Labor leader Ken Germanson talks with Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Part 4
Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson talks about the founding of the United Auto Workers labor union and the life of labor activist Gabe Jewell and his participation in organizing the UAW. Germanson also talks about the rise of Homer Martin to the UAW presidency, General Motors recognition of the UAW, AFL leader John L. Lewis, and the UAW splitting into two competing caucuses. Germanson says that Jewell called the Reuther faction "Detroit radicals", quotes Jewell as saying Martin had become too impressed with himself and power mad, that there were Communist units in several UAW locals, and that Lansing, MI labor leader Lester Washburn was "a nice guy but weak". Part 4 of 7.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2015-11-24
- Interviewees
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Germanson, Kenneth
- Interviewers
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Revitte, John
- Recordist
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Vincent Voice Library
- Subjects
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Germanson, Kenneth
Martin, Warren Homer, 1902-1968
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Washburn, Lester, 1906-1992
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
Labor leaders
Labor unions and communism
Labor unions--Recognition
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:55:20
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2015 November 24
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 40221
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13054007
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