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Marshall Wells oral history interview, July 30, 1981
Wells, Marshall, 1913-
Davis, Merle O.
1981-07-30
The digitization of these materials has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (https://www.archives.gov/nhprc).
English
Railroad employees
Labor unions African American labor union members African American packing-house workers Segregation Automation Packing-houses Meat industry and trade Depressions Race discrimination Discrimination in employment Employee selection Equal rights amendments Plant shutdowns Guaranteed annual wage Wages Incentives in industry Work environment Strikes and lockouts Political activity Race relations Railroads Time study Grievance procedures Labor union members Women employees World War, 1939-1945
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 31 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Local P-31 United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Local P-31 Illinois Central Railroad Company Hormel Foods Corporation United States. Works Progress Administration (Iowa)
1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980
United States -- Iowa -- Fort Dodge
https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/ilhop/
01:06:28
Iowa Labor History Oral Project
2017-10-31; 2018-01-24
Copyright © 1981 Iowa Labor History Oral Project, Inc. Posted with permission.
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