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San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Records
larc.ms.0174
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Title: San Francisco Bike Messenger Association records
Date (inclusive): 1999-2002
Creator:
San Francisco Bike Messenger Association
Extent:
0.5 cubic feet
(1 box)
Collection number: larc.ms.0174
Accession number: 2003/004
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
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).
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Collection is open for research.
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.
[Identification of item], San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Records, larc.ms.0174, Labor Archives and Research Center,
San Francisco State University.
Christopher Stevens San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Collection.
Collection donated by Natasha Dedrick in 2003. Accession number 2003/004.
Processed by Labor Archives and Research Center Staff.
Collection arranged as received.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bicycle messengers -- California -- San Francisco.