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Session IV, June 29, 1976
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
0:00 to 0:20
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Introduction
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
0:21 to 3:40
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Recollection of Civic and Industrial Council--suspicions of Henry Traxler
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
3:41 to 435
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Absence of support from other labor organizations
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
4:36 to 12:46
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Local 121 and the UAW international--121 generally supported those in power--opposition to communists--response to Martin-Reuther factionalism within the UAW
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
12:47 to 21:07
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International office responsive to local needs--Jack Livingston of the UAW forced GM to change the “lousy” bargaining room which had been arranged to favor the company
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
21:08 to 23:08
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UAW representatives from Detroit--more on Jack Livingston
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
23:09 to 25:49
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The 1937 strike after the sitdown ended--E. O. as picket captain, ruined car--bitterness in Janesville
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Reel/Side
6/1-A
Time
25:50 to 29:30
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Stopping the delivery of materials and the shipment of cars during the strike--potential for violence
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
0:00 to 1:50
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Keeping informed on national strike activities
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
1:51 to 9:10
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Gains from the strike, recognition primarily--encounter with the general manager--membership drive after the strike--rural workers hard to organize--majority by 1939--company as tough
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
9:11 to 10:23
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Further comments on gaining new members--Harry Johnson as key person
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
10:24 to 12:54
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Comments on the first contract, 1937--period of ad hoc problem-solving--need for UAW local reference library
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
12:55 to 16:15
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Management's attitude after the 1937 strike, no softening--Stanley Judd, the time study man for GM at Janesville Chevrolet
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
16:16 to 19:45
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E. O. as a member of the first bargaining committee--other members--issues, wages, plant conditions--need for a seniority system
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
19:46 to 22:36
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Further comments on the seniority system--division between skilled and unskilled workers
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
22:37 to 28:57
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Typical bargaining committee meeting--chairman did most of the talking--the management team
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Reel/Side
6/1-B
Time
28:57 to 31:37
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Trips to Detroit for a variety of purposes
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
0:00 to 0:10
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Introduction
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
0:11 to 1:50
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Problem-solving at the Chevrolet central office
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
1:51 to 3:26
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The ladies' auxiliary, soup kitchens
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
3:27 to 5:22
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UAW political involvement in Janesville--recent strength on City Council
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
5:23 to 9:43
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Comments on Harold Lewis case, trustee expelled from Local 121
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
9:44 to 10:39
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Local 121 and Janesville Labor Council
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
10:40 to 13:30
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E. O.'s work during World War II--work for Fairbanks-Morse in Beloit
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
13:30 to 16:25
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Recollection of 1946 strike against GM--bad timing--strike resulted from unfair treatment during the war
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
16:26 to 21:16
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Leadership during the 1946 strike--bitterness--continual grievances, workers unwilling to follow process
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Reel/Side
6/2-A
Time
21:17 to 30:22
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Information on Local 121 leaders which E. O. recalls--including hometown, department in which the person worked, residence in Janesville or area, religion, ethnic background, degree of militancy, and anecdotal material--Waldo Luchsinger and Elmer Yenney
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Reel/Side
6/2-B
Time
0:00 to 5:20
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Information on Lou Adkins, Martin Setzer, John Carter, Harry Johnson
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Reel/Side
6/2-B
Time
5:21 to 9:30
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Information on Howard Johnson, Straus Ellis, Belle Olson, Harold Lewis
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Reel/Side
6/2-B
Time
9:31 to 17:00
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Information on Joe Knipshield, Mark Egbert, Glenn Swinbank and John Wuksinich
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Reel/Side
6/2-B
Time
17:01 to 24:00
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Information on Richard Wagner, Clarence Carroll, Francis Sheridan and Frank Shumacher
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