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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 talks about his interview with Lansing labor leader Lester Washburn, why the UAW-AFL faded as the UAW-CIO grew successful, why the anti-Communist campaign within labor was useful to the Reuthers, his time in the newspaper guild, the corruption scandals which rocked the UAW-AFL, and how the name Allied Industrial Workers was chosen when the AFL and CIO merged in the 1950s. Part 5 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-12-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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