Black and white flyer reads – “We Need a Change! We need Jim Quinn-Gail Cronyn- Daniel Ruiz- Alex Rivera in Local 11” — “Vote Quinn, Cronyn, Ruiz, Rivera (with check marks by the names)” and “Jim Quinn, Gail Cronyn, Daniel Ruiz & Alex Rivera believe in the members. The members should control and govern their union!” IN the top left hand corner of the image is a caricature drawing of two men in suits exchanging money under the table with the label “hard bargaining?”

In 1978, members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees union Local 11 challenged their union’s ban on non-citizen officers and its long-serving leadership. Key issues for the opposition (reflecting in these campaign flyers) were declining union membership and density, lack of attention to the concerns of the Spanish-speaking majority of members, and a sense that leaders were too cozy with employers. From the papers of the ACLU of Southern California, box 826 folder 6, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. View Document. Learn more about UNITE HERE Local 11.