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- 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:
- A realtor and developer, he discusses economic conditions in Flint during the 1930s,
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-07T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- He discusses his father's work in the auto industry in Connersville, Indiana, before moving to Flint in 1930; an offer to become a "company man"; participation in the Sit-Down Strike at Fisher 1; scheme to hire people from Missouri.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes his employment at Chevrolet 4 and the Sit-Down Strike in general
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes work at Fisher 1, the strkes in 1930, 1934; his duties during the Sit-Down Strike, post-strike factionalism, his siding with Martin
- Date Issued:
- 1980-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee of Fisher 1, he recalls the AFL unions and the 1934 strike and describes his activity during the Sit-Down Strike, including picket and kitchen duty
- Date Issued:
- 1978-07-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He recalls the Strike from the perspective of being a young, newly hired employee of Fisher 1. He talks about Hungarians from Pennsylvania in the North End and conditions after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He describes his work history, early on as a miner, then as an employee of AC Spark Plug; his experience organizing there at organizing at Buick and elsewhere after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A native of Hungary, he discusses his father's immigration and work history; his employment at Buick and AC Sparkplug; attitudes towards the AFL and CIO and Communists
- Date Issued:
- 1986-08-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project