Henry J. Dillon began his career in the photoengraving trade in Chicago in 1937 in a non-union trade shop. Having been fired by his shop for economic reasons, he received further employment at another non-union shop until his entrance into the Air…
Interviews conducted by Judith Stepan-Norris and Maurice Zeitlin for their book, Talking Union, a history of the organization and early years of UAW Local 600., the local representing workers at Ford’s Rouge plant.
Interviews conducted between 1979-1982 related to the establishment and growth of the Migrant Ministry. Transcripts located in Boxes 2-3 of the Sydney D. Smith Collection.
Herb Edwards talks about his background and experiences as a lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest, his arrest for criminal syndicalism and subsequent prison term in San Quentin as well as memories of Elmer Smith.
Conducted by Jack W. Skeels between 1959 and 1963 as part of a University of Michigan - Wayne State University Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations project to document the early years of the United Automobile Workers union. All interviews…
A series of interviews covering the United States government’s involvement in international labor affairs from the establishment of the State Department’s Labor Attaché program in 1943, includes correspondence.
AFT-sponsored series of interviews with leading figures in the union. Topics discussed include the rise of the militant teacher, early collective bargaining and strikes, AFT political structure, Shanker vs. Selden fight and Oceanhill-Brownsville.
Interview of chair and co-chair of the National Committee for the Extension of Labor Education touching primarily on the Committee’s efforts in the late 1940’s to get federal legislation passed to establish a labor education service.