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- Description:
- He discusses the Sit-Down Strike in Fisher No. 1 and his duty as patrolman; his work history; his personal history, and further details of the strike, such as Sheriff Wolcott's reading of the injunction
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An African American worker in the Buick foundry, he talks about organizing a union in 1929; about GM using blacks as strikebreakers; about his activity in the Communist Party and of others in Flint and the Detroit area, including after World War II; and about his personal history.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Plant No. 1, he discusses organizing for the AFL, the 1930 strike, post-strike factionalism in the UAW; and the Sit-Down Strike.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his career as an elective or appointed officer in the UAW, unionization at Buick, attitudes towards unions by religious people and ethnic groups, Communists, Catholic trade unionists, working conditions at Buick, the AFL company unions, Chevrolet's hiring of people from Missouri, Mott Foundation, Plant-City Committee, unionization efforts at A. G. Redmond in Owosso, the Industrial Mutual Association, Consumers Power strike, and race relations among Buick workers.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes his work history and his involvement in the Sit-Down Strike from Chevrolet 2A, as a member of the security patrol
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses poor conditions at Chevrolet 4 and the need for a union, although he was neutral; discusses A. G. Redmond, in Owosso
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- She discusses the activity of her late husband, Paul Gadola, Circuit Court judge, during the Sit-Down Strike, the threats, American Legion supporters, protection for Harlow Curtice's children, and his attitudes towards unions and General Motors
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He reads his "History of the Drive to Organize UAW Local 599 (Buick)"; he held organizing meetings in his home; describes a fight with his foreman that was supported by the union and his department
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses working conditions and his activities during the strike, including participating in the publicity committee
- Date Issued:
- 1979-03-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses his father, an AFL member, his work at Fisher 1and his firing for joining the union; he recalls the 1930 strike, when a boy; conditions after the strike, and attitudes towards union.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-05-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project