Les Copan - Pacific Coast Pensioners Association Oral History Project - Oral History Video

About this film

Oral History interview with Les Copan of ILWU Local 500, collected by the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association Oral History Committee. Completed on September 14, 2014. This interview is part of the Pacific Coast Pensioners Association Oral History Project by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries. Laborarchives.org This item contains three parts: oral history audio/video file (.mp4), full text transcription (.pdf), and caption track (.srt).

Directors & creators

Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

Subjects

Pacific Coast Pensioners Association, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, oral history, longshoreman, waterfront, labor unions, workers, Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries, labor history, worker stories, containerization, safety, ILWU Canada Victoria Day Strike, World War II, Navy service, pensions, prisons, iron foundry, homophobia, Dorchester Prison, Pennsylvania Turnpike

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