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| Title | Snug Harbor Packing Company letter to the attorneys for the Cannery Workers' and Farm Larborers' Union regarding cannery workers claims against the company, August 27, 1937 |
| Author | Snug Harbor Packing Company |
| Date of Publication | 1937 |
| Notes | Charles Vitter and George Stephenson went to Snug Harbor as members of a crew all of whom were American born Japanese, with the exception of Charles and George who were white. The entire crew was composed of members of the Cannery Workers' Union. On the day the crew arrived, dissatisfaction was voiced regarding the type of food served, which was Oriental food; the entire crew called a vote and decided that a protest was to be made to the Superintendent. Vitter was sent to the union delegate Harry Tanaka and both of them went to the Superintendent and voiced a complaint relative to the food on behalf of the entire crew. The Superintendent immediately accused Vitter of being an agitator in conjunction with Stephanson and notified Vitter as well as Stephanson that their services were terminated. The two employees asked for a statement from the Superintendent in order to make it clear to their union officials that they had not been discharged for radical agitating. A letter was written stating that the workers were dispensed of because the packing company did not agree with the idea of mixing Oriental workers with whites. The letter did not mention complaints about the food or radical agitation. A dispute about the sum of wages owed ensued because the two discharged cannery workers claimed that they had been arbitrarily discharged. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Snug Harbor Packing Co. (Alaska); Grievance procedures--Alaska--Snug Harbor; Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Unon. Local 7 (Seattle, Wash.); Cannery workers--Alaska--Snug Harbor; Work environment--Alaska--Snug Harbor; Salmon canning industry--Alaska--Snug Harbor; Whites--Alaska--Snug Harbor; Japanese Americans--Alaska--Snug Harbor; Snug Harbor (Alaska)--Race relations |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Alaska--Snug Harbor |
| Digital ID Number | PNW01237 |
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| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents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. Accession no. 3927-001, Box 8/21 |
| Object Type | Letter (correspondence)
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf : 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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