Interview with John Beck

Authors

Michael G. Hillard PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

Files

Date of Interview

1-29-2003

Duration of Audio File

Audio File 1 -- 0:46:21; Audio File 2 -- 0:36:03

Interviewee

John Beck

Gender

Male

Description

John Beck (1991-2015) has been a professor and director of Labor Education at Michigan State University. Beck was United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) Education and Research Director, 1986-1991. This interview contains a wealth of Beck's experience and insight about critical labor relations' developments in the period when he was at UPIU.

Occupation/Work History

United Paperworkers International Union official and labor relations expert on faculty of Michigan State University

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

S.D. Warren Company

Mill Location

Westbrook, Maine

Keywords

United Paperworkers International Union, Labor-Management Cooperation, Jointness, High Performance Work Systems, Paper mills - Maine, Scott Paper, S.D.Warren - Maine

Comments

Audio File 1: Key leader of Scott Paper Company labor relations initiative for paper workers union in the 1980s. Observations on International Paper Strike at Jay, Maine, in 1987- 1988. Maine Paper Industry labor relations in the 1980s and 1990s Audio File 2: Key leader of Scott Paper Company labor relations initiative for paper workers union in the 1980s

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 John Beck" (2003). S.D. Warren Company. 33.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/33