Reminiscences of Robert W. Walsh : oral history, 2003.

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Reminiscences of Robert W. Walsh : oral history, 2003.

Background: born Bronx, New York; ironworker father; career: ironworker, business manager and financial secretary of Ironworkers Local Union No. 40; 9/11: at Local 40 union main office, television coverage, ironworkers from Local 40 volunteering at World Trade Center [WTC]; post-9/11: loss of friends and co-workers in WTC; National Guard request for workers from Local 40, six to seven hundred ironworkers on site including some retired, organization of volunteers, nine months of work, avoidance of major injuries, concerns about buildings surrounding WTC, collapse of WTC Building 7; concern for future health risks, psychological impact, importance of unions.

transcript: 30 p.sound recording: 1 sound disc (57 min.) : digital ; 3 in.

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Ironworker and Business Manager of Local Ironworkers Union No. 40. From the description of Reminiscences of Robert W. Walsh : oral history, 2003. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 269260833 ...