[Interview of Estelle Gornie Cassily, former worker in a Detroit cigar factory].

Estelle Gornie Cassily talks about her parents, growing up in Detroit, and going to work for a cigar maker at the age of 14. Cassily discusses the terrible working conditions and long hours, unionizing efforts, including a sixty-seven day sit-down strike, how cigars were made, her labor activism, ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Michigan Labor History Society (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Cassily, Estelle Gornie, 1911-1983 (Interviewee)
Haddad, Carol Joyce (Interviewer)
Babson, Steve
Language:English
Series:Detroit labor history tours.
Subjects:
Cassily, Estelle Gornie, > 1911-1983 > Interviews.
Cigar makers > Michigan > Detroit > Interviews.
Cigar industry > Michigan > Detroit > History.
Work environment.
Cigar makers > Labor unions > Organizing > Michigan > Detroit > History.
Sit-down strikes > Michigan > Detroit.
Cassily, Estelle Gornie, > 1911-1983 > Political activity.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of John Revitte.
Physical Description:1 audio file (1 hr., 7 min., 58 sec.)
Format: Audio Software

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