Jimmie Martinez Oral History Interview
Streaming Media
Description
Jimmie Martinez talks about his work as a Grocery worker and manager at Safeway, Furrs, and Smith's in Santa Fe, NM. He shares his experience starting with his Retail Clerks (UFCW Local 1564) union membership in 1961 until his retirement in 2002. Martinez shares his community service as a Santa Fe School Board member, a Santa Fe City Councilor, a leader in the National Hispanic Caucus of the National School Board Association, and as a sponsor of the Santa Fe Living Wage Ordinance (2004).
Publication Date
4-5-2016
Keywords
NM UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Local 1564; Albuquerque; Santa Fe. Union negotiation and pension; equality of women at work; equality of pay; strike for wages; change in grocery stores; Santa Fe School Board; Santa Fe City Council; National Hispanic Caucus of the National School Board Association; Santa Fe Living Wage
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; Jimmie Martinez; and Richard Wood. "Jimmie Martinez Oral History Interview." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/9
Comments
1280x720; 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.