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Narro, (Victor) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: IRLE-C009

Scope and Contents

The Victor Narro Collection consists of six boxes of manuscript materials and publications, as well as one box of audiovisual materials, related to his work for and with various immigrant rights and workers justice organizations in Southern California. These include communications, organizing plans, legal documents, research materials, promotion materials, personal notes, event programs and publicity materials pertaining to the major thematic areas of Narro’s research and activism as well as the campaigns in which he has participated. Highlights include materials from the 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride and annual May Day commemorations in Los Angeles (2006-2010s), popular education materials for low-wage and immigrant workers, as well as documents from his work with carwash workers (early 2000s), street vendors (2010s), domestic workers, garment workers, day laborers, and taxi drivers. Also included are materials related to Narro's work at the UCLA Labor Center.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 2002-2015

Conditions Governing Access

The Los Angeles Workers Justice Archives are housed in the offices of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Select materials have been digitized and made available through the IRLE collection at the California Digital Library (https://calisphere.org). Original materials are housed at the IRLE offices in the Ueberroth Building (10945 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024) and are only available upon request by the researcher. For inquiries about accessing our collections, contact IRLEarchive@irle.ucla.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Victor Narro joined the Labor Center staff in 2003 and is currently Project Director. He is also a lecturer in the UCLA Department of Chicano/a Studies and an adjunct faculty member at the law school. Prior to his tenure at the Labor Center, Narro worked for Sweatshop Watch, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).

Extent

6 Linear Feet

22.7 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Tagalog

Korean

Arrangement

The Victor Narro Collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series I: Labor Networks and Organizational Records
  • Sub-Series I: National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON)
  • Sub-Series II: National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
  • Sub-Series III: Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network (MIWON)
  • Sub-Series IV: CLEAN Car Wash Campaign
  • Sub-Series V: Immigrant Worker Centers and Coalitions
  • Title
    Victor Narro Collection
    Author
    Rosalia Iriye
    Description rules
    Cataloging Cultural Objects
    Language of description
    English
    Script of description
    Latin

    Repository Details

    Part of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) Archive Repository

    Contact:
    10945 Le Conte Avenue
    Los Angeles CA 90095-1478 U.S.