Physical Description: Carton 1

A note in the collection indicates that these are the files of Executive Director Jenya Cassidy. Consists of documentation of specific campaigns and events. Types of materials include conference documents, fundraising materials, invitations, mass mailings, press packets and press releases, reports, and statements. Primarily contains materials related to the following: The International Trade Union Conference for Peace (in Managua, Nicaragua, 1984); a West Coast Trade Union Delegation to Nicaragua (1984); the West Coast Tour of Central American Trade Unionists (1984); the April 25 Spring Mobilization for peace and justice in Central America and South Africa (1987); In Search of Peace: A U.S.-El Salvador Conference (1986); the Central American Labor Leaders East Coast Tour (1985); slides shows on Nicaragua and El Salvador; the Salvadoran Social Security Institute Workers' Union (STISSS) campaign to defend Salvadoran Hosptial Workers Union (1988); the Coca Cola campaign; the Emergency National Council against U.S. Intervention in Central America /The Caribbean (1987); the U.S tour of the Nicaraguan Health Workers Federation (1984); and the Federation of Central American Teachers' Organizations tour (FOMCA) (approximately 1985)

Physical Description: Cartons 2-5, Box 1

Files of "Al" - who is likley Al Weintrub, editor of the CALDN newsletter and managing editor of The Labor Report on Central America . Some materials were sorted and filed by subject; others were labeled miscellaneous, or were not foldered. The records are related to trade union activities, and workers rights and human rights (and violations thereof) in Central America , particularly in El Salvador and Nicaragua. There are materials on women and farm workers.

Types of material include working files on unions and individual trade unionists (with notes and drafts); reports; information packets; convention proceedings and resolutions on Central America ; news clippings (original and photocopies); and published materials, such as monographs and serials.

Organizations represented include: the AFL-CIO, Americas Watch, the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), ASTTEL Union (La Asociación Salvadoreña de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones, El Salvador), the Salvadoran Labor Defense Network, the Labor Network on Central America , the Canadian Labour Congress, the Institute for Latin American Studies, Amnesty International, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. Also includes issues of Barricada Internacional - the international biweekly of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (1987-1991).