OH116H_Martinez, Andrea_1977

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OH116H_Martinez, Andrea_1977

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title: OH116H_Martinez, Andrea_1977

creator: Martinez, Andrea

creator: Scott, Glenn

subject: Oral histories

subject: Labor unions

subject: International Ladies Garment Workers Union

description: This interview was conducted by Glenn Scott with Andrea Martinez in 1977 for the 1979 documentary Talkin' Union. In this interview, Andrea discussed her childhood and school life in addition to her early young-adult life after she left school. She also talked about what it was like at the factory she worked at before and after she became more heavily involved in the union, and the issues that arose while attempting to organize the factory into unions. Martinez addresses the difficulties that the Spanish speaking members had in the union and the difficulties that existed in interpreting and relying exclusively on interpretation, in addition to the minimal representation of Latinas in the southern parts of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). She concluded the interview by discussing her being blacklisted by the factories in Laredo after she went to San Antonio, her difficulty finding work after returning, and the unionizing of the factory she ended up getting hired at.

publisher: none

contributor: none

date: 1977

type: Text

type: Sound

format: .pdf

format: .wav

identifier: OH116H

language: English

language: español

relation: Texas Labor Archives

coverage: Laredo (Tex.)