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- Description:
- He discusses his involvement in the Sit-Down Strike as a lieutenant in the National Guard
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She talks about her work in the Sewing Department of Fisher 1, that organizers were "rough" people.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Bjaland and O'Hara discuss their work history as young supervisors, including their roles as mediators between labor and management, about hiring practices, including favoritism for Masons and Catholics; the firings of the Perkins boys; changes after the strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-07T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- She recalls the Sit-Down Strike from her vantage point as member of the Women's Auxiliary and wife of a leader at Chevrolet Plant No. 10 and discusses her life as an autoworker beginning in World War II
- Date Issued:
- 1988-06-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A supervisor at Fisher Body Plant No. 1 during the sit-down strike, he discusses relations with employees before and after the strike, wartime sabotage, and memories of the 1930 strike
- Date Issued:
- 1988-03-04T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- He discusses his career as a young lawyer in the 1930s for the local UAW, describes individuals active in the labor movement in Flint, ethnic groups such as the Macedonians and Hungarians in Flint, and the activities of the Bulgarian-Macedonian Workers Educational Club; Mrs. Evanoff talks of Caroline Stearns and the teachers' union
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses the 1930 strike, organizing during the AFL period, and before the Sit-Down Strike, and the strike itself.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project