Oral history interview with John Chorey [manuscript], 1966.

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Oral history interview with John Chorey [manuscript], 1966.

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Mr. Chorey discusses the transition of his local to the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, the 1937 Little Steel Strike, and company unionism under the National Recovery Act. He also discusses his position on the staff of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, and his work as an organizer in the can industry in Ohio.

Transcript : 18 leaves.Sound recordings : 2 sound cassettes (120 min.)

Pennsylvania State University, Commonwealth

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Pennsylvania State University, Commonwealth

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Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.)

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Chorey, John, 1905-1978

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Staff representative, District 15, United Steelworkers of America, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. From the description of Oral history interview with John Chorey [manuscript], 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83735821 John Chorey was a pivotal leader and union organizer in the Pittsburgh area steel industry during the formative years of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). From the description of John Chorey...

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...

United Steelworkers of America

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