Oral history interview with Gene and Frank DiCola, 1968.

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Oral history interview with Gene and Frank DiCola, 1968.

Gene DiCola first joined the United Mine Workers in 1927. He was active in trying to convert the Employee Representation Plan (ERP) into a bona fide union in Clairton, Pennsylvania. He discusses the role of the National Labor Relations Board ruling on the ERP-U.S. Steel bargaining contract in 1936 at the Clairton plant. His brother, Frank DiCola, joins him to discuss the 1933 strike at Clairton.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette.Transcript: 32 leaves.

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DiCola, Gene,

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Gene DiCola is a staff member in the International office, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, Pa. From the description of Oral history interview with Gene and Frank DiCola, 1968. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 31484950 ...

Hoffman, Alice M., 1929-

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Alice M. Hoffman, labor historian, labor educator, and oral historian was associate professor of labor studies at King of Prussia, Penn State in the 1970s. She supervised and conducted numerous oral history interviews as director of the Labor Oral History Project, served as an officer with the Oral History Association (1974 to 1976) and the Pennsylvania Labor History Society (ongoing), and joined Bryn Mawr College after retiring from Penn State. From the description of Alice M. Hoffm...

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