California Labor School

The California Labor School (CLS), formerly the Tom Mooney Labor School, was an educational house in San Francisco from 1942 to the 1950s. David Jenkins was the initial director and Holland Roberts was the first education director for this "people's school." The school was founded in August 1942, in premises above a car saleroom at 678 Turk Street, and named for labor leader Tom Mooney who had died on 6 March that year. It later moved to a 5-story building at 216 Market Street, and in 1947 bought premises at 240 Golden Gate Avenue.