Newsletter

In the interview below Shiree Teng, who organized the Northern California Strike Support Committee, names some of the women she viewed as "core" members of the Strikers' Committee.  She describes the support they provided in the day-to-day work of keeping the strike going.

Below also is the first newsletter of the newly elected Strikers Committee. The newsletter informs the strikers of growing support from their Local 912 and Joint Council 7 of the Teamsters, describes the need for social services for strikers, and calls on Teamsters to join the fight to "bust" unions across agricultural industries.

Questions

  • According to the newsletter how might support from the Joint Council 7 of the Teamsters aid the strikers? 
  • Why might the strikers need to enlist more support from the community?

Shiree Teng on the Strikers' Committee

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Text version of the newsletter below (Strikers' Voice) Download Text version of the newsletter below (Strikers' Voice)

First newsletter from Strikers' Committee entitled Strikers Voice

 

Text version of the newsletter below (La Voz Huelguista) Download Text version of the newsletter below (La Voz Huelguista)

First newsletter of the Strikers' Committee in Spanish entitled La Vos HuelgistaImage described in link above

Teng, Shiree. “Interview with Shiree Teng 2014-10-03.” 3 Oct. 2014, archive.org/details/csfst_006428 Links to an external site.. Peter Shapiro Watsonville Canneries Strike Interviews, larc.oh.shapiro_02, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University. (This is a clip from a longer interview which can be found at archive.org/details/csfst_006428 Links to an external site..)

“Strikers Voice/La Voz Huelguista.” Vol. 1, no. 1, 9 Nov. 1985. Frank Bardacke Watsonville Canneries Strike Records, larc.ms.0093, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.