[Interview of United Auto Workers President Doug Fraser].

United Auto Workers President Doug Fraser talks about his family emigrating from Scotland in the 1920s and settling in Detroit. Fraser talks about being exposed to the labor movement through his father and deciding early to fight for dignity and security in the workplace. He recalls working at a wat...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Detroit labor history tours.
Corporate Author: Michigan Labor History Society (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Fraser, Douglas A. (Douglas Andrew), 1916-2008 (Interviewee)
Language:English
Series:Detroit labor history tours.
Subjects:
Fraser, Douglas A. > (Douglas Andrew), > 1916-2008 > Interviews.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America > Presidents > Interviews.
Fraser, Douglas A. > (Douglas Andrew), > 1916-2008 > Family.
Labor movement.
Labor unions > Organizing.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
Labor contract.
Employee rights.
Management > Employee participation.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:1 audio file (48 min., 26 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
United Auto Workers President Doug Fraser talks about his family emigrating from Scotland in the 1920s and settling in Detroit. Fraser talks about being exposed to the labor movement through his father and deciding early to fight for dignity and security in the workplace. He recalls working at a water heater company in 1936 and organizing for the UAW for which he was fired. Fraser says he was trained as a metal finisher at Dodge then went to DeSoto. He describes experiences with other labor leaders, catholic trade unionists, politics, and the tensions between craft unions and industrial unions. Fraser explains conflicts within the UAW between the communists, socialists, and the other factions as well as about who was conservative, liberal, and radical. He discusses gains unions have made and how contracts have built on past gains and predicts a four-day work week as inevitable. Fraser talks about labor representatives on corporate boards.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Detroit labor history tours sponsored by the Michigan Labor History Society.
Call Number:Voice 42321
DB42321
Playing Time:00:48:26
Event Details:
Recorded 1982 July 26