0.25 cubic ft. (1 box)
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Abstract: Consists of issues of New Directions in Labor bulletins, numbers 1-7 (1969-1970) published by the Labor Workshop of Chicago, along with a small amount of correspondence between Lannon and Workshop members, regarding the mission and focus of the newly formed group.
Location: Collection is available onsite.

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Albert V. Lannon Labor Workshop Collection, larc.ms.0370, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Separated Materials

"The First Sisters: Women in the Early Years of the ILWU Warehouse Union, Local 6, 1937-1969" was added to Ephemera Collection.
181 buttons, mainly related to ILWU, but also related to civil rights, the peace movement, and political campaigns, added to Artifacts Collection.

Acquisition

Donated by Albert V. Lannon in 2009, accession number 2009/004.

Founding of the Labor Workshop

From New Directions in Labor, no. 1: "With the hope of eventually contributing to the political education of a new generation of working-class leaders, a group of 25 trade unionists, primarily young staff and rank-and-file leaders met in Morgantown, West Virginia, on October 12th [1969] and...constituted themselves as a Labor Workshop; decided to circulate a private discussion bulletin -- New Directions in Labor -- to crystallize our thinking about labor's problems and possibilities..."

Biography of Albert Vetere Lannon

Albert Vetere Lannon is a former ILWU Local 6 officer and retired Coordinator of the Laney College Labor Studies Program. He is the author of Second String Red and Fight Or Be Slaves: The History of the Oakland-East Bay Labor Movement and a contributor to Red Diapers: Children of the Communist Left.

Scope and Contents

Consists of issues of New Directions in Labor bulletins, numbers 1-7 (1969-1970) published by the Labor Workshop of Chicago, along with a small amount of correspondence between Lannon and Workshop members, regarding the mission and focus of the newly formed group.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Labor Workshop (Chicago, Ill.).
Labor unions--United States--Periodicals.
New Directions in Labor.