Katie Quan ILGWU Memorabilia

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Identifier: 6036/095 MB

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains various pieces of memorabilia collected by labor organizer, Katie Quan. Some of the items included in this collection are small American flags and union memorabilia such as paper hats, dues books, sewing kits, rain hats, and aprons.

Dates

1983

Creator

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (creator, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

Katie Quan is a senior fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. In 2010 she co-founded the International Center for Joint Labor Research at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, and was its co-director for four years. In 2014 she received a Fulbright grant to study the apparel supply chain in China at Peking University. Katie has recently consulted with the International Labour Organization on industrial relations reform in Vietnam.

Prior to joining the staff of the Labor Center in 1998, Katie Quan was a seamstress, organizer, and international vice-president with the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and its successor, UNITE. In 1992 she chaired the founding convention of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. She has volunteered as a board director for many labor organizations, including the Worker Rights Consortium, the International Labor Rights Forum, Sweatshop Watch, and the Labor Project for Working Families.

Extent

1.17 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

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Abstract

This collection consists of ILGWU memorabilia collected by Katie Quan, Senior Fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and former seamstress and member of the ILGWU.