Jewell Hall Oral History Interview
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Description
Jewel Hall has led an activist’s life. She taught science and math in the public school for 38 years. Sixteen of those years, Hall taught in Albuquerque NM where she was a member of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation (affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers AFT). Hall was elected President of the ATF Local in 1981. Hall describes the Labor issues that teachers in Albuquerque faced in the 1970s; she highlights the changes that improved teachers’ lives during her tenure. Hall has spent her life serving her community in various organizations including the Albuquerque Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Council (founding member), AARP, the Albuquerque Northwest Retired Educators Association, the 1st Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education, and the Rio Rancho Branch of the NAACP.
Publication Date
2-17-2018
Keywords
Saginaw MI, payroll plan, teacher absence and compensation problems, sick leave and insurance plan, grievances, contract negotiations, segregation, civil rights, low salaries, working conditions, collaboration with management and Human Resources, Right to Work
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 Jewell Hall. "Jewell Hall Oral History Interview." (2018). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/40
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.