Oral history interview with Martin Jensen. 1960.

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Oral history interview with Martin Jensen. 1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32321354

In 1959, the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University conducted oral history interviews with Michigan labor leaders who played a key role in the development of unionism in the automobile industry. Major subjects covered were: UAW organizing efforts, sit-down strikes of the 1930's, and policies of the Union during World War II.

Transcript: 116 leaves ; 29 cm.

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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SNAC Resource ID: 7339921

Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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