W.J. Usery, Jr. oral history collection [sound recording] 1990, Mar. 15 [Tape 21].

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W.J. Usery, Jr. oral history collection [sound recording] 1990, Mar. 15 [Tape 21].

Observations from Usery on occupational safety and health issues, along with an account of a mine disaster, begin this tape. Usery details the partnership between the Auto Workers and [International Brotherhood of] Teamsters, the Alliance for Labor Action, the importance of getting along with the AFL-CIO and the details of how UAW left the AFL and the explusion of the Teamsters. Usery describes the AFL-CIO as "the labor" organization, but notes that the Department of Labor did not recognize the Alliance for Labor Action. Further descriptions of the developments of the Alliance and its eventual dissolution as well as Usery's accounts of relationships with the UAW, the Teamsters, and the AFL-CIO follow. With regard to the Department of Labor, Usery describes the opeing relationship between the Department and unions; the Teamsters' political affiliation; the effect of the Nixon Administration on the Labor Department; and the lack of politicalization of the Department. A meeting at the White House is mentioned. Relationships with farm and immigrant laborers, and descriptions of policy development for farm laborers are described. Debate on various issues within the Department of Labor is recounted, with the main issues recollected by Usery those dealing with agricultural laborers, occupational safety and health, plus the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) involvement with the Department.

1 sound cassette.Transcript (36 p.)

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Georgia State University

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