Title

Interview with Phil Lestage

Authors

Michael Hillard, University of Southern MaineFollow

Date of Interview

8-29-2001

Duration of Audio File

1:10:11

Interviewee

Phil Lestage

Occupation/ Work History

Phil Lestage worked in many areas of the mill.

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

S. D. Warren

Mill Location

Westbrook, Maine 04092

Keywords

Paper mills - Maine, Sappi Paper - History, S.D.Warren - Maine, Franco American union workers, worker discrimination

Abstract

Phil Lestage describes discrimination against Franco-American workers and importance of union protection to workers.

Comments

Interviewed at Union Hall for United Paper Workers International Local 1069, Westbrook Maine.

Remained union rank & file for entire 40 year career.

Document Type

Interview

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Phil Lestage, interview by Michael Hillard, August 29, 2001, Stories of Maine's Paper Plantation, Digital Maine, Maine's Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine