Union Town SF HERE Local 2 Organizing, Strikes and Struggles 1978-1980 "The Zim's Strike"

by Mary Ellen Churchill

Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:23AM

The struggle for rank and file control of Here Local 2 including the successful strike of the Zim's restaurant workers and the fight against the International is the focus of a video documentary by Mary Ellen Churchill and Grand Illusions

Union Town SF HERE Local 2 Organizing, Strikes and Struggles 1978-1980 "The Zim's Strike"
http://blip.tv/file/3884268
In 1978 through 1980 thousands of San Francisco hotel and restaurant workers
were in revolt against the Local 2 HERE union bureaucracy and for a democratic
rank and file controlled union with elected BA's. A militant rank and file organized strike
at the Zim's restaurant chain was successful and the power of the ranks was growing
until the International put the local into trusteeship.
For more information on this video contact
Mary Ellen Churchill (415)573-6886 ;mchurch66(at)hotmail.com
Labor Video Project, P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco, CA 94172
laborvideo.blip.tv http://www.laborvideo.org

For more information: http://blip.tv/file/3884268

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