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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)20122016
2015-2016 (bulk)20152016 - 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
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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
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Open to all users.
- 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
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
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Personal Names
- Conor, Casey (curator)
- McCann, Michael W., 1952- (curator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)