Interview with Carl Turner

Authors

Michael G. Hillard PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

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Date of Interview

4-7-2003

Duration of Audio File

0:59:38

Interviewee

Carl Turner

Age

Born approximately 1947 or 1948, aged 55 or 56 at time of interview

Gender

Male

Description

Turner was president of UPIU Local 9 in 1980s and 1990s. Led effort to resist Scott Paper's "Jointness" Initiative in late 1980s early 1990s in Maine.

Residence

Skowhegan, Maine

Occupation/Work History

Paper mill worker and President of United Paperworkers International Union Local 9 at S.D. Warren's Somerset mill in Hinckley, Maine

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

S. D. Warren Company, Scott Paper Company

Mill Location

Skowhegan, Maine

Keywords

U.S.Labor relations 1980s, Paper mills - Maine, Sappi Paper - History, S.D.Warren - Maine, Scott Paper Company, Paperworkers Union

Comments

Interview depicts why Local 9 resisted new "team concept" form of work organization. Key was commitment to traditional unionism and newness of S.D.Warren Division/Scott Paper Company's Somerset mill built recently (1970s/1980s). Brought radical labor movement author Jane Slaughter to train Scott/S.D. Warren union locals in Maine to resist Jointness.

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Recommended Citation

Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Carl Turner" (2003). S.D. Warren Company. 24.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/24