Interview of former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member Don Stevens

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Description:

Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, reminisces about his childhood, family, farming, his early education, and his experiences with labor unions and union organizing. Stevens talks about his early work life, hearing about unions during the auto sit-down strikes in 1936 and 1937, listening to radio preachers condemn unions, and failed attempts to unionize a laundry where he worked and later success in organizing dairy and retail workers in the Grand Rapids area in the 1940s. Stevens also discusses CIO leadership during the war, union political efforts regarding health and safety, unemployment insurance, higher wages, and seniority rights and his own involvement in the growing union movement and labor organizing. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part one of four.

Date Issued:

1983-02-08T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Grand Rapids, and United States

Subject Topic:

Childhood and youth, Knowledge and learning, Political activity, Labor unions, Labor laws and legislation, and History

Subject Name:

Stevens, Don, Stevens, Don, Stevens, Don, AFL-CIO, and Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m58s4jq8r