[Union leader Hodges Mason talks about his early work experiences].

Hodges Mason, a local union leader at Bohn Aluminium Brass Corp., talks about his early work experiences for nonunion employers and his jobs at several auto companies. He says that he wasn't a supporter of unions but still led strikes and labor actions for better wages. Mason also talks about his pa...

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Corporate Author: Michigan Labor History Society (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Mason, Hodges (Interviewee), Alpern, Ron (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Labor unions > Michigan > Detroit > Officials and employees > 20th century > Interviews.
Labor unions > Michigan > Detroit.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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., 34 min., 7 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
Hodges Mason, a local union leader at Bohn Aluminium Brass Corp., talks about his early work experiences for nonunion employers and his jobs at several auto companies. He says that he wasn't a supporter of unions but still led strikes and labor actions for better wages. Mason also talks about his participation in strikes, discrimination in plants and what finally brought him around to join and support unions. Mason is interviewed as source material for the book "Working Detroit : the making of a union town" by Steve Babson.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Detroit Labor History Tours sponsored by the Michigan Labor History Society.
Call Number:DB42357
Voice 42357
Playing Time:01:34:07
Event Details:
Recorded 1980 November 25.