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Interview with Joe Telles, IBEW Electrician

by: Price, Vivian

Publication date: 1991-06-27

Topics: californiarevealed, Electricians--Labor unions, Race discrimination--United States, Discrimination in employment, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, United Farm Workers

Language: English

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In this interview, Joe Telles discusses his experiences as a Chicano electrician in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 11 based in Los Angeles, California. The union had a history of predominately white and male membership with exclusion and segregation based on race and gender. Some of the issues these electricians faced include discriminatory hiring practices as well as discrimination in dispatch and on jobsites; and advocating for better safety and health conditions. Telles who was one of the first Chicano electricians to join Local 11, co-founded the Mexican Americans Electricians Society, and was an advocate for the farmworkers union working alongside Cesar Chavez.

tape one container label: Joe T #1 6/27/91 tape two container label: Joe T #2 6/27/91 tape three container label: Joe T. 6/27/91 #3 tape four container label: Joe T. 6/27/91 #4

Contact Information: California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, CA 90747, Telephone: (310) 243-2230, Email: Archives@csudh.edu, https://www.csudh.edu/library/

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Addeddate: 2021-08-26 23:22:49

Call number: spc.2018.004_b110_f1

Camera: Price, Vivian

Color: Color

Genre: Oral histories

Identifier: cdhs_000049

Interviewer: Price, Vivian

Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)

Projectidentifier: cavpp031995

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