Interview with Jon Falk

Authors

Michael G. Hillard PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

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Date of Interview

7-27-2004

Duration of Audio File

0:54:07

Interviewee

Jon Falk

Age

Born in the early 1950s, early 50s at the time of the interview

Gender

Male

Residence

Carmel, Maine

Occupation/Work History

Forester, independent woodcutter, union leader, union official.

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

Maine Woodmen's Association

Mill Location

Maine

Keywords

Woodcutters Strike, Maine Labor History, Maine Paper Industry

Description

Interviewee Jon Falk was a key organizer and leader of the MWA (Maine Woodmen's Association) at the time of the strike and for several years after. The interview describes the difficult conditions and domination by paper companies that provoked loggers to strike in 1975. Falk gives a detailed account of the strike itself, and the ensuing history of the MWA until its demise in the early 1980s.

Comments

Falk was a progressive activist and logger who helped to organize the MWA and conduct the strike. As a trained forester (with a graduate degree from Yale University) and experienced logger, he provides a sophisticated analysis of the difficult working at the time of the strike. He also wrote an important study of labor conditions in Maine's forestry industry: Jonathan Falk, “The Organization of Pulpwood Harvesting in Maine” (School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Working Paper No. 4, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1977);

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Recommended Citation

Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Jon Falk" (2004). Maine Woodman’s Association Strike of 1975. 14.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/maine-woodsmans-strike/14