Asher Harer - Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Project - Oral History Transcript

Oral History interview with Asher Harer of ILWU, local 10. Completed on May 25, 1982. This interview is part of the Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Collection by the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries. Laborarchives.org Asher Harer was a former member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, he participated in several strikes including the Pacific Coast longshore strikes of 1946 and 1948. He was also active in other labor struggles, civil war and antiwar movements. He received a lifetime achievement award at the 2000 Open World Conference in San Francisco for his work within the International Longshore and Warehouse Union among the many other things he did throughout his life time. He passed away in 2004. This item contains two parts: oral history audio file and full text transcription (.pdf).