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- Description:
- He discusses his personal history, his work history at Fisher 1, and his involvement as a member of the strike committee at Fisher 1; his participation in the anti-Communist faction and afterwards in the AFL, Homer Martin faction; his investigation of the Black Legion; his wife Elsie comments on her activity during the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his personal history, his involvement with political groups before the Sit-Down Strike, the Sit-Down Strike itself, and post-strike conditions and union politics
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A former Buick employee and Communist Party member, he discusses the UAW, labor organizing in Flint, and a variety of other topics
- Date Issued:
- 1981-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses her husband Howard Foster and his activities, of the socialist groups in Flint, organizing teachers in Flint
- Date Issued:
- 1979-06-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his work as an organizer of the unemployed, 1935; his personal history in the United Mine Workers; and the Sit-Down Strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Chairman of the strike committee at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his introduction to labor unions in Indiana, his organizing at Kelsey-Hayes, his organizing in Flint, planning the Sit-Down Strike, the strike itself, and factionalism after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-12-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- The elderly couple, Macedonian natives who came to Flint in 1925 where they ran a bakery, discuss their families' role in the Balkan War of 1912, the Macedonian community in Flint when they arrived, the organization of the Bulgarian-Macedonian Workers Education Club, a social and leftist educational club; her activity in the UAW Women's Auxiliary.
- Date Issued:
- 1979-05-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Polish-American labor organizer of Detroit, he discusses the organization of Slavic autoworkers in Detroit and his lectures and visits to Flint
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A member of the executive board of the strike at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses the 1930 strike, holding organizing meetings before the Sit-Down Strike, and the Sit-Down Strike itself
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She talks about the development of her political views, of influences, work at the Pengelly Building, organization of the UAW Women's Auxiliary and Women's Emergency Brigade; Palmer and Jones contribute ideas about Flint, about workers and their attitudes, and about the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-09-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project