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Guillermo "Memo" Rivera collection of SEIU 775 and Working Washington records, 2012-2015
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rivera, Guillermo
- Title
- Guillermo "Memo" Rivera collection of SEIU 775 and Working Washington records
- Dates
- 2012-2015 (inclusive)20122015
- Quantity
- 257 computer files (11.3 GB)
- Collection Number
- 5893 (Accession No. 5893-001)
- Summary
- Digital surrogate of binder of materials that relate to SEIU 775's involvement with the effort to raise the minimum wage in SeaTac to $15 an hour, get labor-friendly council members elected and voters registered, and organize port and airport workers.
- 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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Guillermo "Memo" Rivera is Deputy Organizing Director for Service Employees International Union, Local 775. He collected this binder of materials that relate to SEIU 775's involement with the effort to raise the minimum wage in SeaTac to $15 an hour, get labor-friendly council members elected and voters registered, and organize port and airport workers. Rivera became an organizer for Local 775 in 2005, and his involvement with organizing at the airport and SeaTac on workers' issue began in 2001 with SEIU's "Fight for a Fair Economy Campaign." This went from a broad-based door-knocking campaign to hear abour workers' issues to meetings with airport workers in 2012. Rivera served as the field director on that campaign, and was also involved in the SeaTac Mimimum Wage Proposition 1 campaign in 2013.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Digital scans of a binder of materials collected by Guillermo "Memo" Rivera during his activities as Deputy Organizing Director for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 775
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View selections from the collection in digital format
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Guillermo Rivera, 2015
Related Materials
The SEIU 775 Facebook page has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2015. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/3988/20220515000000*/http://www.facebook.com/seiu775
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Living wage movement--Washington (State)--SeaTac
- Minimum wage--Washington (State)--SeaTac
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Rivera, Guillermo--Archives
Corporate Names
- Service Employees International Union. Local 775 (Seattle, Wash.)
- Working Washington (Organization)
Geographical Names
- SeaTac (Wash.)
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
- Service Employees International Union. Local 775 (Seattle, Wash.)
- Working Washington (Organization)
