[Interview of labor union leader Walter Campbell]. [1985-04-02].

Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer for the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about his youth in Muskegon, MI and serving in the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1933 and 1934. Campbell recalls union orga...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Campbell, Walter (Labor leader) (Interviewee)
Revitte, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Campbell, Walter > (Labor leader) > Interviews.
Campbell, Walter > (Labor leader) > Childhood and youth.
Labor unions > Organizing > United States > History.
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (A.F. of L.) > History.
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America > History.
International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America > History.
Labor movement > United States > History.
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., 4 min., 10 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Walter Campbell, former Regional Director for the Allied Industrial Workers (AIW) Region 7 in west Michigan and former Secretary-Treasurer for the Michigan State AFL-CIO, talks about his youth in Muskegon, MI and serving in the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1933 and 1934. Campbell recalls union organizing drives in the 1930s and 1940s and talks about the formation of the UAW-AFL and the UAW-CIO and the creation of the AIW with Les Washburn as president. He says that he went to work for the International AIW in 1943 and talks about women and minorities working in American industry after World War II, the closed shop and labor strikes. Campbell is interviewed by John Revitte, professor of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 40967
DB40967
Playing Time:01:04:10
Event Details:
Broadcast 1985 April 2