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Florida's Labor History Symposium (November 18, 1989). Proceedings. / INSTITUTION Florida International Univ., Miami DOCUMENT RESUME ED 344 799 SO 021 423 AUTHOR Wilson, Margaret Gibbons, Ed. TITLE Florida's Labor History Symposium (November 18, 1989). Proceedings. / INSTITUTION Florida International Univ., Miami. Center for Labor Research and Studies. SPONS AGENCY Florida Endowment for the Humanities, Tampa. PUB DATE 91 NOTE 113p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Labor Force; Labor Relations; *Oral History; *State History; *Unions; Womens Studies; Working Class IDENTIFIERS *Florida; *Labor Studies ABSTRACT This document contains the proceedings from a one-day symposium designed to illuminate the history of the labor movement in Florida. The proceadings are organized into two parts: Part 1 "Topics in Florida Labor History" features "Labor History in Florida: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go?" (R. Zieger); "Workers' Culture and Women's Culture in Cigar Cities" (N. Hewitt); "Organizing Fishermen in Florida: The 1930s and 1940s" (B. Green); "Farmworkers and Farmworkers' Unions in Florida" (D. M. Barry); "Shadows from the Past: Documentary Film Making in Florida's Fields" (J. Applebaum); and "Oral History: Building Blocks for Historical Research" (S. Proctor). Part 2 is entitled "Recollections from the Past: The Florida Labor Movement from a Personal Perspective." This part contains the remarks given at the symposium 1-4 eight persons from the private sector: Andrew E. Dann, Sr., Gene C. Russo, Pernell Parker, and Joseph H. Kaplan and four from the public sector: Glbert Porter, Rodney Davis, Charles Hall, and James Sherman. (DB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Once of Fducahonai Researchand improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER (ERICI T is document has beenreproduced as Keiyed hforh the person or riveting it organization 0 Minor changes have beenmade to improve reproduction Quahty Points 01view or opinions statedin this docu ment do not necessarily representofficial OERI position or policy h 5 1 1 *1 "PERMISSION TOREPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEENGRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL Q RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER(ERIC)." Sponsofrd by the Center fir Labor Research and Studiesa: Florida Internaticnal University with Fundingfrom the Florida Endowment.* theHumanities - .416- 4 BEST COPY AVMLE FLORIDA'S LABOR HISTORY A SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS Edited by Margaret Gibbons Wilson, Ph.D. Transcribed by Dolores McGee 3 Copyright 1991 Florida International University The Center for Labor Research & Studies Florida International University University Park Miami, Florida 33199 Telephone:305/348-2371 FAX:305/348-2241 This program made possible through a grant from F.E.}1 FLORIDA ENDOWMENT for the HUMANITIES 1718 Last Seventh Avenue. Suite 301 Tampa. Florida 33605 ctr-'4.4,5 This public document was produced at a cost of $7165.00 or $14.33 per ccpy to inform the public about a University symposium. 4 CONTENTS Preface PART ONE- TOPICS IN FLORIDA LABOR HISTORY Labor History in Florida: What Do WeKnow? Where Do We Robert H. Zieger Go? 1 Workers' Culture and Women's Culture inCigar Cities Nancy Hewitt 13 Organliing Fishermen in Florida: The1930s and 1940s Ben Green 29 Farmworkers and Farmworkers' Unions inFlorida D. Marshall Barry 35 Shadows From the Past:Documentary Film Making in Florida's Fields Jo Applebaum 57 Oral History: Building Blocks for HistoricalResearch Samuel Proctor 67 PART TWO - RECOLLECTIONS FROM THE PAST:THE FLORIDA LABOR MOVEMENT FROM A PERSONALPERSPECTIVE THE PRIVATE SECTOR Andrew E. Dann, Sr. Gene C. Russo 79 Pernell Parker 83 Joseph H. Kaplan 87 91 THE PUBLIC SECTOR Gilbert Porter Rodney Davis 97 Charles Hall 101 James Sherman 105 111 PREFACE These Proceedings are the outgrowth of a one-daysymposium held on November 18, 1989. "Florida'i LaborHistory: A Symposium" was designed to illuminate an all-too-often neglected facetof Florida's history--the history of the Florida labormovement. It was my goal to bring together a variety of people who had studiedand written about the Florida labor movement, beena part oF the labor movement, or both. The symposium offered a blendingof the analytical expertise of historians, writers, and filmmakers with the first-handrecollections of some of those who participatedin the development of thelabor movement in Florida. The Proceedings open with a thoughtful reviewof existing scholarship in "Florida's Labor History: What DoWe Know? Where Do We Go?" presented by Robert H. Zieger, Professorof History at the University of Florida. Following this overview, Nancy Hewitt, Associate Professor of History at the University