Members of the Labor Center's Camp Solidarity, 1992

Title: Members of the Labor Center's Camp Solidarity, 1992
Description: "In January 1990, Peter Swinford, an Evergreen student and Labor Center staff, visited Camp Solidarity in Virginia which was the site of a UMW strike against the Pittston Coal company. Upon his return to Evergreen he wrote an extensive 8 page memo detailing the history and purpose of the camp and proposed a Camp Solidarity Northwest sponsored by the Labor Center entitled “Honoring the Tradition, Creating New Strategies.” The camp's mentor was UMWA Vice President Cecil Roberts. Labor Center staff Peter Swinford, Maryrose Livingston, Helen Lee, Robert Olson and Dan Leahy worked on this four day camp, June 12-15, 1990."
Identifier: 1990-13_000027
Date: 1992