Guide to the Baldo Loy International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
Ephemera Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Baldo Loy International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Ephemera
Collection
Creator:
Loy, Baldo
Identifier/Call Number: URB.ILWU-BL
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1924-1977
Abstract: Baldo Loy worked for the Pacific
Steamship Association as a Stevedore in 1923 and for the Moore Drydock Company in 1924. By
1935, he was a member of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America,
Local 9. He was "granted Honorable, withdrawel [sic] from this Local" on 26 January 1936.
That same year, at the age of 36, he was issued a picket card by the Maritime Federation of
the Pacific coast, serving the organization faithfully during the Maritime Federation
Pacific Coast strike. The collection consists of picket cards and other forms of
identification relating to Baldo Loy's union affiliations.
Language of Material: English
Scope and Contents
The
Baldo Loy International Longshoremen's and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
Ephemera Collectio
n documents Baldo Loy's various union affiliations from 1924 to
1977 when he worked as a stevedore in San Pedro. The collection consists predominantly of
cards issued by various longshoreman and maritime unions including the International
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), the Committee for Maritime Unity (CMU), the
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America (IUMSW), the Maritime
Federation of the Pacific Coast, and the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA).
Items include picket cards, working cards, identification cards, attendance records,
membership books, a traveling card, a registration badge, and a document confirming Loy's
honorable withdrawal from the IUMSW. These items serve to document proof of employment,
various transfers, attendance at union meetings, attendance at picketing events, and
distribution of meal tickets as well as the payment of fines, strike funds, burial funds,
and monthly union dues. Some of the membership books also include parts or entire
reproductions of their union constitutions. Files are arranged alphabetically by title.
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commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Edward Loy, 2010.
Preferred Citation:
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Processing Information:
April Feldman, 2010
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera
Box 1, Folder 1
Attendance Record Card, Local 38-82 San Pedro, CA
Box 1, Folder 2
CMU - International Longshore and Warehouse Union,
1946
Box 1, Folder 4
Committee For Maritime Unity card
Box 1, Folder 5
Identification Card,
February 1928
Box 1, Folder 6
ILA Local 28-82 Union Book,
1936
Box 1, Folder 7
International Longshore and Warehouse Union 13 - Picket card,
September 1946
Box 1, Folder 8
International Longshore and Warehouse Local 13 Union Book,
1945
Box 1, Folder 9
IUMSW of America Local 9 Union Book,
1935
Box 1, Folder 10
IUMSW of America - Withdrawal Letter, Local 9,
1936 January 26
Box 1, Folder 11
Ledger Cards (served as union book),
1947 January 31-1948 January 3, 1948 September 11-1949 July 9
Box 1, Folder 12
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast (clearance card),
1936
Box 1, Folder 13
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast 9 (clearance card),
1977
Box 1, Folder 14
Muoro Drydock Co. ID card,
1924
Box 1, Folder 15
Pacific American Steamships Association and Shippers Association of the Pacific
- ID Card of Baldo Loy,
1923 May 29
Box 1, Folder 16
Picket Cards (four),
1948 September 3, November-December 1948
Box 1, Folder 17
Shipyard Workers Union Local 19667 of AFL picket card,
1934
Box 1, Folder 18
Traveling Card,
1942 September 15
Box 1, Folder 19
Waterfront Employers L.A. - L.B. Harbors; Badge, Baldo P. Loy, Reg.
No.,
1834
