Oral history interview with Eugene Derrickson, 1976 April 28.

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Oral history interview with Eugene Derrickson, 1976 April 28.

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Eugene Derrickson became a CIO organizer in the Wilmington, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania area in the 1930s. He describes the highly successful CIO organizing campaigns of the late 1930s and early 1940s. He emphasizes the cooperation that existed on a local level between the CIO and the AFL. After serving in World War II, he returned to CIO organizing. Derrickson went to work for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and he describes the impact of the UE-IUE split on his own Wilmington Local. He explains why that local later moved out of UE into the Pulp and Paperworkers Union. He concludes the interview with an evaluation of the labor movement today and reflects on its importance as a vehicle for reform.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.)Transcript: 28 leaves.

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