SeaTac Seattle Minimum Wage History Project records, 2012-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington)
Title
SeaTac Seattle Minimum Wage History Project records
Dates
2012-2016 (inclusive)
2015-2016 (bulk)
Quantity
approximately 600 gigabytes of audio, video, and textual files
Collection Number
6025 (Accession No. 6025-001)
Summary
Materials gathered for a digital web archive documenting the stories of those involved in the campaigns, as supporters and opponents, in or affected by the struggles over a $15 minimum wage at SeaTac and in Seattle
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The SeaTac Seattle Minimum Wage History Project is a research, archival documentation, and oral history project co-directed by University of Washington political science professor Michael McCann and University of Washington labor archivist Conor Casey.

Beginning in 2015, the project members--McCann, Casey, and graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Washington--collected articles about the SeaTac and Seattle camaigns and then peformed dozens oral history interviews. As well, some hard copy archival collections were collected for the Labor Archives of Washington, websites were archivally captured, and some materials were digitized relating to the campaigns.

The resulting digital web archive documents the stories of those involved in the campaigns, as supporters and opponents, in or affected by the struggles over a $15 minimum wage at SeaTac and in Seattle as well as the broader, ongoing effects and efforts at a national level. Interviews include a broad coalition of labor union officers and members, politicians, nonprofit community partners, and small business owners in support and against the initiatives.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Audio and video files of oral history interviews of the collection, full transcriptions of interviews in PDF and print format, archived websites, PDF exports of newspaper and journal articles on the SeaTac and Seattle campaigns, including research on the history of minimum wage laws, local media coverage, and national media coverage.

Digital Content Available: Entire collection can be viewed here

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Seattle SeaTac Minimum Wage History Project. Conor Casey and Michael McCann, 2016

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Labor movement--Washington (State)
  • Labor--Washington (State)
  • Minimum wage--Washington (State)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings
  • Video recordings

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Conor, Casey (curator)
    • McCann, Michael W., 1952- (curator)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)