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| Title | Union delegate Hiroshi Shimahara to Conrad Espe, business agent for the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union Local 18257, asking for his help in securing a nomination for a position in the union and commenting on the influence of the Arai Union in Seattle, May 22, 1937 |
| Author | Shimahara, Hiroshi |
| Notes | Letter from union delegate H. Shimahara in Waterfall, Alaska to Conrad Espe, business agent for the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union Local 18257, following up on previous correspondence regarding recent developments in the Seattle labor front and the influence of a new "Arai Union" in the area representing Japanese interests.
Quote from document: "It seems the Arai union has been checkmated this season, but as long as it has a charter and backing it will be a potential menace to the union." |
| Contextual Notes | Clarence T. Arai, Japanese-American Seattle lawyer and social leader proposed to create an ethnically exclusive local to protect Japanese cannery workers jobs. Many feared that his separatist organization might undermine the Filipino-dominated CWFLU. The CWFLU fought back arguing that their local was inclusive while Arai's was racist and warned that those siding with Arai were jeopardizing their chances of going to Alaska. Including Japanese involvement in the CWFLU was the only was to protect Japanese jobs and prevent the Filipino from completely taking over the labor market. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Shimahara, Hiroshi--Correspondence; Espe, Conrad--Correspondence; Cannery workers--Labor unions--Alaska--Waterfall; Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union. Local 18257 (Seattle, Wash.); Collective bargaining--Salmon canning industry--Alaska--Waterfall; Filipinos--Employment--Alaska--Waterfall; Japanese--Employment--Alaska--Waterfall; Japanese Americans--Employment--Alaska--Waterfall; Arai, Clarence T.; Waterfall (Alaska)--Race relations |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Alaska--Waterfall |
| Digital ID Number | PNW01210 |
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| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents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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