Interview of labor union leader Walter Campbell

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Description:

Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about AIW President Lester Washburn testifying about union corruption before a Senate committee, the merger of the AFL and the CIO in 1955, the creation of the UAW-CIO and the UAW-AFL, efforts to evict communists from the union ranks, and charges of widespread union corruption. He also talks about numerous labor leaders with whom he was acquainted, his duties as Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, being appointed to the state unemployment board by Michigan Governor Williams, and his own efforts to bring the building trades back into the AFL-CIO. Campbell is interviewed by Lisa Fine, Michigan State University professor of History, and John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial relations.

Date Issued:

2002-11-26T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States

Subject Topic:

Friends and associates, History, History, History, Labor leaders, Legislative hearings, Labor unions, Corrupt practices, Labor unions, Officials and employees, and Labor unions and communism

Subject Name:

Campbell, Walter (Labor leader), Washburn, Lester, 1906-1992, Campbell, Walter (Labor leader), AFL-CIO, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, and International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (A.F. of L.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5j38kk0m