The Labor Archives of Washington in the News
Television
- May 2021: “Disruption: What’s New (And Not) About Work During the Pandemic Era”,” – Museum of History and Industry Event – The Seattle Channel.
- December 5, 2020: “Essential Story of Frontline Workers: The Struggle for Rights & Survival During COVID-19” – The Seattle Channel.
- February 9, 2019: “Solidarity City: The 1919 Seattle General Strike & 100 Years of Worker Power” – The Seattle Channel.
- May 12, 2018: “Preserving Solidarity Forever: Women in the Trades” – The Seattle Channel.
- February 21, 2018: “History Cafe: How Minority Men & Tradeswomen Won Justice on the Jobsite” – The Seattle Channel.
- December 20, 2017: “Labor Archives: Working Women’s Stories” – UW360.
- December 8, 2017: “Labor Archives: To Be an Academic- Josué Estrada Uncovers Surprising History of Latino Voting Rights Struggles in Washington State” – UW360.
- July 6, 2017: “Labor Archives: Progressive Art” – UW360, KOMO.
- June 24, 2017: “Preserving Solidarity Forever: Past Forward! The Legacy of Left Coast Militant Unionism” (Labor Archives of Washington’s Third Annual Event) – The Seattle Channel.
- June 5, 2017: “Labor Archives: Minimum Wage Archivists” (Story starts at 9:23) – UW360, KOMO.
- May 23, 2017: “Labor Archives: The Everett Massacre” – UW360, KOMO.
- April 23, 2017: “Labor Archives: Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes” – UW360, KOMO.
- September 27, 2016: “Labor Archives Overview” – UW360, KOMO.
- May 14, 2016: “Preserving Solidarity Forever: Washington State Farmworker Struggles” (Labor Archives of Washington’s Second Annual Event) – The Seattle Channel.
- September 2, 2011: “Archives show struggle of organized labor in Northwest” – King 5 News.
Print/Web Publications
- January 14, 2019: “Labor Archives of Washington, partners, to celebrate centennial of 1919 Seattle General Strike“ – UW Today.
- September 3, 2018: “What you need to know for Labor Day 2018 in West Seattle.”
- August 30, 2018: “These 12 Images capture US labor history” – Futurity.
- August 28, 2018: “Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington” – UW Today.
- August 31, 2018: “LABOR DAY: 3rd annual ‘poker run’ motorcycle ride celebrating labor history” – West Seattle Blog.
- June 7, 2017: ““‘Scales of Struggle’: Historians of labor, working class to convene at UW”” – UW Today.
- May 22, 2017: “‘Past Forward’ event on Left Coast Unionism June 24 at UW” – The Stand, Washington State Labor Council.
- August 7, 2018: “Union records find a home”– Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union of the Pacific Blog.
- May 2017: “Past Forward Event Listing” – The Dispatcher, International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
- May 2017: Casey, Conor. “Putting History to Work: The Labor Archives of Washington as a Model for Forging Stronger Connections between Labor and the Academy” – Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.
- March 2017: “Character Uniquely UW: Conor Casey, Labor Archivist, Fervent Collector AKA ‘Coyote’” Page 12 – Columns, University of Washington Alumni Association.
- April 19, 2018: “Spring 2018 Archives Service Learning Event” – Society of American Archivists, University of Washington Student Chapter Blog.
- January 26, 2018: ““Richard V. Correll” – Graphic Arts Workshop.
- Winter 2017: Rodgers, Crystal and Conor Casey. ““The Labor Archives of Washington Launches Exhibit: “An Injury to One Is an Injury to All”” – Easy Access, Northwest Archivists.
- February 1, 2017: Casey, Conor. “We Do the Work Radio Segment on Richard Correll.” – In the Loop, Society of American Archivists.
- January 24, 2017: “Edmonds museum exhibit shows how artists responded to hard times” [Mentions Richard Correll Prints and Papers] – The Seattle Times.
- January 5, 2017: Casey, Conor and Crystal Rodgers. “‘Injury to One is an Injury to All’ Everett Massacre exhibit at UW” – The Stand, Washington State Labor Council.
December 12, 2016: “Archiving History” – University of Washington Homepage. - Fall 2016: Casey, Conor. “Community Connections: Inreach and Outreach as Archival Advocacy Activities. A Case Study of the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections” – Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists.
- October 25, 2016: “Group visits Seattle to prep Binalonan’s Bulosan museum” – International Examiner.
November 3, 2016: “In the key of blood: Concert marks centennial of Everett Massacre” – The Seattle Times.
September 2, 2016: Casey, Conor. “We Do the Work: An Interview with Conor Casey” – LaborOnline, Labor and Working Class History Association. - September 3, 2016: “LABOR DAY: ‘Poker run’ motorcycle ride to start in West Seattle, stop @ union halls”– West Seattle Blog.
