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Interview with Peter Eagan
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Eagan discusses the technology and business dominance of Great Northern Paper at the time of its peak status as one of the nation's ten largest paper companies, and says a lot about Heuer.
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Fraser Paper: Origins and Local Acadian Culture
Michael G. Hillard PhD
History and origins of Fraser Paper Company written by Michael Hillard.
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Interview with: Anonymous
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Interviewee describes events of August 9, 1971 during strike.
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Interview with Camille Bernier
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Bernier discusses life as a paper worker, having a father and husband in a large family, time as union president, and later as a union manager.
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Interview with Mike Walsh
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Walsh's detailed observations about management-union relations, and legacy of 1971 strike that shaped these relations.
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Interview with Kim Ouellete
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Ouellette describes life as a family member of a Fraser Mill worker.
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Interview with Phil Dubois
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Dubois recalls the nature of life in the mill, how the management of the mill changed in the 1990s and 2000s, and was present at the August 9, 1971 confrontation and riot between police and strikers and their families.
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Interview with Ron Chaisse and Lucien Mazzerole
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Chaisse and Mazzerole provide a civid description of the 1970 wildcat strike.
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Interview with Neil Rolde
Michael G. Hillard PhD
A key part of the Rolde interview describes Governor's role in 1971 Fraser strike, when he and Governor Curtis flew to strike site to bring an end to violence. Rolde also describes the rise of liberal Democratic leadership of Maine state government in 1960s and 1970s.
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Interview with Richard Marston
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Marston's wonderfully detailed account of the history of labor relations and business strategy at the mill dating from time as an intern in the 1960s through retirement after 2000.
Highlights include: (1) the Acadian worker, Anglo manager divide in the mill's history, the legacy of the 1971 strike for labor relations at the mill through the 1990s, and how management and unionized workers succeeded in establishing a cooperative relationship in the 1990s to improve work productivity and product quality.
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Interview with Jerry Cyr
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Jerry Cyr describes participation in 1971 strike, and experience as a skilled machine tender.
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Interview with Paul Cyr
Michael G. Hillard PhD
A key part of the Paul Cyr interview was the events of the 1971 strike against Fraser. Rolde was a young, militant union and Democratic Party Activist in 1970s, and then inspected mostly paper mills in the years after he left mill in 1978.
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Interview with Real Daigle
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Real Daigle's recollections about work in the mill, labor relations before, during, and after the 1970 and 1971 strikes.
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Interview with Robert "Bob" Gogan
Michael G. Hillard PhD
Gogan participated in dramatic efforts by union members and the community to block trains loaded with paper and was part of "crew" that ripped up tracks in the middle of the night. Gogan went to town fire station at dawn on August 9 to sound the horn which called children, men and women to converge on train tracks to block trains.
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