Title
Interview with Robert "Bob" Gogan
Streaming Media
Additional Streaming Media
Date of Interview
7-8-2008
Duration of Audio File
Audio File #1 01:00:36; Audio File # 2 00:19:46
Interviewee
Robert Grogan
Gender
Male
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
Abstract
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.
Document Type
Interview
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Robert Grogan, interview by Michael Hillard, July 8, 2008, Stories of Maine's Paper Plantation, Digital Maine, Maine's Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine
