Interview of labor union leader Walter Campbell

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Description:

Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer for the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about his youth in Muskegon, MI and serving in the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1933 and 1934. Campbell recalls union organizing drives in the 1930s and 1940s and talks about the formation of the UAW-AFL and the UAW-CIO and the creation of the AIW with Les Washburn as president. He says that he went to work for the International AIW in 1943 and talks about women and minorities working in American industry after World War II, the closed shop and labor strikes. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.

Date Issued:

1985-04-02T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States and United States

Subject Topic:

Childhood and youth, History, History, History, Labor unions, Organizing, History, Labor movement, and History

Subject Name:

Campbell, Walter (Labor leader), Campbell, Walter (Labor leader), International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (A.F. of L.), International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, and International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America

Subject Genre:

Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m56m33481