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Title: East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) records
Date (inclusive): 1984-2010
Date (bulk): 2000-2008
Creator:
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Extent:
8.75 Cubic Feet
(7 cartons)
Collection number: larc.ms.0421
Accession number: 2017/003
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: East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) records comprise materials from its 1999 to 2010 campaigns revolving around
economic, racial, and social justice issues. These campaigns include: Living Wage; immigrant rights; community and labor
organizing at Port of Oakland; worker justice; Oakland economic development; Pixar Studios expansion impact; and the legal
fight against the Woodfin Hotel management's noncompliance with Living Wage ordinance Measure C and its attack on undocumented
workers during the years 2000 to 2011. The collection contains administrative, training, legal and research materials, correspondence,
publications, and photographs produced by EBASE. The collection also includes publications from various local and international
organizations dealing with labor issues and media clippings about EBASE.
Physical Location: Collection stored offsite: advance notice required for use.
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.
Special equipment may be required to view or access some audiovisual material. Playback may not always be possible due to
obsolete formats or fragile condition of the recordings. Advance notice is required.
Documents containing personal identifiable information or redacted content are restricted. Requires users to sign Restricted
Material Access Agreement before use.
[Identification of item], East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) Records, larc.ms.0421, Labor and Archives Research
Center, San Francisco State University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE), 2017 (2017.003).
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1: Administrative Materials, 2006-2010; Series 2: Campaigns,
1984-2010; Series 3: Photographs, 1999-2007.
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) was established in 1999 in Oakland, California, when a collaboration between
labor, community, and faith groups won the Oakland Living Wage Ordinance, which boosted wages for service workers. EBASE
serves as a resource and advocacy organization that advances "economic, racial, and social justice by building a just economy
based on good jobs and healthy communities." EBASE addresses "the root cause of economic injustice by developing strategic
alliances among community, labor, and people of faith to build power and create change with lower income workers and communities
of color." EBASE has successfully worked with unions in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties and community groups on issues
such as fair development, living wages, immigrant rights, and stemming housing displacement.
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE) records comprise materials from its 1999 to 2010 campaigns revolving around
economic, racial, and social justice issues. These campaigns include: Living Wage; immigrant rights; community and labor
organizing at Port of Oakland; worker justice; Oakland economic development; Pixar Studios expansion impact; and the legal
fight against the Woodfin Hotel management's noncompliance with Living Wage ordinance Measure C and its attack on undocumented
workers during the years 2000 to 2011. Several of the campaigns involving Living Wage or union actions target high profile
businesses or companies, such as Skates on the Bay restaurant, Clarement and Radisson Hotels, and Cintas Corporation. The
collection contains administrative, training, legal and research materials, correspondence, publications, and photographs
and other audiovisual materials produced by or afflicated with EBASE. The collection also includes publications from various
local and international organizations dealing with labor issues and media clippings about EBASE.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Equality -- Economic aspects -- California.
Social justice -- California.
Racial justice -- California.
Human rights advocacy -- California.
Photographs.
CD-ROMs.
CD-Rs.
DVDs.
Videocassettes.
Betacam-SP.
Digital Betacam (TM).
Color negatives.