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Interview with Vinnie O'Brien
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| Title | Interview with Vinnie O'Brien |
| Creator | Interviewer: Jaelle Dragomir
Interviewee: Vinnie O'Brien
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| Publisher/Affiliation | AFL-CIO
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| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 2000-11-21 |
| Notes | Text of this interview can be found at the following url: http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/interview_index.htm People discussed in interview: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bob Gorman, Jerry Shay, President John Sweeney, Rebenda, Ron Judd.
Places discussed in interview: 4th and Pike, Convention Center, Hawaii, Memorial Stadium, Nevada, Oregon, San Francisco, SeaTac, Seattle Central Community College (SCCC), Singapore, University of Washington (UW), Vancouver, Washington DC, Yale.
Organizations discussed in interview: American Federation of Labor - Congress of International Organizations (AFL-CIO), Amtrak, Boeing, Canadian Labor Council, Hotel and Restaurant Employees (HARE), King County Labor Council (KCLC), Seattle Police Department, Take Back the Street, Vancouver Labor Council.
Summary of interview: Vinnie O'Brien, Assistant Director in the Department of Field Mobilization for the AFL-CIO, mobilized working men and women from Vancouver, B.C. to San Francisco for the WTO protests. O'Brien describes his participation in protest march negotiations with law enforcement agencies, the importance of the alliance between the AFL-CIO and religious and environmental organizations, and the roles that students and the Internet played in the protests. O'Brien says there were two events on November 30th: one was the "anarchists with the destruction, " and the other was the "peaceful labor march with 40, 000 people." O'Brien says that the WTO protest has influenced all of his work since November 30th. |
| Timeline | After WTO |
| Intended Purpose | Oral History
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| Issue Area | Labor
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| Subjects | World Trade Organization. Ministerial Conference—Personal narratives |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Object Type | Interview
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| Physical Description | Computer file |
| Collection | WTO History Project
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| Contributor | WTO History Project |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Organizations Mentioned | American Federation of Labor - Congress of International Organizations (AFL-CIO), Amtrak, Boeing, Canadian Labor Council, Hotel and Restaurant Employees (HARE), King County Labor Council (KCLC), Seattle Police Department, Take Back the Street, Vancouver Labor Council
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