- September 3, 2016: “WEST SEATTLE LABOR DAY: Citywide motorcycle ride rolls out from Chelan Café” – West Seattle Blog.
- August 31, 2016: Casey, Conor. “National History Day Students Win 2016 Regional Video Contest Employing Labor Archives of Washington Collections and Staff Interviews” – LaborOnline, Labor and Working Class History Association.
August 31, 2016: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, Receives $10,000 Grant from International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) – Pacific Maritime Magazine.
August 29, 2016: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington: Preserving Pacific Northwest Labor History” – AFT Union Spotlight. - September 8, 2015: “Gender, corporate culture at Boeing explored in new book ‘Capitalist Family Values’” (Mentions LAW Collections and assistance) – UW Today.
- April 29, 2015: Casey, Conor. “Society of American Archivists Labor Archives Roundtable at the 2015 LAWCHA Conference” -N LaborOnline, Labor and Working Class History Association,
- March 25, 2015: “Labor Archives of Washington kicks off minimum-wage history project April 11“- UW Today.
- March 25, 2015: “Labor Archives’ Minimum Wage History Project kicks off April 11”– The Stand, Washington State Labor Council.
- March 13, 2015: Casey, Conor. “UW Labor Archives of Washington First Annual Event! Preserving Solidarity Forever: The Minimum Wage History Project” – Weekly Online News, University of Washington Libraries
- Winter 2015: “Washington Works: 30 Years of Labor History” – Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists.
- Winter 2015: Casey, Conor. “Preserving Solidarity Forever: The Minimum Wage History Project April 11” – Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists.
- Winter 2014: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington launches new section of digital portal, uses crowdsourcing to enhance description.” p. 12-13.
- November 10, 2014: Casey, Conor. “Empire is in the Heart: A conference to mark the centennial birth of Carlos Bulosan” – International Examiner
- December 9, 2013: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington Celebrates Archives Month, Cannery Worker History, and 3-Year Anniversary” – Weekly Online News, University of Washington Libraries
- September 8, 2015. UW Today. (Mentions LAW Collections and assistance)
- September 5, 2014: Casey, Conor. LaborOnline, Labor and Working Class History Association, “New Projects from the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists”
- Fall 2014: Casey, Conor. Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists, “Upcoming Exhibit at the Labor Archives ‘Author, Poet, and Worker: The World of Carlos Bulosan’ November 7, 2014-March 13, 2015 UW Special Collections Lobby and Reference Room”, Sound Archivist, Volume I, Number 7, Fall 2014, p. 4.
- Fall 2014: Casey, Conor. Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists, “Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Offers New Online Primary Sources in Labor History, Ethnic Studies, Economic History!”, Sound Archivist, Volume I, Number 7, Fall 2014, p. 14.
- July 22, 2014: The Stand, Washington State Labor Council. “Convention: Climate change, ACA and more”
- Winter 2014: Casey, Conor. “Crowdsourcing at the Labor Archives” – Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists, p. 19
- April 23, 2014: Northwest Film Forum, ““Salt of the Earth” Film Screening and Discussion“
- September 5, 2014: Casey, Conor. “New Projects from the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists” – LaborOnline, Labor and Working Class History Association
- Fall 2014: Casey, Conor: “Upcoming Exhibit at the Labor Archives ‘Author, Poet, and Worker: The World of Carlos Bulosan’ November 7, 2014-March 13, 2015 UW Special Collections Lobby and Reference Room” – Sound Archivist, Volume I, Number 7, Fall 2014, p. 4, Seattle Area Archivists
- Fall 2014: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Offers New Online Primary Sources in Labor History, Ethnic Studies, Economic History!” – Sound Archivist, Volume I, Number 7, Fall 2014, p. 14, Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists
- December 9, 2013: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington Celebrates Archives Month, Cannery Worker History, and 3-Year Anniversary” – Weekly Online News, University of Washington Libraries
- October 28, 2013: Casey, Conor. “Labor Archives of Washington Event: Public Screening and Talk: One Generation’s Time: The Legacy of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, October 31” – Weekly Online News, University of Washington Libraries
- October 6, 2013: “Labor Community Comes Together for Archive Dedication” – The Daily, University of Washington
- April 8, 2013: “Labor Archives of Washington, UW Libraries Special Collections wins ALA-RUSA Sessions Award” – Weekly Online News, University of Washington Libraries
- April 4, 2013: “Labor Archives of Washington: Curious about the labor movement in Washington State?” – Gallagher Blogs, Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington
- Spring 2013: Casey, Conor. “Human Rights and Social Justice Collections in Area Archives: Labor Archives of Washington”– Sound Archivist, Seattle Area Archivists, p. 17
- February 6, 2013: ““The Protest Artist: Richard Correll Was Endearing, but His Prints Are Fierce”– The Stranger
