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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 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
- Description:
- Saginaw Valley State University historian Jennifer Stinson reads from her paper, "The work of race: African-American and African-Indian farmers, farm laborers, and indentured servants in the Upper Midwest". Stinson describes the relationship between race and the types of work done by minorities in the Midwest. She uses the stories of several mixed race settlers in rural Wisconsin to illustrate experiences common to persons of color. Question and answer session follows. Stinson is introduced by Professor John P. Beck, Associate Director, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations,the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU African-American and African Studies Program. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump holds a rally in Wisconsin to support Republican candidates. Trump opens the rally by saying that "threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy itself," and encourages politicians to "stop treating political opponents as being orally defective." He also blames the media for encouraging violence and talks about trade, tariffs, the economy, immigration, and crime. Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker and Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir also speak.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
- 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 during a Wisconsin Labor Conference luncheon. Germanson talks about the history of the AIW, its turbulent relations with the UAW, and several AIW leaders. Germanson also talks about the AIW and its relationships with Harley-Davidson, Whirlpool, Checker Cab, Clark Equipment, and other companies.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-28T00:00:00Z
- 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 discuss topics to cover in future calls and then Germanson talks about the WLHS, its mission, and his involvement. Germanson talks "Bay View massacre" in Milwaukee in May 1886 and how the WLHS has raised awareness about this piece of Wisconsin labor history. He also describes other WLHS efforts and explains why he is so active in the organization. Germanson talks about his family and his father's job in a tannery, and his own work experience as a newspaper writer and a union activist with the International Newspaper Guild. Part 3 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1836-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- 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 discuss topics to cover in future calls and then Germanson talks about the WLHS, its mission, and his involvement. Germanson talks "Bay View massacre" in Milwaukee in May 1886 and how the WLHS has raised awareness about this piece of Wisconsin labor history. He also describes other WLHS efforts and explains why he is so active in the organization. Germanson talks about his family and his father's job in a tannery, and his own work experience as a newspaper writer and a union activist with the International Newspaper Guild. Part 3 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-11-12T00:00:00Z
- 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 during a Wisconsin Labor Conference luncheon. Germanson talks about the history of the AIW, its turbulent relations with the UAW, and several AIW leaders. Germanson also talks about the AIW and its relationships with Harley-Davidson, Whirlpool, Checker Cab, Clark Equipment, and other companies.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Classic Hits. Red and white font on top of a purple background. Reverse side: in black WKLH/96 FM: Milwaukee’s Home Of Classic Hits.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Midwest Chicano Latino Activism Collection (MICHILAC)
- 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