San Francisco Bike Messenger Association records, 1999-2002

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Summary

Creators:
San Francisco Bike Messenger Association
Abstract:
Collection contains documents related to the organizing of bike messengers employed by Dispatch Management Services Corporation (DMS), Flash Messenger Service, and Ultra Ex by the San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (SFBMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU).
Extent:
0.5 cubic feet (1 box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Records, larc.ms.0174, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains documents related to the organizing of bike messengers employed by Dispatch Management Services Corporation (DMS), Flash Messenger Service, and Ultra Ex by the San Francisco Bike Messenger Association (SFBMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Material includes worker and union leaflets related to organizing and the strike, bike messenger newsletters, newspaper clippings, employer correspondence and documents, and contracts.

Biographical / historical:

San Francisco Bike Messenger Association was established in 1991 with the purpose of increasing incomes, securing employer paid health insurance, implementing work safety programs, establishing a pension for retired workers, and promoting the status of the messenger profession. SFBMA eventually sought union organization and formed an alliance with the Iternational Longshoremen and Warehouse Union, Local 6 (2000-2001), enabling employees to fight for benefits due by employers and address wage and overtime violations.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by Natasha Dedrick in 2003. Accession number 2003/004.
Processing information:

Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center Staff.

Arrangement:

Collection arranged as received.

Physical location:
Collection is available onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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], San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Records, larc.ms.0174, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Location of this collection:
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
Contact:
(415) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
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