Suzanne Shannon Oral History Interview
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Description
Suzanne Shannon recounts her Labor story starting with a job as a part time secretary for the Bernalillo County Central Labor Council (BCCLC) in 1972. In a few years, she was encouraged to run and won as the first woman President of the BCCLC. She also worked part time with the NM State Federation of Labor and became a member of OPEIU (Office and Professional Employees International Union). Describing a passion for the Labor Movement and Labor issues, Shannon shares a time when Unions had power in New Mexico to win legislative support for workers’ issues. Noting also the emergence of women’s rights in the 1970s, Shannon describes her work with the Women in Construction project of the NM State Department of Labor and the Building Trades Council (1970s).
Publication Date
10-12-2017
Keywords
UA 412 (Plumbers and Pipefitters), BCCLC, Neal Gonzales (NM Federation of Labor President), GOTV (Get out the Vote), NM Democratic Party, Right to Work, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and the grape boycott, Carpenters and Joiners Union, United Way Labor Representative, COPE AFLCIO, Women in Construction project, Labor movement.
Disciplines
Labor History
Publisher
Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication, University Libraries, University of New Mexico
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Pinkey, Diane and Suzanne Shannon. "Suzanne Shannon Oral History Interview." (2017). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/35
Comments
1920x1088; MP4; No institutional restrictions are placed on the use of this collection. Use of material is allowed for educational and research purposes. The University Libraries do not hold copyright.