Oral history interview with Don Dalena. [manuscript]. 1973.

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Oral history interview with Don Dalena. [manuscript]. 1973.

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This interview covers Mr. Dalena's experience and background with USWA Local 4889 and the Fairless Union News. He describes the politics behind the paper and why it was one of the finest labor newspapers in the country. He discusses the militancy of Local 4889 compared to that of other locals. He also describes changes that have occurred at the Fairless Works: job safety, satisfaction and evaluation, and the view of the worker as a human being and not a machine.

Transcript : 43 leaves.Sound recording : 1 tape reel (30 min.).

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United Steelworkers of America. Local 4889 (Fairless Hills, Pa.)

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United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...

Wood, Robert William

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Dalena, Don (Donald T.)

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Shipper at the Fairless Works, member of USWA Local 4889, and editor of the Fairless Union News. From the description of Oral history interview with Don Dalena. [manuscript]. 1973. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 316825763 Don Dalena (1931-2001) was a shipper at the Fairless Works, member of USWA Local 4889, and editor of the Fairless Union News. From the description of Don Dalena newspaper columns and related materials, 1970-1975. ...