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- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career and the history of SLIR. Repas talks about his earliest days as a labor advocate in Wisconsin, how SLIR was staffed and various people he worked with through the years, the Michigan Legislature's investigation into the school and its mission, his relationship with MSU President John Hannah, SLIR programs and seminars, the MSU Faculty Grievance Office, and his involvement in the drives to unionize MSU faculty. Repas says that he believes that his telephone was tapped through most of the 1960s because of his association with the ACLU and his run-ins with members of the John Birch Society. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career at MSU and the history of the SLIR. Repas talks about the school's directors, faculty, MSU President John Hannah's attempt to win favor with organized labor, the founding of the SLIR program in the mid 1950s, and SLIR being investigated by the Michigan State Legislature for being too union friendly and encouraging labor strife. He also shares stories about fellow faculty in SLIR and other MSU personalities, working with the MSU Board of Trustees, and a conflict he had with the UAW concerning his academic freedom. Interviewed by John Revitte. professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-08-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1998-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career at MSU and the history of the SLIR. Repas talks about the school's directors, faculty, MSU President John Hannah's attempt to win favor with organized labor, the founding of the SLIR program in the mid 1950s, and SLIR being investigated by the Michigan State Legislature for being too union friendly and encouraging labor strife. He also shares stories about fellow faculty in SLIR and other MSU personalities, working with the MSU Board of Trustees, and a conflict he had with the UAW concerning his academic freedom. Interviewed by John Revitte. professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-08-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1998-09-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Repas, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR), discusses his career and the history of SLIR. Repas talks about his earliest days as a labor advocate in Wisconsin, how SLIR was staffed and various people he worked with through the years, the Michigan Legislature's investigation into the school and its mission, his relationship with MSU President John Hannah, SLIR programs and seminars, the MSU Faculty Grievance Office, and his involvement in the drives to unionize MSU faculty. Repas says that he believes that his telephone was tapped through most of the 1960s because of his association with the ACLU and his run-ins with members of the John Birch Society. Repas is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection