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- A quartet of folk musicians perform labor songs in a performance and talk entitled, "The Grand Industrial Band: The Wobblies as a Singing Union". The group opens with a song then intersperse their performance with the history of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also known as the Wobblies. They answer questions from the audience. The group is introduced by John Beck, professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and the MSU Library Colloquia Series. Held in the Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Richard Nixon, in an excerpt from his remarks to the 9th constitutional convention of the AFL-CIO, tells of his administration's successes in cooling down inflation and lauds the Phase Two program progress on controlling the economy.
- Date Issued:
- 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Taft discusses labor and capital.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Canadian folk singer James Keelaghan sings his songs of Canadian workers and unions in a performance and lecture event titled, "Small rebellions: Canadian labour in song." Keelaghan introduces each song and provides relevant historical background. Joining him on electric bass is David Woodhead. Woodhead also sings on the song, "House of cards." Introduction by Professor John P. Beck, Associate Director, Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Includes a question and answer session. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag Series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and the MSU Canadian Studies Center. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden point to the surging American auto industry as an example of economic recovery, during a visit to a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana. Biden describes the benefits of the plant to all the residents of Kokomo and talks about job creation, before introducing the President. Obama talks about retaining jobs, investing in new industries, tax cuts for working people, and Kokomo’s automotive history.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sherry Linkon, professor in the Department of Education at Georgetown University and author of "The half-life of deindustrialization: working-class writing about economic restructuring", delivers a talk entitled, "Tracing the half-life of deindustrialization: voices of Michigan." Linkon talks about the long term impact deindustrialization has on families and communities, specifically in Michigan. She argues that deindustrialization literature not only gives voices to those who have lived through deindustrialization, but that it is also a more effective way to promote social and political change in communities. Linkon answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Professor John P. Beck from the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Folk-blues performers Sparky and Rhonda Rucker deliver a talk entitled, "Changing the world one song at a time: songs of work and struggle". The Ruckers intersperse old time American folk songs with their descriptions of slavery and workers' struggles. The Ruckers are introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Co-sponsored by the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series from the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-11-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Singer-songwriters Andy Cohen and Noah Shull deliver a talk and performance entitled, "Songs that Work: Music from the Workplace to the Workhouse." Cohen describes the world of street performers and tells stories of music and working people in the Asheville area of North Carolina. Shull talks about prison plantations and work farms in the south, the emergence of the Blues as a musical genre and the difference between Delta Blues and Piedmont Blues. The talk is interspersed with musical selections. The session is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and the MSU Libraries' as part of its Colloquia Series. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- French photographer Gilles Perrin and his wife Nicole Ewenczyk, deliver a talk entitled, "Life in Large Format: Twenty-five Years of Worker Portraits" in conjunction with an exhibition of their work opening at the MSU Museum. Perrin and Ewenczyk discuss photographing workers across the globe for the last two decades and their method of working with individuals and common occupations and themes across countries and cultures. The session is convened by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Perrin and Ewenczyk are introduced by MSU Professor Howard Bossen. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- University of Washington-Tacoma Professor of Humanities Michael Honey delivers a performance presentation titled, "Sharecropper's Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, and the African American Song Tradition." Based upon his own interviews with Handcox, Honey recounts the life of the folk singer and labor organizer, an African American raised in the Arkansas delta world of sharecropping, who became one of the most beloved folk singers of the prewar labor movement. Honey explains how Handcox shaped the labor music scene. He performs a number of labor anthems and plays recordings of others as he tells Handcox's story. Honey answers questions from the audience. He is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series and the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series, co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, the MSU African American and African Studies Center, and University's Project 60/50. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-10-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection