Interview of labor activist Max Gazen
Labor activist Max Gazen talks about being born in the Netherlands in 1897, coming to the U.S. at age nine, working in Grand Rapids, MI, and joining the merchant marine. He also talks about working for the Hotel and Restaurant Workers union, being a delegate to the Detroit Federation of Labor, his participation in the wave of sit-down strikes, helping to cook for the Flint sit-down strikers, union leaders, strikes and picket-lines, and racial discrimination.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1980-09-20
- Interviewees
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Gazen, Max
- Interviewers
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Loew, Floyd
Alpern, Ron
Babson, Steve
Elsila, Dave
- Sponsors
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Michigan Labor History Society
- Subjects
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Gazen, Max
Emigration and immigration
Labor leaders
Labor unions
Merchant marine
Political participation
Race discrimination
Sit-down strikes
Michigan
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Series
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Detroit labor history tours
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:55:58
- Venue Note
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Broadcast 1980 September 20
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 29829
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13036753
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