- February 6, 2013: Casey, Conor. “Local: At UW’s PNW blog – Images of labor and social justice: The art of Richard Correll”‘ – The Stand, Washington State Labor Council
- January 3, 2013: “Arts Roundup: Student art and a new library exhibit as quarter begins” [Includes mention of Richard Correll exhibit] – UW Today
- January/February 2013: “Currently on Exhibit: Images of Labor and social Justice by Richard V. Correll”– Book Club of Washington Newsletter
- December 6, 2012: Casey, Conor. “New Exhibit-‘Images of Labor and Social Justice: The Art of Richard V. Correll'” – University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, PNW Blog
- November 29, 2012: “Digital Labor Collections: University of Washington’s Labor Archives” – New York University Libraries » Research Guides » Labor History
- October 16, 2012: “Fight to protect Social Security, Medicare at the forefront of pensioners’ 45th PCPA Convention” – The Dispatcher, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
- August 06, 2012: Casey, Conor. “Industrial Workers of the World Photograph Collection Exhibit Now Online” – Weekly Online News, University of Washington Libraries
- June 28, 2012: “Washington Works” [Article mentioned materials that will be deposited in the Labor Archives] – Northwest Folklife.org
- November 3, 2011: “Eugene Vrana Oral History” [Vrana mentions his role in co-founding LAWS in interview] – The Waterfront Workers History Project, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington
- November 1, 2011: “Puget Sound Archives and Special Collections: Local Archives–Labor Archives of Washington State (LAWS)“- Collins Library, University of Puget Sound
- November 2011: “UW Labor Archives Preserves Workers’ History” – The Dispatcher, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
- October 28, 2011: “General Interest: The Labor Archives of Washington State”– The Scout Report, The Internet Scout Project
- October 26, 2011: “Missing: Minutes and Ledgers from Local 493 (The Former African American Musicians Local of Seattle” – News & Events: Community News, American Federation of Musicians, Local 76-493
- October 21, 2011: “Unity and solidarity were themes at Pacific Coast Pensioners 44th convention”– The Dispatcher, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
- October 15, 2011: “Unity and an eye towards 2014 contract fight at the 46th PCPA convention” – The Dispatcher, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
- October 2011: “Digital Resource Guide for the Labor Archives of Washington State Website Review” – TeachingHistory.org
- October 2011: Casey, Conor. “News from the Labor Archives of Washington State: Labor Digital Collections Portal “ – Easy Access, Northwest Archivists, p. 17
- September 23, 2011: “Harry Bridges: Labor Champion” “Harry Bridges: Labor Champion” This online article and video detail the complementary efforts of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies (UW), the Labor Archives of Washington State (UW), and the Labor and Education Research Center (SSCC) – International Labor Communications Association Conference 2011
- September 2011: “Washington State Labor Archives Now Online!” – University of Washington Libraries E-News
- July 27, 2011: “UW Libraries’ new digital portal opens state Labor Archives for deep research – UW Today
- June 4, 2011: “Campaign launched to fund labor education” – The War Against Labor News [Teamsters Local Union #174]
- May 19, 2011: “Labor Archives of Washington State Now Open” – Labor and Working Class History Association News & Events Blog
- May 19, 2011: “Japanese Historians Pay Special Visit to Tacoma” (Mentions LAWS in article) – Tacoma Weekly
- April 13, 2011: “Exhibits, symposium, talk celebrate life and work of César Chávez” – UW Today, University of Washington
- January 5, 2011: “Archives Preserving Local Labor History” – Washington State Labor Council Reports Today
- January 2011: “Harry Bridges Center Hires Labor Archivist” – University of Washington Libraries E-News
- January 17, 2011: “New Labor Archivist” – Book News, Book Club of Washington State
- January 5, 2011: “Archives Preserving Local Labor History”– Washington State Labor Council Reports Today
- October 2010: “News from the Northwest…Washington” p.19-20 – Easy Access, Northwest Archivists, Inc.
- September 10, 2010: “State’s labor history in archive“[AP Story] – Tacoma News Tribune
- September 6, 2010: “UW archive gathers story of state’s labor history” – Longshore & Shipping News
- September 5, 2010: “Solidarity forever preserved in UW labor archives” – Seattle Times
- September 5, 2010: “State’s labor history in archive” – Tacoma News Tribune
- September 1, 2010: “UW, unions collaborate on $250,000 archive by Amy Rolph
- Aug. 31, 2010: “Labor movement, UW collaborate on labor archive for Washington state” by Robert Roseth – University of Washington News
- January 2010: “Solidarity Through History” – Dispatcher, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Radio/Podcasts
- June 6, 2022: Casey, Conor and Aaron Goings “Who Is The REAL Billy Gohl, and What Does His True Crime Story Have To Do With Labor History? Why Preserving Labor History is Fundamentally Important.” – Working to Live in Southwest Washington Podcast, National Labor Radio Network.
