- Collection:
- Civil Rights in Black and Brown
- Title:
- Oral History Interview with David Baker, July 29, 2018
- Creator:
- Baker, David
Wisely, Karen
Zapata, Joel - Date of Original:
- 2016-07-29
- Subject:
- Persons
Ethnic groups
Labor unions - People:
- Baker, David
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Ector County, Odessa, 31.84568, -102.36764
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
biographies (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- David K. Baker was born in 1951 In Mckamy, Texas. He graduated from high school in 1969 and then worked for a few months in the oil fields of West Texas. Baker then worked for Southwestern Bell, beginning in October of 1969, and soon joined the Communication Workers of America union. He worked for Southwestern Bell until 2002 and then returned (now to AT&T until 2010). Baker was drafted in 1971 into the Vietnam War. Baker moved to Odessa, Texas in 1980 and then became part of the union’s executive board at the local level, and was president of the local from 1987 to 1990. He is now president of the Permian Basin Central Labor Union.
- Metadata URL:
- https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982456/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 3 video recordings (39 min., 28 sec.) : sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Texas. Libraries
- Rights:
-
