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 discuss an upcoming conference in Detroit, the possibility of researching AIW materials in the Reuther Archives at Wayne State University, and there areas of mutual research interest. Germanson says that he has recordings which detail the power struggles in the UAW between Homer Martin and Walter Reuther and talks about some of the corruption scandals the AIW was caught up in with organized crime and internal power plays. They also talk about topics of interest for further research and conversation. Part 2 of 7.

Date Issued:

2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Corrupt practices, Labor leaders, and Labor

Subject Name:

Germanson, Kenneth, Martin, Warren Homer, 1902-1968, Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970, Walter P. Reuther Library, and International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Congresses

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5w08xs10