- March 27, 2020: Casey, Conor “WashTech: The History of Organizing Tech Workers.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington, with Marcus Courtney, Founder of WASH Tech/CWA 37083.
- December 27, 2019: Casey, Conor “High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light – Part 2.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington, with Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light.
- December 20, 2019: Casey, Conor “High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light – Part 1.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington, with Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light.
- November 1, 2019: Casey, Conor “David Jepsen and Conor Casey, Centralia Tragedy – Part 2.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington.
- October 25, 2019: Casey, Conor “David Jepsen and Conor Casey, Centralia Tragedy – Part 1.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington.
- October 12, 2018: Casey, Conor “LELO and Intersectional Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Labor Organizing (Cindy Domingo, Nemesio Domingo Jr., and Garry Owens) – Part 2.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- October 12, 2018: Casey, Conor “LELO and Intersectional Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Labor Organizing (Cindy Domingo, Nemesio Domingo Jr., and Garry Owens) – Part 1.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- April 27, 2018: Casey, Conor “The Centralia Tragedy.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- March 20, 2018: Casey, Conor “Tyree Scott, Minority Worker Activism in the Building Trades, and Tradeswomen Activism.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- October 13, 2017: Casey, Conor “Seattle labor unionist and labor, peace, feminist activist Irene Hull.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- October 6, 2017: Casey, Conor “Labor Journalist and Activist Anna Louise Strong.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- September 29, 2017: Casey, Conor “Conor Casey and Crystal Rodgers, archivists for the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 1 [Crystal Rodgers reports on LAW’s “Women in the Trades Exhibit”].” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7.
- March 26, 2018: Casey, Conor “Laurie Mercier speaks with Conor Casey, labor archivist at the University of Washington, about the April 7 Pacific Northwest Labor History conference in Seattle, and how the Labor Archives attempts to preserve and share the region’s laboring and activist past.” – Old Mole Variety Hour KBOO 90.7 (Portland, Oregon).
- July 25, 2017: Casey, Conor “Pablo O’Higgins, Chicano Student Activists, and the Ship Scalers’ Mural – Part 2.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey, with Gigi Peterson, Author & Historian.
- July 18, 2017: Casey, Conor “Pablo O’Higgins, Chicano Student Activists, and the Ship Scalers’ Mural – Part 1.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey, with Gigi Peterson, Author & Historian.
- June 28, 2017: Casey, Conor “The Past Forward: Live from the University of Washington” (Podcast recorded at the Labor and Working Class History Association Conference at UW Seattle, mentions Labor Archives Annual Event on ILWU History). The Docker Podcast.
- April 7, 2017: Casey, Conor “The Seattle General Strike of 1919 and its Legacy.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- December 13, 2016: Casey, Conor “The 1934 Pacific Coast Maritime Strike and its Legacy.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- September 19, 2016: Casey, Conor “Pacific Coast Pensioners Association: The Archivists & Historians” (With Ron Magden, Howard Schwartz, Gene Vrana, and Conor Casey). The Docker Podcast.
- August 23, 2016: Casey, Conor “Author, Poet, Worker: Carlos Bulosan’s Collections at the Labor Archives of Washington and Quest to Uncover and Preserve Bulosan Family History.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- July 5, 2016: Casey, Conor “Learn Yourself: Images of Labor and Social Justice: The Art and Work of Richard V. Correll.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- May 6, 2016: Casey, Conor “Learn Yourself: Chateau St. Michelle Grape Boycott History and the Labor Archives of Washington’s second annual event Preserving Solidarity Forever: Washington State Farmworkers’ Struggles.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- March 1, 2016: Casey, Conor “Learn Yourself: The SeaTac Seattle Minimum Wage Campaigns and the SeaTac/Seattle Minimum Wage History Project.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- December 31, 2015: Casey, Conor “Learn Yourself: The Assassination of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes and the Legacy of Filipino American and Asian American Cannery Unionism.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- November 6, 2015: Casey, Conor “Inlandboatmen’s Union Convention Podcast Part 2: Andrew Hedden and Conor Casey.” – The Docker Podcast.
- October 20, 2015: Casey, Conor “The Songbird and the Martyr: Katie Phar, Joe Hill, and the Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Segment with former LAW intern Senteara Orwig on the collections she worked on in the Labor Archives of Washington.
- September 29, 2015: Casey, Conor “Learn Yourself: The Everett Massacre of 1916 and the Industrial Workers of the World.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.
