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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 Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson talks about the founding of the United Auto Workers labor union and the life of labor activist Gabe Jewell and his participation in organizing the UAW. Germanson also talks about the rise of Homer Martin to the UAW presidency, General Motors recognition of the UAW, AFL leader John L. Lewis, and the UAW splitting into two competing caucuses. Germanson says that Jewell called the Reuther faction "Detroit radicals", quotes Jewell as saying Martin had become too impressed with himself and power mad, that there were Communist units in several UAW locals, and that Lansing, MI labor leader Lester Washburn was "a nice guy but weak". Part 4 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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. They discuss pending labor conferences at which they they hope to present, the founding of WLHS, AIW members and leaders they know and the varied attitudes among workers about unions. They also talk about the division among labor activists and anti-war activists in the late 1960s and early 70s and how that played to management's advantage, early socialists and how some of them were racist while others were pro-civil rights and other possible topics they might discuss in the future, including health and safety, collective bargaining, pensions and plant closings.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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. They talk about projects they might partner on about the AIW and labor history, upcoming conferences they will attend, the split within the AIW between those allied with the CIO and those backing the AFL, and how a corruption scandal affected one section of the AIW while the majority of the union was clean. Revitte also shares a story of his efforts to unionize graduate students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst and talks about his own career path.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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. They talk about projects they might partner on about the AIW and labor history, upcoming conferences they will attend, the split within the AIW between those allied with the CIO and those backing the AFL, and how a corruption scandal affected one section of the AIW while the majority of the union was clean. Revitte also shares a story of his efforts to unionize graduate students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst and talks about his own career path.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson talks about the founding of the United Auto Workers labor union and the life of labor activist Gabe Jewell and his participation in organizing the UAW. Germanson also talks about the rise of Homer Martin to the UAW presidency, General Motors recognition of the UAW, AFL leader John L. Lewis, and the UAW splitting into two competing caucuses. Germanson says that Jewell called the Reuther faction "Detroit radicals", quotes Jewell as saying Martin had become too impressed with himself and power mad, that there were Communist units in several UAW locals, and that Lansing, MI labor leader Lester Washburn was "a nice guy but weak". Part 4 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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. They discuss pending labor conferences at which they they hope to present, the founding of WLHS, AIW members and leaders they know and the varied attitudes among workers about unions. They also talk about the division among labor activists and anti-war activists in the late 1960s and early 70s and how that played to management's advantage, early socialists and how some of them were racist while others were pro-civil rights and other possible topics they might discuss in the future, including health and safety, collective bargaining, pensions and plant closings.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-04-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection