Labor leader Ken Germanson talks with Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone

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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 talk about the AIW corruption scandal, why the AIW union headquarters was moved back to Milwaukee from Los Angeles, AIW leadership, AIW education efforts, comparative bargaining efforts among varied international unions and locals, and the problem in trying to hang on to contract gains as plants closed and moved. Part 7 of 7.

Date Issued:

2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee

Subject Topic:

Corrupt practices, Labor leaders, Corporations, Headquarters, Business relocation, Labor union locals, Collective bargaining, and Labor contract

Subject Name:

Germanson, Kenneth, International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, and International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5ns0n755