- July 21, 2015: Casey, Conor “Interview with Labor Archivist Conor Casey.” – We Do the Work KSVR 90.7 (Mount Vernon, WA), WXOJ (Florence Maine), WPRR (Grand Rapids, Michigan), KOWA (Olympia, WA), WRFI (Ithaca, NY), KUGS (Bellingham WA), KAOS (Evergreen College, Olympia, WA), KIDA (Hoopa, CA), KBOO (Portland, OR), KKRN (Redding, CA).
- January 26, 2015: Casey, Conor “Carlos Bulosan and Filipino American Activism.” – Music + Ideas KBCS (Bellevue).
- May 24, 2013: Casey, Conor “Interview on Folklife and Correll Exhibit.” – Weekday KUOW (Seattle).
- May 18, 2013: Casey, Conor “Northwest Folklife and Washington Works.” – Music + Ideas KBCS (Bellevue).
- January 7, 2011: Casey, Conor “Karl Eckler interview with Labor Archivist Conor Casey #1.” – University of Washington i-School Silverfish Podcast.
- September 7, 2011: Casey, Conor “Karl Eckler interview with Labor Archivist Conor Casey #2.” – University of Washington i-School Silverfish Podcast.
- May 18, 2010: Casey, Conor “Interview with UW labor archivist Conor Casey by Ross Reider and Roger Yockey.” – Part of the Union KSER 90.7 (Everett).
- November 6, 2010: Casey, Conor. Mind Over Matters KEXP 90.3 (Seattle) hosted by Mike McCormick.
- October 18, 2010: Casey, Conor “Interview with UW labor archivist Conor Casey by Ross Reider.” – Part of the Union KSER 90.7 (Everett).
TO Integrate
- June 6, 2022. Casey, Conor and Aaron Goings “Who Is The REAL Billy Gohl, and What Does His True Crime Story Have To Do With Labor History? Why Preserving Labor History is Fundamentally Important.” Working to Live in Southwest Washington Podcast, National Labor Radio Network.
- March 27, 2020. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington “WashTech: The History of Organizing Tech Workers“ with Marcus Courtney, Founder of WASH Tech/CWA 37083
- December 27, 2019. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington “High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light“ with Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 2
- December 20, 2019. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington “High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light” with Ellie Belew, author, and Megan Cornish, retiree from Seattle City Light, Part 1
- November 1, 2019. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington. “David Jepsen and Conor Casey, Centralia Tragedy, Part 2“
- October 25, 2019. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Conor Casey, Head, Labor Archives of Washington. “David Jepsen and Conor Casey, Centralia Tragedy, Part 1“
- October 12, 2018. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “LELO and Intersectional Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Labor Organizing (Cindy Domingo, Nemesio Domingo Jr., and Garry Owens), Part 2″
- October 12, 2018. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “LELO and Intersectional Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Labor Organizing (Cindy Domingo, Nemesio Domingo Jr., and Garry Owens), Part 1″
- April 27, 2018. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “The Centralia Tragedy”
- March 20, 2018. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Tyree Scott, Minority Worker Activism in the Building Trades, and Tradeswomen Activism”
- October 13, 2017. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Seattle labor unionist and labor, peace, feminist activist Irene Hull“
- October 6, 2017. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Labor Journalist and Activist Anna Louise Strong”
- September 29, 2017. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. “Conor Casey and Crystal Rodgers, archivists for the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 1 [Crystal Rodgers reports on LAW’s “Women in the Trades Exhibit”]”
- March 26, 2018. Old Mole Variety Hour KBOO 90.7 (Portland, Oregon) “Laurie Mercier speaks with Conor Casey, labor archivist at the University of Washington, about the April 7 Pacific Northwest Labor History conference in Seattle, and how the Labor Archives attempts to preserve and share the region’s laboring and activist past.“
- July 25, 2017. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Pablo O’Higgins, Chicano Student Activists, and the Ship Scalers’ Mural: Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Gigi Peterson, Author & Historian, Part 2“
- July 18, 2017. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Pablo O’Higgins, Chicano Student Activists, and the Ship Scalers’ Mural Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington, Gigi Peterson, Author & Historian, Part 1“
June 28, 2017. The Docker Podcast. “The Past Forward: Live from the University of Washington” (Podcast recorded at the Labor and Working Class History Association Conference at UW Seattle, mentions Labor Archives Annual Event on ILWU History)
- April 7, 2017. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “The Seattle General Strike of 1919 and its Legacy”
- December 13, 2016. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “The 1934 Pacific Coast Maritime Strike and its Legacy”
- September 19, 2016. The Docker Podcast. “Pacific Coast Pensioners Association: The Archivists & Historians” (With Ron Magden, Howard Schwartz, Gene Vrana, and Conor Casey)
- August 23, 2016. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Author, Poet, Worker: Carlos Bulosan’s Collections at the Labor Archives of Washington and Quest to Uncover and Preserve Bulosan Family History”
- July 5, 2016. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Learn Yourself: Images of Labor and Social Justice: The Art and Work of Richard V. Correll”
- May 6, 2016. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Learn Yourself: Chateau St. Michelle Grape Boycott History and the Labor Archives of Washington’s second annual event Preserving Solidarity Forever: Washington State Farmworkers’ Struggles.”
