San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Records

Finding aid prepared by Alexandria Post.
Labor Archives and Research Center
2015
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco CA 94132-1722
larc@sfsu.edu


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).
Location: Collection is available onsite.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.

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

Related Archival Materials

Christopher Stevens San Francisco Bike Messenger Association Collection.

Acquisition

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.

Biographical Note

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

 

Dispatch Management Services Corporation (DMS) Strike 1999-2001

box 1, folder 1

Clippings 2000-2001

box 1, folder 2

Company information 1998-2000, undated

box 1, folder 3

Memoranda 1999-2000

box 1, folder 4

Newsletters, leaflets 1999-2000

box 1, folder 5

Organizing and strike materials 1999-2000

 

Flash Messenger Service Strike 2001

box 1, folder 6

Leaflets, flyers circa 2001

box 1, folder 7

Strike materials 2001, undated

 

Ultra Ex organizing by ILWU Local 6 1999-2002

box 1, folder 8

Clippings 1999-2001

box 1, folder 9

Leaflets, flyers 1999, undated

box 1, folder 10

Newsletters 1999-2002

box 1, folder 11

Organizing materials 1999-2001