CLUE records, 1997-2016

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Summary

Creators:
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
Abstract:
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) educates, organizes, and mobilizes faith leaders and community members to accompany workers in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. It is an independent organization of faith leaders in Los Angeles. The CLUE records were created and used by the CLUE organization and document the organization's activities. Collection materials include project/campaign binders, photographs, and materials from various local faith leaders.
Extent:
11.3 linear feet (27 document boxes) and 6 linear feet (6 unprocessed optical discs)
Language:
Materials are primarily in English, some materials in Spanish.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], CLUE records (Collection 2441). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) records date from 1997 to 2016. The materials in this collection were created and used by the CLUE organization and document the organization's activities. Documented activities include projects/campaigns such as L.A. Worker Retention Law for city contractors at LAX; L.A. Living Wage for city contractors; Justice for Janitors; Respect at LAX coordinated campaign involving Local Unite Here 814, Service Employees International Untion (SEIU) Justice for Janitors, LA County Federation of Labor, CLUE; Security Officers United in Los Angeles (SOULA) Security Guards Campaign with SEIU, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) and CLUE; Car Wash Campaign focusing on wage theft, low wages, dangerous conditions and environmental concerns with Steelworkers Union, CLUE, and the Labor Center at Bonus Carwash in Santa Monica. Materials include project/campaign binders and photographs. The collection also contains materials from various local faith leaders such as Reverend Dick Gillete, Reverend James Lawson, and Rabbi Leonard Beerman.

Biographical / historical:

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice educates, organizes, and mobilizes faith leaders and community members to accompany workers in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice. It is an independent organization of faith leaders in Los Angeles, with origins in the late 1990s but goes back longer as part of the labor/religion alliance in the 1980s.

Acquisition information:
Gift of CLUE, 2023.
Processing information:

Processed by Liz Gost and Erika Pesca, under the supervision of Jasmine Larkin, 2023.

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Arrangement:

The original arrangement of materials created by CLUE was retained.

Physical / technical requirements:

CONTAINS UNPROCESSED DIGITAL MATERIALS: Digital materials are not currently available for access and will require further processing and assessment. If you have questions about this material please email AskLSC@library.ucla.edu.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], CLUE records (Collection 2441). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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