- March 1, 2016. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Learn Yourself: The SeaTac Seattle Minimum Wage Campaigns and the SeaTac/Seattle Minimum Wage History Project”
- December 31, 2015. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Learn Yourself: The Assassination of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes and the Legacy of Filipino American and Asian American Cannery Unionism”
- November 6, 2015. The Docker Podcast. “Inlandboatmen’s Union Convention Podcast Part 2: Andrew Hedden and Conor Casey”
- October 20, 2015. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Segment with former LAW intern Senteara Orwig on the collections she worked on in the Labor Archives of Washington “The Songbird and the Martyr: Katie Phar, Joe Hill, and the Songs of the Industrial Workers of the World”
- September 29, 2015. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7. Regular segment with Labor Archivist Conor Casey “Learn Yourself: The Everett Massacre of 1916 and the Industrial Workers of the World”
- July 21, 2015. We Do the Work KSVR 90.7 (Mount Vernon, WA) WXOJ (Florence Maine); WPRR (Grand Rapids, Michigan); KOWA, (Olympia, WA); WRFI (Ithica, NY); KUGS, (Bellingham WA); KAOS, (Evergreen College, Olympia, WA); KIDA (Hoopa, CA); KBOO ( Portland, OR); KKRN (Redding, CA) “Interview with Labor Archivist Conor Casey
- January 26, 2015. Music + Ideas KBCS (Bellevue) “Carlos Bulosan and Filipino American Activism”
- May 24, 2013. Weekday KUOW (Seattle). “Interview on Folklife and Correll Exhibit.” (The segment begins after the news about the bridge collapse and the science news.)
- May 18, 2013. Music + Ideas KBCS (Bellevue) “Northwest Folklife and Washington Works” (The segment begins at 35:45)
- January 7, 2011. University of Washington i-School Silverfish Podcast “Karl Eckler interview with Labor Archivist Conor Casey #1” Listen to the podcast.
- September 7, 2011. University of Washington i-School Silverfish Podcast “Karl Eckler interview with Labor Archivist Conor Casey #2” Listen to the podcast.
- May 18, 2010. Part of the Union KSER 90.7 (Everett) “Interview with UW labor archivist Conor Casey by Ross Reider and Roger Yockey”
- November 6, 2010. – Mind Over Matters KEXP 90.3 (Seattle) hosted by Mike McCormick
- October 18, 2010. Part of the Union KSER 90.7 (Everett) hosted by Ross Reider
Streaming Video
- August 28, 2018. UW Today.“Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington”
- September 27, 2016. UW360 [Roku, YouTube, Kindle Fire] “Labor Archives Overview”
Newsletters
Labor Archives of Washington Newsletter
Building Bridges newsletter
A publication of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington. Available as PDF unless noted otherwise.
Upcoming Events
Ongoing Events
Exhibit: The Washington State Labor Council: Over A Century of Progress and Solidarity.
Washington State Labor Council Headquarters 321 16th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98144
Highlights from the Collection of the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington and the Collections of the Washington State Labor Council
Past Events
“Past Forward: The Legacy of Left Coast Militant Unionism and Lessons For Today’s Struggles”Reception and Labor Archives of Washington Annual Event Free Event 5:30-7:30 PM, June 24, 2017 Mary Gates Hall, University of Washington Seattle Campus An evening devoted to the dramatic and powerful labor history of the West Coast waterfront, the importance of preserving that history, and the inspiration it can provide us in our present political moment. This three-part program features segments with labor archivists, ILWU activists, and political scientists putting the history and present into perspective. Part 1: Labor Archives History Panel “Under the Hook, in the Hall, on the March, and upon the Shelves: ILWU-Related Collections at Pacific Coast Labor Archives” Presenters:
In this panel, labor archivists will talk about the ILWU’s rich and often colorful history preserved in archives in California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii. Featuring the directors of three labor archives — the Labor Archives and Research Center at San Francisco State University, the Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington, Seattle; and the Anne Rand Library at the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in San Francisco — this panel will discuss the ways in which unions, universities, scholars, and activists have worked together to preserve and promote the legacy of the left coast maritime labor movement. The presentations will highlight collections from this history, which relate directly to today’s struggles for workers’ rights, immigrant rights, social justice, civil rights, and other causes. Topics will include the Harry Bridges Deportation trials, the deportation and defense of progressive Filipino American cannery union officers and members, and other episodes in the union’s long history of activism. Part 2: ILWU Activists Panel “How History Informs Current Struggles” Presenters:
ILWU officers consider how the militant history and guiding principles of the union relate directly to today’s struggles and how those lessons can help suggest a path for current and future efforts. Part 3: “The Legacy of ILWU Activism in the Current Political Context”
Professor of Political Science and Harry Bridges Center Director Michael McCann will consider the history of the ILWU and social justice unionism on the Pacific Coast with issues such as immigration, civil rights, and social justice history and current struggles within the current political context. What lessons from the ILWU’s history inform current can and future actions? |
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Exhibit- Partners in Discovery: Student Research Employing University of Washington Special Collections
February 6-April 21, 2017
University of Washington Libraries Research Commons,
Allen Library South
This exhibit, co-sponsored by the Research Commons and the Labor Archives of Washington, focuses on recent University of Washington graduate student research projects using primary source materials from the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Primary sources are materials directly related to a topic by time or participation. These materials include letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs, artifacts, or other sources that provide firsthand accounts about a person or event.
