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Title
Interview with Mike Walsh
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Date of Interview
2014
Duration of Audio File
02:41:50
Interviewee
Mike Walsh
Age
Born 1948
Gender
Male
Description
Walsh's detailed observations about management-union relations, and legacy of 1971 strike that shaped these relations.
Birth Place
Chipman, New Brunswick, Canada
Residence
Waterville, Maine
Occupation/Work History
Worked in "HR" the 2 decades following the 1971 strike, including as Director of HR in the 1980s
Role
Management
Mill or Principal Employer
Fraser Paper Company
Mill Location
Madawaska, Maine
Keywords
Fraser Paper Company - Madawaska - Maine, Paper Mill History - Maine, Labor Relations - Paper Industry
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Mike Walsh" (2014). Fraser Paper Company. 7.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/fraser-paper-company/7
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Comments
Of special interest is his description of bargaining in 1987-1988. At this time, labor relations at Maine paper mills was at a crisis state because of strike at International Paper's Jay, Maine mill. "IP" permanently replaced striking workers, most of whom never regained employment at the mill. Other companies including Fraser used the same "optics" (hiring strike breakers, putting a fence around the mill and adding huge security forces) to intimidate unions at the mill to accept dramatic concessions. The Fraser Paper Company was successful in gaining concessions without a strike.