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Title: Edith Garcia Interview
Creator: Edith Garcia
Virginia Espino
Date Created and/or Issued: March 9, 2016
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library
Collection: UNITE HERE Local 11 Oral History Project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
Copyright UC Regents and UNITE HERE Local 11. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Rights Holder and Contact: UC Regents, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment 10945 Le Conte Ave, Suite 2107 Los Angeles, CA 90095. UNITE HERE Local 11 464 South Lucas Avenue, Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Description: Biography/History: Edith Garcia is originally from Oaxaca, México, and came to the United States when she was twenty-five years old. She worked at Loew’s Hotel in Santa Monica and was a key leader in the campaign to win union representation with HERE Local 11. She was also active in the Santa Monica Living Wage and Minimum Wage campaigns. She has one daughter, who was raised on the picket lines.
Scope/Content: Interview Contents: Childhood and early adulthood in Oaxaca — Migration to the United States in the 1980s — Early experiences working in Los Angeles — Loew’s degrading and difficult working conditions — Organizing coworkers — Finding life’s calling in the labor movement — Local 11’s support — Working conditions in nonunion versus union hotel — Becoming a leader.
Type: moving image
Form/Genre: Oral histories
Extent: 1:11:52
Language: Spanish
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Subject: Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Labor union locals--California--Los Angeles
Edith Garcia
UNITE HERE (Organization)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Santa Monica (Calif.)

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