The innovative research of three graduate students from the departments of History and Geography are highlighted, hinting at the broad topical range of the type of scholarly disciplines that employ the unique materials housed in the UW Libraries Special Collections (located below the Research Commons in the Allen Library South Basement).
Similarly, the Research Commons is a central hub of presenting and supporting student research, offering an array of consulting services for UW students and organizing regular forums for presenting research in the quarterly Scholar’s Studio: an informal forum featuring 10 rapid-fire ignite-style presentations given by graduate students and postdocs doing research on topics related to an interdisciplinary theme.
Student Research Projects Featured:
Megan Brown is a Ph.D. Candidate in Geography. Megan’s research interests include the modern labor movement and social movements. Brown’s research “investigates the strategic and practical mechanisms through which labor unions, progressive worker and community organizations, and policy makers are spreading $15/hour minimum wages throughout the U.S.” Labor collections used by Brown for her research and featured in the exhibit include the Guillermo “Memo Rivera” Collection of SEIU 775 and Working Washington records as well as oral histories from the SeaTac Seattle Minimum Wage History Project. |
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Andrew Hedden is Associate Director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and a graduate student in the UW Department of History’s Ph.D. program. His “research explores alternative histories of Seattle that center the experiences of people on the margins of power, documenting the activities and organizations of working-class people and communities of color.” Collections used by Hedden for his research and featured in this exhibit include the Carlos Bulosan papers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Lodge 751E records, and the Harold J. Gibson Papers. |
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Eleanor Mahoney is a Ph.D. Candidate in United States History. Her dissertation examines the connections between economic change and environmental policy in the period after World War II. She has also researched Depression-era art and politics in Washington State. In the exhibit, Mahoney discusses her use of the Richard Correll prints and papers, for her research. Featured in the exhibit are two prints from the famous artist’s Paul Bunyan series, “Clearing Tacoma Flats, 1938” and “Creation of San Juan Islands, 1938” which Mahoney feels “vividly capture not only Correll’s unique style, but also the ethos of much public art created in the 1930s.” We hope you’ll come by and take some time to peruse the exhibit, perhaps leaving inspired about how you can use the UW Libraries Special Collections and Research Commons for your own scholarly pursuits! |
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PRESERVING SOLIDARITY FOREVER: Washington State Farmworker StrugglesSaturday, May 14 1:00pm – 4:00pm Free and open to the public. Free parking. Food and drinks provided. Join the Labor Archives of Washington for its second annual event, “Preserving Solidarity Forever,” dedicated to showcasing its efforts to preserve and promote labor history. FEATURING: Rosalinda GuillenCommunity to Community Development, former UFW organizerRamon TorresPresident, Familias Unidas por la JusticiaJeff JohnsonPresident, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/solidarity2016 or by calling (206) 543-7946.Part of MayWorks, a month-long festival celebrating labor culture and history in Washington State |
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Launch Party for SeaTac-Seattle Minimum Wage History Project
- When Thursday, Mar. 3, 2016, 7 – 9 p.m.
- Where Washington State Labor Council, 321 16th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
- Description Join the SeaTac-Seattle Minimum Wage Campaign History Project as it celebrates the launch of a digital archives chronicling the historic campaigns for minimum wage increases in SeaTac and Seattle.
- The electronic archives which is now part of the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, documents the two successful historic struggles for a $15 minimum wage as well as continuing advocacy for better wages, sick pay, reduction of wage theft, and other issues related to low wage workers in the Puget Sound region. This ambitious project highlights in particular the catalytic impact of these campaigns increasing wages around the nation. The archive includes scores of interviews and oral histories along with media accounts, photos and video clips, original documents and artifacts. Future additions will be an event timeline and a dynamic national map of minimum wage policy diffusion, analytical essays, and an interactive blog.
- https://content.lib.washington.edu/projects/sea15/index.html
- KSHAMA SAWANT, Seattle City Council
- JAMES GREGORY, Professor of History, University of Washington
- SARAH CHERIN, Political Director, UFCW 21
- HEATHER WEINER, YES! for Sea-Tac Campaign
- Images of Labor and Social Justice: The Art of Richard V. Correll
- Bridges Center Annual Awards Celebration
Sunday, November 13 :: Location: UW Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st ST, Seattle, WA 98195
Time: 5pm-8pm - OPENING RECEPTION: In His Own Words
- SYMPOSIUM: Viva La Causa: Organizing Farm Workers in the Pacific Northwest during the ’60s
- LECTURE: “If you want to remember me, organize!” Cesar Chavez, Farm Workers, and Food Sovereignty
- Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies: Annual Awards Celebration & Grand Opening of the Labor Archives of Washington State
Saturday, April 11 Preserving Solidarity Forever:The Minimum Wage History Project1:00pm-4:00pm. Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room (225), UW Seattle. Free. RSVP here. Join the Labor Archives of Washington as we kick off the SeaTac-Seattle Minimum Wage History Project! The Minimum Wage History Project documents the historic and nationally recognized campaigns that in 2013-14 succeeded in mandating a $15 minimum wage in SeaTac and Seattle. The project will culminate in an on-line resource for students, faculty, and the general public who seek to understand how the campaigns achieved victory. Speakers to include: |
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Exhibit: Images of Labor and Social Justice: The Art of Richard V. Correll
New Additions to the Collection of the Labor Archives of Washington State, UW Special Collections
December 6, 2012 – April 19, 2013
Special Collections Basement Lobby
Allen Library North First Floor Balcony
Richard V. (Dick) Correll (1904-1990), was “one of the leading masters of printmaking in the West.” Best known for his powerful black and white linoleum cuts, etchings and woodblock prints, for most of his life he earned a living as a commercial artist in the book publishing and advertising fields while producing a large body of fine art in his own time.
Correll’s themes ranged from landscapes, animals and agricultural scenes, harbors and ships, and music and dance to those which reflected his lifelong concern with political and social issues. This exhibit features selections from several core areas of Correll’s recently donated collection at the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections: Images of labor, social justice, civil rights, anti-war themes, work for the Great Depression-era Federal Art Project of the Works Projects Administration, and his work for the progressive Depression-era newspaper the Voice of Action.
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Exhibit and Symposium: Taking it to the Street: Public Voices and Political Discourse
Exhibit: Taking It to the Street: Protests, Strikes and Activism in Seattle [April 1-30, 2012, Ground Floor Allen Library North] examines Washington State’s long history of street protest as a means of political expression, highlighting civic activism and citizen engagement in the contemporary political, social, and economic debates through materials from the UW Libraries’ collections of newspapers, ephemera, photographs, and documents. It is located in the Allen Lobby on the ground floor.
Two timelines illustrating the history of recent activism are located in Government Publications, Maps, Microforms and Newspapers on the ground floor of Suzzallo. The Tea Party Patriots Timeline covers significant events in the Tea Party movement, while Occupy Wall Street & Occupy Seattle Timeline covers the Occupy movements.
Symposium: [Saturday, April 21, 2012 ::1:00 – 5:00 pm, Research Commons, Ground Floor Allen Library South] This half-day Symposium brings together local activists and scholars to discuss why the urgent social issues of the time have generated an upsurge of populist demonstrations, including the Tea Party Patriots and Occupy Seattle movements.
The Symposium is free and open to the public. Please use this registration form to rsvp.
This half-day Symposium brings together local activists and scholars to discuss why the urgent social issues of the time have generated an upsurge of populist demonstrations, including the Tea Party Patriots and Occupy Seattle movements.
Research Commons, Allen Library South :: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4-5pm.
A brief introduction to Chavez, followed by a tour of the show.
Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room :: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 2-5pm
Two panels of farm worker organizers and activists who worked with and were inspired by Chavez in Washington State discussed his enduring influence. Moderated by Prof. Erasmo Gamboa (UW American Ethnic Studies)
Research Commons, Allen Library South :: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 12-1pm
Rosalinda Guillén (labor and social justice leader and co-founder and Executive Director of Community to Community Development) talked about César Chávez’s legacy, the efforts around the organization of farm workers, and how women and agricultural workers are at the core of the struggle for food sovereignty.
Nov. 14, 2010, 5:00pm – 8:00pm Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall
This year’s annual awards banquet marked a special occasion – the grand opening of the Labor Archives of Washington State! We welcomed new labor archivist Conor Casey and honored our students’ and faculty’s achievements.