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• VDTLC Minutes - Research selection 1937-1941

  VDTLC scanned minutes (June 1937-June 1941) various years, related to Case Study 1 research spreadsheet CVA VDTLC Minutes 1930-1948 . Issues relevant to Case Study 1 include: 1931 Feb 3, Chinese cooks support the waitress strike; 1937 May 3, Restaurant Employers and their association attempt to form parallel restaurant sector unions to undermine the HREU. 1938, Dual organizing (related to the communist contingent) begins 1938 Mar 15, A pushback against "anti-orientalism" begins from Asian HREU members and others, Like Bill Stewart. 1939 Mar 21, HREU is given jurisdiction over apartment hotels, and the Fish and Oyster Bar goes 100%union. 1940 Feb 6, Communist party expelled; Feb 20 showdown between communist leaders/dominant 1940 Oct, dual council in city with CIO established (communism) 1941 Feb 4, Report on hotel strike and settlement of the Hotel Vancouver 1941 Trouble with union houses
• Public Statement HREU

  A call to action in response to the expulsion of current female leadership from the HREU and likely predicated on their Communist affiliation. The front page is a Public statement released by the Hotel Restaurant Employees Union Local 28 from the Executive Board Emily Watts, May Leniczek, Roy Moore. Back page proposes the BC Federation of Hotel, Restaurant and Allied Service Workers. A call to action in response to the expulsion of current female leadership from the HREU and likely predicated on their Communist affiliation.
• [Union Hotels as at August 11th 1947]

  List of union hotels as of August 11th, 1947. The HREU was undertaking a major campaign to unionize them.
• Emily Nuttall Interview (3/5)

  Emily Nuttall discusses difficulties with organizing in restaurants (lots of turnover, its consideration as “women’s work”), changes in outlook on the profession from the Depression, her involvement with hotel organizing (particularly in the Georgia Hotel and the Belmont Hotel), and the union’s work towards shorter work weeks and the elimination of split shifts.
• Dismissed Girls Parade To City Hall (Sep 25, 1937)

  Newspaper article documents the first action taken by White waitresses working in Chinatown Restaurants during a morality crackdown by the Mayor's Office and the Vancouver Police. Three Chinese-owned restaurants are threatened with having their licenses pulled if they continue to hire White waitresses. The waitresses argue that they prefer to work for Chinese restaurant owners and can't afford to lose their jobs.
• Union Urges Cafe Night Shifts

  A newspaper article documenting the HREU (AFL)'s call for changes to shift work in cafes and restaurants, following the murder of waitress Olga Hawryluk by a customer. She had been returning home from work at 3am. Speaking for HREU are Mrs. Emily Watts, HREU organizer, and Mrs. May Ansell [AKA Martin], HREU Business Agent.
• Fit To Be Tied script

  The script for the Women's Labour History Project video, Fit To Be Tied. Documents the lives of hard-working, spirited women during the depression era. Drawing upon oral history, archival footage, and a poetic layering of photographs, film clips, and dramatic re-enactment, the video covers such issues as womens poverty, labour activism, reproduction, feminism, and the rise of fascism in the 30s.
• Fit To Be Tied

  Fit To Be Tied documents the lives of hard-working, spirited women during the Depression era. Drawing upon oral history, archival footage, and a poetic layering of photographs, film clips, and dramatic re-enactment, the video covers such issues as womens poverty, labour activism, reproduction, feminism, and the rise of fascism in the 1930s.
• Barbara Stewart interview

  Audio and transcript of Sara Diamond's interview with Barbara Stewart.
• May Martin interview

  Audio and transcript of Sara Diamond's interview with May Martin.
• Emily Nuttall interview

  Audio and transcript of Sara Diamond's interview with Emily Nutall.
• Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 28. May Day c.1940s.

  A photo of women of H.R.E.U Local 28 on May Day c.1940s. Includes Marion Sarich and Emily Nuttall.
• [Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union Local 28 with international union rep and Emily Nuttall]

  A photo of Hotel and Restaurant EmployeesUnion Local 28 group with international rep and Emily Nuttall marching with their banner on the streets of Vancouver. Late 1930s or 1940s
• [May Ansell Martin with union sisters]

  May Ansell [Martin] with Hotel and Restaurant Employess Union sisters on May Day 1946. She is holding a donation tin.
• [Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses]

  Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses. c.1930s. This was possibly taken in Nova Scotia where May Ansell [Martin] did organizing work.
• [Unidentified chambermaids or waitresses]

  A photo of unidentified chambermaids or waitresses. c.1930s. This was possibly taken in Nova Scotia where May Martin did organizing work. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [May Ansell Martin, unknown male, and Emily Nuttall in front of the Alexandra Hotel]

  A photo of May Ansell [Martin], unknown male, and Emily Nuttall in front of the Alexandra Hotel.
• [May Ansell (Martin) in automobile she and Ted Ansell drove from Windsor, Ontario.]

  A photo of May Ansell in the automobile that she and husband Ted Ansell drove from Windsor, Ontario, to Calgary, Alberta. They sold it in Calgary for cash and hitchhiked to Vancouver. April 1940.
• [Unidentified woman in “Miss Service Worker” sash]

  A photo of an unidentified woman in “Miss Service Worker” sash. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Barbara Stewart and Anita Sarich. Sarich is wearing a traditional Yugoslavian dress]

  A photo of Barbara Stewart and Anita Sarich, in which Sarich is wearing a traditional Yugoslavian dress.
• [Five women, including Emily Nuttall and an H.R.E.U. international rep at a H.R.E.U. banquet. c.1940’s]

  A photo of five women, including Emily Nuttall and an H.R.E.U. international rep at a H.R.E.U. banquet. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union banquet. c.1940’s]

  A photo of people at a H.R.E.U. banquet. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [H.R.E.U. dinner February 20, 1947]

  A photo of the H.R.E.U. reps and possibly others having dinner on February 20, 1947. Likely conferenU. dinner February 20, 1947. [From lower left-hand corner clockwise} Flo Fehr, Executive Member; John Fehr; Estelle Morrin; Phil Leniczek; May Ansell, Secretary; John Tannch; Marion Sarich, Shop Steward; Bill Myers; Babel Beck, Recording Secretary and Shop Steward; John Nuttall; President Emily Nuttall Watts. [names from The Labor Statesman].Courtesy of May Martin.
• [Signing of the Restaurant agreement, July 1946]

  An image of Emily Nuttall Watts and May Martin signing of the Restaurant agreement, July 1946. Courtesy of May Martin.
• [H.R.E.U. Milwaukee Convention April 7, 1947]

  An image shows a table of men celebrating at the Milwaukee Convention 1947. Courtesy of Edra McLeod.