Personal Interviews

All interviews conducted by the author.

 

Adamson, Madeleine (MEJ). Phone interview, April 14, 1998.

Anderson, Edriss (workfare worker). Interview, New York City, June 3, 1997.

Aska, Gale (Community Voices Heard). Phone interview, August 18, 1998.

Azcarate, Fred (Jobs with Justice). Interview, Chicago, October 25, 1997; phone interview, December 9, 1997.

Bacon, David (labor journalist). Phone interview, May 19, 2004.

Baratz, Michael (SEIU Local 1877). Phone interview, May 21, 2004.

Berger, Ilana (POWER). Interviews, San Francisco, December 10, 1997, and July 11, 1998.

Bonacich, Edna (Common Threads). Interview, Los Angeles, December 29, 1996.

Butler, Bale (SEIU Local 790). Phone interview, August 20, 1998.

Cantor, Daniel (United Labor Unions). Phone interview, March 6, 1998.

Chan, Dominic (NYC Jobs with Justice). Interview, New York City, June 2, 1997.

Cohen, Larry (CWA and Jobs with Justice). Interview, Chicago, October 24, 1997.

Delgado, Gary (Center for Third World Organizing, and welfare and workfare organizer). Interviews, Oakland, California, August 6 and 26, 1998.

Dodds, John (Philadelphia Unemployment Committee). Phone interview, July 29, 2003.

Dorow, Heidi (WEP Workers Together). Interview, New York City, June 9, 1997; phone interview, August 14, 1998.

Dulchin, Benjamin (Fifth Avenue Committee/WEP Workers Together). Phone interview, July 24, 2003.

Dymzarov, Megan (ACORN). Phone interview, September 16, 1998.

Emsellem, Maurice (labor and welfare lawyer). Phone interview, October 3, 1997.

Esakoff, Daniel (AFSCME District Council 37 workfare organizer). Phone interview, August 8, 1998.

Ferguson, Garth (POWER). Interview, San Francisco, July 11, 1998.

Gallagher, Mike (United Labor Unions and SEIU). Interview, Boston, June 7, 1997.

Galperin, Pam (Latino Workers’ Center). Interview, New York City, June 13, 1997.

Gonzalez, Martin (ACORN). Interview, New York City, May 28, 1997.

Gordon, Jennifer (Workplace Project). Interview, Hempstead, New York, June 12, 1997.

Harris, Emma (POWER). Interviews, San Francisco, December 10, 1997, and July 11, 1998.

Haughton, James (Harlem Fightback). Phone interview, October 25, 1996.

Henriquez, Omar (Workplace Project). Interview, Hempstead, New York, June 12, 1997.

Hernandez, Gabriel (HERE Local 28). Interview, Lafayette, California,
January 18, 1997.

Hill, Stanley (AFSCME District Council 37). Interview, New York City, June 2, 1997.

Honkala, Cheri (Kensington Welfare Rights Union). Interview, San Francisco, September 26, 1998.

Hui, Kwong (Chinese Staff and Workers’ Association). Interview, New York City, May 30, 1997.

Janis-Apricio, Madelyn (labor and community organizer). Interview, Los Angeles, December 27, 1996.

Jimenez, Marta (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorney). Interview, San Francisco, March 23, 1997.

Kazis, Rich (Jobs and Justice). Phone interview, January 4, 2000.

Kelleher, Keith (United Labor Unions and SEIU). Interviews, Chicago, October 22, 1997, and July 24, 2003.

Kest, Jon (ACORN). Phone interview, September 15, 2003.

Kingsley, Bob (UE). Phone interview, September 8, 2003.

Koon, Stacy (Asian Immigrant Women Advocates). Interview, Oakland, California, October 29, 1996.

Leary, Elly (UAW Local 2324). E-mail interviews, August 31 and September 8, 1998.

Leung, Richard (SEIU Local 87 and United Service Workers for Democracy). Phone interview, September 19, 2003.

Levin, David (Latino Workers’ Center). E-mail interviews, January 29 and 30, 1997.

Mayer, Eric (workfare worker). Interview, New York City, June 8, 1997.

Michaels, Sheila (CORE). E-mail interview, May 3–5, 1999.

Minnis, Jack (GROW). Interview, New Orleans, March 30, 1998.

Miranda, Olga (SEIU Local 87). Interviews, Berkeley, California, September 19, 2003, and August 30, 2004.

Mott, Andy (Center for Community Change). Phone interview, June 26, 1999.

Muhammad, Saladin (Black Workers for Justice and UE Local 150). Phone interview, September 16, 2003.

Nee, George (RIWA, RIWU, and Rhode Island AFL-CIO). Interview, Providence, June 5, 1997; phone interview, November 28, 1999.

Olney, Peter (LAMAP). Interviews, Berkeley, California, January 13, 1996, and May 29, 2004.

Pastreich, Bill (AFL-CIO workfare program). Phone interview, July 11, 1997.

Poland, Arthur (WEP Workers Together). Interview, New York City, June 9, 1997.

Portes, Alicia (workfare worker). Interview, New York City, June 30, 1997.

Quinac, Sebastian (Latino Workers’ Center). Interview, New York City, June 13, 1997.

Rathke, Wade (ACORN and SEIU). Interview, New Orleans, March 31, 1998; phone interview, August 24, 1998.

Reyna, Irene (Fuerza Unida). Phone interview, October 25, 1996.

Ryder, Peter (AFL-CIO workfare program). Phone interview, August 19, 1998.

Sabol, Ed (CWA District 1). Phone interview, August 15, 1998.

Santana, Mónica (Latino Workers’ Center). Interview, New York City, June 13, 1997.

Schur, Amy (ACORN). Phone interviews, July 30, 1997, and August 20, 1998.

Sen, Rinku (Center for Third World Organizing). Interview, Oakland, California, October 15, 1996.

Silva, Milagros (ACORN). Interview, New York City, June 11, 1997; phone interview, August 6, 1998.

Tejada, Freddy (Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights). Phone interview, March 23, 1997.

Turner, David (SEIU Local 790). Phone interview, August 20, 1998.

Weiner, David (CWA Local 1081). Phone interview, August 15, 1998.

Williams, Steve (POWER). Interviews, San Francisco, July 17 and December 10, 1997; phone interviews, August 14, 1998, April 27, 1999, and September 5, 2003.

Wise, Leah (Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network, former SNCC activist). Phone interview, October 30, 1996.

Zellner, Bob (GROW). Phone interviews, March 24 and May 7, 1999.