[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 p...

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Corporate Author: Michigan Labor History Society (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Gazen, Max (Interviewee), Loew, Floyd (Interviewer), Alpern, Ron (Interviewer), Babson, Steve (Interviewer), Elsila, Dave (Interviewer)
Language:English
Series:Detroit labor history tours.
Subjects:
Gazen, Max > Interviews.
Gazen, Max > Political activity > Michigan.
Labor leaders > Interviews.
Merchant marine.
Labor unions.
Sit-down strikes > Michigan.
Race discrimination > Michigan.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
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 (1 hr., 55 min., 58 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
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.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Detroit labor history tours sponsored by the Michigan Labor History Society.
Gazen is interviewed as source material for the book "Working Detroit : the making of a union town" by Steve Babson.
Call Number:Voice 29829
DB29829
Playing Time:01:55:58
Event Details:
Broadcast 1980 September 20