Oral history interview with Anthony Bielli, 1974 October 22.

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Oral history interview with Anthony Bielli, 1974 October 22.

Anthony Bielli started working for General Electric Company in Philadelphia in July 1942, at which time the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) union was the bargaining unit. He discusses the election in 1946 between the UE and the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE). He details some of the alleged communistic activities of the UE and his own decision to break from the UE and support the IUE in the election. IUE won the election and Mr. Bielli became active as a union officer until 1967 when he moved into management.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 15 min.)Transcript: 4 leaves.

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