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- Description:
- He discusses his personal and work history, including employment at Ford Motor Company; he worked at Chevrolet 10 at the time of the Sit-Down Strike and describes the Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-06-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his personal history, his involvement with political groups before the Sit-Down Strike, the Sit-Down Strike itself, and post-strike conditions and union politics
- Date Issued:
- 1980-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- He discusses moving to Flint in 1918 and working at the foundry at Buick Motor Division
- Date Issued:
- 1980-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- Sheet-metal draftsman at Chevrolet Plant No. 7, he discusses the sit-down strike
- Date Issued:
- 1978-03-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- General Secretary for Michigan of the Communist Party of the United States during the Sit-Down Strike and later General Secretary of the CPUSA, he critiques various analyses of the Strike, discusses the local political situations in Flint and Detroit, Mortimer's organizing, the role of the Communist Party, and events after the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-03-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An African-American, he discusses his personal work history as a strikebreaker in Houston, Texas; as an organizer of foundry workers at Buick; relations between blacks and European immigrants;
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A worker at Chevrolet 4, he describes his earlier experiences as a member of the IWW and Proletarian Party as well as his memories of the Sit-Down Strike and its aftermath; his wife Pearl recalls her experiences during the strike
- Date Issued:
- 1979-08-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Body Plant No. 1, he discusses his work history and the Sit-Down Strike
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- An employee at Fisher Body Plant No. 1 during the Sit-Down Strike, he opines about the causes of the strike and its aftermath
- Date Issued:
- 1978-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project
- Description:
- A former Buick employee and Communist Party member, he discusses the UAW, labor organizing in Flint, and a variety of other topics
- Date Issued:
- 1981-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan - Flint
- Collection:
- University of Michigan-Flint Labor History Project