ofSouth Florida explores the dynamics of the work experiences of women cigar workers in Tampa in "Workers' Culture andWomen's Culture in the Cigar Cities. Next, Ben Green, a free-lance writerand author of The Finest Kind: A Celebration of a Florida FishingVillage, shares his findings about "Organizing Fishermen in Florida:The 1930s and the 1940s." The experiences of Florida's farmworkersis the topic of the next presentation, "Farmworkers and Farmworkers'Unions in Florida," by D. Marshall Barry, Director of Applied Researchat the Center for Labor Research & Studies at Florida internationalUniversity. Yet another facet of the experiences of Florida'sfarmworkers explored by Jo Applebaum, is assistant film editorand archival researcher, in "Shadows From the Past: DocumentaryFilm Making in Florida's Fields." Samuel Proctor, Distinguished ServiceProfessor of History at the University ofFlorida and Director of the University'sOral History Program, offersan excellent framework for value of, understanding the as well as the potential problemsof, an oral history program inhis "Oral History: Building Blocksfor Historical Research." Professor Proctor's remarks set the toneand r:ramework for the personalrecollections that follow. In selecting participantsfor the "Personal of the symposium, I Recollection" part attempted to strikea balance between the public and private sectorsas well as having representation of from a variety occupations. Since I haddecidedthat a broad rangeof occupations were to be represented, time constraintsmeant that the depth of each presentation would, of necessity,be limited. The transcribed recollections will form the beginningof an oral history collection of theFlorida labor movement to be housed atFlorida International University. 1. G Four speakers represented the privatesector. One had worked in the building trades, another was afarm worker, yet another was in the communications industry,and one was a member of the legal profession. Andrew Dann, Sr. with theCarpenters; Gene C. Russo of the Communication Workers of America;Pernell Parker of the United Farm Workers of America; and JosephH. Kaplan an attorney who has their represented numerous labor unions in Florida, shared recollections at the symposium. I had alsoplanned to have Stetson Kennedy, Southeast Education Directorof the CIO-PAC during the 1930s and 1940s, and Anita Cofino,International Representative of the Amalgamated Clothing & TextileWorkers Union and the former Miami Director of the Political andEducation Department of the International Ladies Garment Workers Unionspeak, but unfortunately illness prevented both of them from attending thesymposium. Representing the public sector were two formerteachers, a firefighter, and an arbitrator who has been withthe Florida Public Employee Relations Commission since the 1970s.Gilbert Porter of the Florida State Teachers' Association; RodneyDavis of FEA/United; Charles Hall of the I 'ternational Associationof Fire Fighters; and James Sherman, an arbitrator who has heard over2,000 arbitration cases, spoke about theirexperiences. The symposium and published proceedings werefunded in part by a grant from theFlorida Endowment for the Humanities andsponsored by the Center for Labor Research & Studies atFlorida International University in cooperation with the Louis WolfsonII Media History Center,Inc. Additional support came from the MiamiDade Public Library,the Florida AFL-CIO,the South Florida AFL-CIO, and numerous local unions. Margaret Gibbons Wilson, Ph.D. Director of Research Center for Labor Research A Studies Florida International University Margaret Gibbons Wilson Symposium Coordinator 7 PART ONE TOPICS IN FLORIDALABOR HISTORY S FLORIDA LABOR HISTORY: WHAT DO WE KNOW, WHEREDO WE GO? , ROBERT H. ZIEGER Robert Zleger received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Maryland. He has been on the faculty of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wayne State University,and Is now a professor at the University of Florida. Dr. ZiegerIs the recipient of various awards andfellowships. He Is the author of five books andnumerous articles and Is consultant and Series Editor for thecollection, The MO and industrial Unionism in America,a microfilm collection developed by UniversityPublications of America. He Is currently workingon a history of the CIO and is editing a collection ofessays to be published as 'Organized Labor In the Twentieth Century.' As a relative newcomer to Florida,I am impressed with the vigorand accomplishments of the labor historycommunity in our state. Iam happy to be part of this celebration ofFlorida's working people and theirhistory. Peggy Wilson and the Centerfor Labor Research and Studiesare to be congratulated for theirenergy and enterprise in putting togethersuch a balanced
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