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- Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson and Revitte discuss an upcoming conference in Detroit, the possibility of researching AIW materials in the Reuther Archives at Wayne State University, and there areas of mutual research interest. Germanson says that he has recordings which detail the power struggles in the UAW between Homer Martin and Walter Reuther and talks about some of the corruption scandals the AIW was caught up in with organized crime and internal power plays. They also talk about topics of interest for further research and conversation. Part 2 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Lyndon B. John announces a plan to send federal troops to Detroit, Michigan, at the request of Michigan Governor George Romney, to deal with rioting.
- Date Issued:
- 1967-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Musician Don "Doop" Duprie presents, "Making it in Detroit : songs of working class life." Duprie's music runs the gamut from rock to country as he seeks to bring out the sense of loss, confusion, and rage that accompany the struggle to make it in the Motor City. In between songs, Duprie talks about his life in River Rouge, MI, the inspiration for his songs, labor unions, his time as a firefighter, and his views on the gentrification of Detroit. Duprie 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. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-09-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A Michigan State University faculty panel participates in a discussion entitled, "Detroit: The Past, Present and Future of the City." Panelists explore Detroit's music scene, youth culture and education, the auto industry and jobs. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the MSU Honors College convenes the session. Professor John P. Beck from the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by: MSU Honors College; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; College of Music; College of Social Science; James Madison College; Lyman Briggs College; Residential College in the Arts and Humanities; Department of Geography; School of Planning, Design and Construction; and the Jazz Studies Program.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette Oksa talk about their lives, families, and their work in a cigar factory in Detroit, Michigan. They also discuss being born in Poland and emigrating to the U.S., their education, their union activity, race relations in Detroit neighborhoods and in the workplace, and the Polish community in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- African American autoworker Horace Sheffield talks about his union activism in the UAW, his role in preventing a race war in Detroit in 1940s, and his role in organizing Ford. Sheffield also talks about his association with UAW leaders, serving on the union staff, working to integrate the union leadership, and forming the Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC).
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Journalism Joe Grimm delivers a talk titled, "Coney Detroit: Immigration, Work and Hot Dogs in the Motor City". Grimm describes boom times in Detroit tied to the growing auto industry and the role coney dog restaurants played in Detroit culture. He describes customer loyalty to particular shops, profiles the immigrant owners and the family networks, and explains the fast food nature of the business plan. A question and answer session follows. Grimm 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 and the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Thomas A. Klug, associate professor and director of the Institute of Detroit Studies, presents "Anything but united : Detroit employers, workers, and the open shop, 1904-1907." Klug discusses the alleged battle which employers waged in Detroit to keep unions out of the city's factories, and examines the truth of this assertion in light of documents he discovered at the Employer's Association of Detroit. Klug finds that the story of a highly united group of employers fighting to keep unions out of Detroit is an inaccurate depiction of events, and gives a more nuanced and detailed description of the open shop era in Detroit through the accounts found in the documents he discovered. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, and the MSU Museum. Held at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Alex Bryan, Program Manager for the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project delivers a talk entitled, "Food Field: A Four-Acre Detroit Urban Farm." Bryan describes the efforts of himself and his business partner Noah Link, to create a sustainable organic farm in urban Detroit as a real alternative to the corporate food system. He says that they are also striving to create jobs and to build robust and ongoing relationships with local restaurants and grocers. Questions are taken from the audience. Bryan is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Kriss Ostrom. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Environmental Series, held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-02-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Poet Terry Blackhawk explains how Michigan factors into her writings, the InsideOut Literary Arts Project in Detroit, and how she started writing. Blackhawk is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Michigan writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection