Interview with Robert

Title

Interview with Robert "Bob" Gogan

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Download Bob Gogan Interview - Audio File 1 (55.5 MB)

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Date of Interview

7-8-2008

Duration of Audio File

Audio File 1 -- 01:00:36; Audio File 2 -- 0:19:46

Interviewee

Robert Grogan

Gender

Male

Description

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.

Birth Place

Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

Occupation/Work History

Production Worker

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

Fraser Paper Company

Mill Location

Madawaska, Maine

Keywords

Fraser Paper, Paper Industry - Maine, Labor Unions- Paper Industry, Paper Industry - Union Activities

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

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