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Session III, September 16, 1976
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Reel/Side
22/1-A
Time
0:00 to 0:12
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Introduction
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Reel/Side
22/1-A
Time
0:13 to 11:58
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Grievances concerning work load--setting a pace--impact of piece work system--wages as secondary grievance--hiring and firing system as key grievance--health hazards, particles in the air
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Reel/Side
22/1-A
Time
11:59 to-16:39
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Dealing with health hazards--union had called in state health inspectors very early--fumes in the paint department
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Reel/Side
22/1-A
Time
16:40 to 22:08
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Company reaction to early organizing efforts--recollection of firings for organizing activities--city hurt by strikes
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Reel/Side
22/1-A
Time
22:09 to 28:56
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J. J. as a GM Alliance committeeman--recalls Alliance committee meetings with management--Alliance folded in six months
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Reel/Side
22/1-B
Time
0:00 to 2:25
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Violence held to a minimum--no personal knowledge of violence or sabotage
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Reel/Side
22/1-B
Time
2:25 to 6:33
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Pressuring workers in UAW membership, very infrequent--cold shoulder treatment--working with reluctant members
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Reel/Side
22/1-B
Time
6:34 to 8:39
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J. J. leaned toward the CIO--dissension resulting from AFL-CIO split
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Reel/Side
22/1-B
Time
8:40 to 17:35
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AFL v. CIO--Wes Van Horn's support for AFL--persistent support for AFL in Janesville--J. J. leaned toward CIO, but not militant--no desire for union job
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Reel/Side
22/1-B
Time
17:36 to 23:31
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Bylaws and constitution for Local 95--need to bring young members into leadership--working on the bylaws
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Reel/Side
22/1-B
Time
23:32 to 29:17
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Little reading and studying about unions in early years--reaction to John L. Lewis, Homer Martin--Janesville isolated from mainstream of union activity--Dave Sigman and the organization of Parker Pen
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Reel/Side
22/2-A
Time
0:00 to 0:12
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Introduction
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Reel/Side
22/2-A
Time
0:13 to 4:41
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Local 95 and organization of Parker Pen--other Local 95 efforts to assist other unions--organizing effort in Fort Atkinson
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Reel/Side
22/2-A
Time
4:42 to 14:27
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Janesville community reaction to UAW--attitude toward Vietnam War--different attitudes of retirees and young workers--no feeling of isolation in Janesville
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Reel/Side
22/2-A
Time
14:28 to 27:10
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J. J. as a union officer--offices not generally sought after--relationship between J. J. and Wes Van Horn-union officers not usually well-acquainted previously--more socializing now than in early years
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Reel/Side
22/2-A
Time
27:11 to 28:13
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Development of social relations
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Reel/Side
22/2-B
Time
0:00 to 6:30
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The significance of wearing union buttons--buttons disallowed in first contract--plant manager wore a Landon button in 1936
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Reel/Side
22/2-B
Time
6:31 to 15:00
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The sitdown strike of 1937--planning--J. J. and Wes Van Horn pulled the switches--meeting with management--supervisors allowed to pass through picket lines--providing food for the strikers
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Reel/Side
22/2-B
Time
15:01 to 20:26
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Further comments on planning the sitdown--imponderables--strike vote--role of the international in calling the strike
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Reel/Side
22/2-B
Time
20:27 to 32:12
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Happenings at the time of the sitdown, many left plant, fifty percent sitdown--strike vote meeting well-attended, little opposition to strike from members--Homer Martin scheduled to speak, called back to Detroit--J. J.'s comments on the legality of the strike
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