[William Savolainen talks about being an iron miner and a union organizer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan].

William Savolainen talks about being an iron miner and a union organizer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He says that he went to work in the mines in 1940 and talks about the mine environment, how miners worked and how they were paid, labor actions in the early 1940s that secured the union for w...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Savolainen, William (Interviewee)
Revitte, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Savolainen, William > Interviews.
Iron miners > Michigan > Upper Peninsula > Interviews.
Iron mines and mining.
Work environment.
Miners > Labor unions > Organizing.
Strikes and lockouts > Miners.
Labor movement > History.
Mine accidents.
Upper Peninsula (Mich.) > Civilization > Foreign influences.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of John Revitte.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 35 min., 57 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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