Title

Interview with Rodney Hiltz

Authors

Michael Hillard, University of Southern MaineFollow

Streaming Media

Date of Interview

6-12-2003

Duration of Audio File

1:13:39

Interviewee

Rodney Hiltz

Age

Born 1959

Gender

Male

Residence

Waterville and Norridgewalk, Maine

Occupation/ Work History

President of UPIU Local 9

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

S.D.Warren - "Somerset Mill" in Skowhegan/Hinckley, Maine

Mill Location

1329 Waterville Rd, Skowhegan, ME 04976

Abstract

Hiltz is a paperworker from the S.D. Warren Somerset Mill. He became president of the United Paperworkers International Union Local 9 in the 1990s, and previously was a lower level union leader. He has been highly involved in state politics and union activism, and was part of the Somerset mill's union leadership that rejected Scott Paper's "Jointness Initiative.

Document Type

Interview

Creative Commons License

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Recommended Citation

Rodney Hiltz, interview by Michael Hillard, June 12, 2003, Stories of Maine's Paper Plantation, Digital Maine, Maine's Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine