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| Title | Cannery worker Grievance Letter, May 7, 1937 |
| Author | Unknown |
| Date of Publication | 1937 |
| Notes | A grievance letter sent from a union member in Seattle listing the terrible working conditions experienced at an Alaskan cannery the previous summer of 1937.
Quote from document: "Being sincerely loyal to the principles and progressive movement of the Cannery Workers' and Farm Laborers' Union, I hereby submit my following charges against Mr. Pio de Cane and Mr. Mariano Della, as foremen of any of Alaska cannery this summer... As first class crook-contractors they feed their Alaska workers with lousy meals such as tripes with lima beans, ox-tails, pig-tails with cabbage, lots of soup - fats floating on the surface and heads of salmon. Mind you Brothers, there was not even coffee, if there was coffee, the cream was diluted with water in such a way that ten cent could be seen at the bottom of the pitcher."" |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Salmon canning industry--Alaska; Salmon canneries--Alaska; Filipino Americans--Alaska; Cannery workers--Alaska; Cane, Pio de; Della, Mariano; Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union. Local 7 (Seattle, Wash.); Work environment--Alaska; Industrial realtions--Alaska |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Alaska |
| Digital ID Number | PNW01197 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: photos@u.washington.edu. |
| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 7 Records. Accession no. 3927-001, Box 7/14 |
| Object Type | Letter (correspondence)
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| Physical Description | 1 page : 28 x 21 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 200 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2011. |
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