Helene Powell
Sound recording of Lucille Kendall’s 1976-1977 interview with African American labor activist Helene Powell covering her involvement with the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU), Local 6, in San Francisco as a steward and member of the Legislative Committee and Executive Board. The interview also covers Powell’s appointment as the ILWU’s International Representative to Los Angeles in 1943.
Date of Interview
Interviewer
1977-01-01
Lucille Kendall
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Just as we would have almost everyone signed up, because they wanted to join a union because they knew they would get more money and better working conditions, the employer would just pull up stakes and leave California altogether.