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- John Revitte, Michigan State University Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, presents some of the research he and Ken Germanson have conducted looking at the Allied Industrial Workers union and their relationships with the UAW-AFL, the UAW-CIO, and additional research he hopes to conduct into the stories of the parts supplier industries and the AIW. Germanson introduces Revitte and several others join the conversation. Revitte asks for their assistance to find memorabilia of the unions and coaches them on where to look. They reminisce about some high and low points in the unions and some of the past and present struggles faced by workers.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
- 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. They talk about projects they might partner on about the AIW and labor history, upcoming conferences they will attend, the split within the AIW between those allied with the CIO and those backing the AFL, and how a corruption scandal affected one section of the AIW while the majority of the union was clean. Revitte also shares a story of his efforts to unionize graduate students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst and talks about his own career path.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
- 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. They talk about projects they might partner on about the AIW and labor history, upcoming conferences they will attend, the split within the AIW between those allied with the CIO and those backing the AFL, and how a corruption scandal affected one section of the AIW while the majority of the union was clean. Revitte also shares a story of his efforts to unionize graduate students at University of Massachusetts-Amherst and talks about his own career path.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Revitte, Michigan State University Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, presents some of the research he and Ken Germanson have conducted looking at the Allied Industrial Workers union and their relationships with the UAW-AFL, the UAW-CIO, and additional research he hopes to conduct into the stories of the parts supplier industries and the AIW. Germanson introduces Revitte and several others join the conversation. Revitte asks for their assistance to find memorabilia of the unions and coaches them on where to look. They reminisce about some high and low points in the unions and some of the past and present struggles faced by workers.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-05-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection