- Title:
- An Interview with Luke Joinette
- Date Created:
- 1991
- Description:
- Luke Joinette, former Executive Board member and secretary-treasurer for the Tacoma chapter of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International League, discusses his work with the Local 61 labor union. Recounting the events surrounding the unions 1969 strike, Joinette reflects on the confrontations between picketers and employers and between the local chapter and its national affiliate. He concludes with some thoughts on the current state of the Local 8, the newest incarnation of the Local 61, and on the unions sharp decline in membership since the 1970s.
- Subjects:
- Joinette, Luke, 1908-1995--Interviews Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. Local 61 (Tacoma, Wash.) Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union. Local 8 (Tacoma, Wash.) Labor union members--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews Labor union members--Washington (State)--Tacoma Labor movement--Washington (State)--Tacoma Labor unions--Washington (State)--Tacoma Strikes and lockouts--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Pierce County; United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Source:
- University of Washington Tacoma Community History Project
- Source Identifier:
- chp1991-12
- Type:
- image
- Format:
- cpd
- :
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en